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NECROLOGY 


ALUMNI  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE, 


1851-52  TO  1862-63. 


BY    JOSEPH    PALMER, 


OP  THE  CLASS  OF 


BOSTON: 

PRINTED  BY  JOHN  WILSON  AND   SON, 

15,  WATER  STREET. 

1864. 


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Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by 

WILLIAM    BRIGHAM, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts. 


NOTE   BY   THE   COMMITTEE   OF   PUBLICATION. 


THE  advantage  of  having  in  a  compact  and  accessi 
ble  form  the  obituary  notices  contained  in  this  volume 
is  so  obvious,  that  no  apology  for  their  republication  is 
needed.  It  has  been  often  suggested,  but  was  brought 
about  directly  by  a  communication  from  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1811,  written  in  Europe,  to  a  friend  in  Boston, 
a  little  more  than  a  year  ago,  urging  that  it  should  be 
undertaken  at  once,  sketching  a  plan  of  operations,  and 
promising  a  handsome  subscription.  This  communica 
tion  resulted  in  a  meeting  of  friends  of  the  undertaking, 
and  in  the  choice  of  a  committee  of  publication,  who 
issued  the  following  circular,  drawn  up,  at  their  request, 
by  Hon.  Edward  Everett :  — 

TO    THE    ALUMNI    OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE. 

It  is  well  known  to  the  Alumni  that  an  annual  necrology  of 
those  who  have  died  in  the  course  of  the  year  has,  for  the  last 
thirteen  years,  regularly  appeared  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser 
on  the  morning  of  Commencement-Day.  This  necrology  has, 
from  the  first,  been  prepared  by  DR.  JOSEPH  PALMER  of  the 
class  of  1820.  Originally  consisting  of  a  very  brief  notice,  it 
has  gradually  swelled  to  ample  dimensions,  embracing  all  the 
known  facts  of  any  public  interest  in  the  life  and  career  of  the 


252622 


iv  NOTE    BY    THE    COMMITTEE    OF    PUBLICATION. 

individuals  commemorated.  This  work  has  been  executed  by 
Dr.  Palmer  with  great  diligence,  fidelity,  and  good  judgment. 
From  his  connection  with  a  daily  newspaper,  he  has  derived 
early  notice  of  the  deaths  as  they  have  occurred ;  and  he  has 
then  resorted  to  the  most  authentic  sources,  and  especially  to  the 
class-books,  since  those  records  began  to  be  kept,  for  all  further 
accessible  information.  It  may  be  said  without  exaggeration,  so 
successfully  has  Dr.  Palmer's  work  been  performed,  that  no 
paper  in  the  course  of  the  year  is  read  with  greater  interest,  by 
every  graduate  of  Harvard,  than  the  Boston.  Daily  Advertiser 
which  appears  on  Commencement-Day.  Nor  is  the  interest  of 
these  articles  likely  to  be  confined  to  the  present  time.  As  they 
will  unquestionably  be  the  means  of  preserving  from  oblivion 
many  facts  which  would  otherwise  perish,  they  will,  for  the 
classes  to  which  they  pertain,  form  the  basis  of  any  future 
Athena  Cantab  rigienses.  The  favor  with  which  Dr.  Palmer's 
necrologies  have  been  received  is  not  confined  to  the  alumni  of 

O 

Harvard.  They  are  scarcely  less  valuable  to  all  who  study 
American  biography,  and  have  served  as  a  model  for  similar 
necrologies  in  the  other  New-England  colleges. 

These  articles,  including  that  of  the  present  year,  fill  above 
one  hundred  columns  of  the  Daily  Advertiser,  and  would  make 
an  octavo  volume  of  about  four  hundred  pages.  They  are  far 
too  valuable  not  to  be  collected  in  a  permanent  form,  and  it  is 
manifestly  a  question  of  time  alone  when  that  shall  be  done. 

Thus  far  the  preparation  of  them  has  been,  on  the  part  of 
Dr.  Palmer,  purely  a  labor  of  love.  It  has  involved  the  em 
ployment  of  much  time  ;  the  consultation  of  many  journals, 
tracts,  and  larger  volumes ;  continual  reference  to  surviving 
friends ;  and  a  voluminous  correspondence.  All  this  has  been 
gratuitous,  and  that  on  the  part  of  an  individual  whose  stated 
occupation  might  seem  sufficient  to  fill  a  busy  day.  It  is  mani 
festly  neither  just  nor  honorable  to  the  body  of  the  Alumni, 
that  this  great  amount  of  labor  should  continue  without  compen 
sation.  With  this  impression  it  has  been  proposed  by  some 
personal  friends  of  Dr.  Palmer,  to  take  charge  of  the  publica 
tion  of  his  necrologies  in  a  handsome  volume  for  his  benefit. 


NOTE   BY   THE    COMMITTEE   OF    PUBLICATION.  V 

To  secure  him  from  the  possibility  of  loss,  it  has  been  deemed 
expedient,  with  Dr.  Palmer's  permission,  that  the  copyright  of 
the  work  should  be  held  by  a  committee  by  whom  the  net  pro 
ceeds  shall  be  applied  for  his  benefit.  ...  As  the  volume  will 
be  of  common  interest  to  all  the  sons  of  Harvard,  it  is  confidently 
expected  that  it  will  be  so  generally  subscribed  for  as  to  yield  a 
handsome  compensation  for  the  labor  and  care  bestowed  upon 
the  work  by  its  worthy  compiler. 

Messrs.  WILLIAM  BRIGHAM  of  the  class  of  1829,  NATHANIEL 
B.  SHURTLEFF  of  the  class  of  1831,  and  HENRY  G.  DENNY  of 
the  class  of  1852,  will  act  as  a  committee  of  publication;  and 
communications  on  the  subject  and  subscriptions  may  be  ad 
dressed  to  them  at  Boston. 

JOSIAH   QUINCY.  ROBERT   C.  WINTHROP. 

EDWARD    EVERETT.  WILLIAM   BRIGHAM. 

JAKED   SPARKS.  NATHANIEL   B.    SHURTLEFF. 

JAMES  WALKER.  C.   WILLIAM   LORING. 

THOMAS   HILL.  HENRY   G.   DENNY. 
SAMUEL   SVVETT. 

CAMBRIDGE,  July  15th,  1863. 

The  enormous  labor  required  by  such  a  compilation  as 
this  must  be  evident  to  all ;  while  few  but  those  who 
have  been  engaged  in  similar  works  can  appreciate  the 
impossibility  of  perfect,  or  even  approximate,  accuracy  of 
detail  in  items  so  various,  and  coming,  in  many  cases, 
from  such  remote  and  uncertain  sources.  Many  errors 
and  omissions,  resulting  in  part  from  the  circumstances 
under  which  the  necrology  has  from  time  to  time 
appeared,  have  been  corrected  by  the  compiler  ;  but 
it  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  but  few,  comparatively, 
of  the  friends  of  deceased  alumni,  have  taken  the  op 
portunity  offered  them  by  the  public  notice  given  a 
year  ago,  and  lately  repeated,  to  correct  or  add  to  the 
obituaries. 


VI  NOTE    BY   THE    COMMITTEE    OF    PUBLICATION. 

The  Committee  have  given  much  time  to  the  arrange 
ments  for  the  publication  of  this  work,  in  order  that  all 
sums  received  from  its  sale,  after  paying  the  actual  cost 
of  paper,  printing,  and  binding,  may  go  for  the  benefit 
of  its  compiler;  and  they  trust  that  the  considerations 
set  forth  in  their  circular  are  such  as  will  secure  a  speedy 
sale  of  the  limited  edition  that  has  been  issued. 

For  the  Committee  of  Publication, 

HENRY  G.  DENNY. 
BOSTON,  July  20th,  1864. 


PREFACE. 


THE  suggestion  of  preparing  a  necrology  of  alumni 
of  Harvard  College  was  made  by  Hon.  Edward  Everett 
to  the  compiler  of  these  notices  in  the  year  1851.  He 
began  the  work  the  next  succeeding  year,  and  has  since, 
at  the  request  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Asso 
ciation  of  the  Alumni,  published  it  annually  in  the 
"Boston  Daily  Advertiser"  on  Commencement -Day. 
He  acknowledges  his  obligations  to  Mr.  John  Langdon 
Sibley,  the  accomplished  librarian  of  Harvard  College, 
for  the  use  he  has  been  permitted  to  make  of  the  notes 
and  memoranda  of  the  alumni,  collected  by  him  during 
his  long  connection  with  the  college.  The  compiler 
intended  to  rewrite  the  earlier  notices,  as  they  were 
meagre  and  imperfect ;  but  he  was  unable  to  do  it,  by 
reason  of  having  partially  lost  his  eyesight.  They  are 
therefore  republished  nearly  as  they  appeared  in  the 
"  Advertiser."  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  necrology 
was  not  begun  a  century  earlier  ;  for  then  much  valuable 
information  would  have  been  preserved  which  is  now 
irrecoverably  lost.  The  compiler  hopes,  that,  when  he 
shall  have  passed  away  (which,  in  the  course  of  nature, 
will  occur  at  no  distant  period),  the  necrology  will  be 
continued  by  more  able  hands. 


NECROLOGY. 


1851-52. 

1785. — Dr.  SAMUEL  EMERSON  died  in  Kennebimk,  Me., 
7  August,  1851,  aged  86  years  and  11  months.  He  was  born  in 
Hollis,  N.H.,  6  September,  1765.  He  served  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  in  the  regiment  of  Col.  Prescott,  and  was  quartered 
at  Cambridge  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

1785. — THEODORE  LINCOLN  died  at  Dennysville,  Me., 
15  June,  1852,  aged  89.  He  was  a  son  of  Gen.  Benjamin  Lin 
coln,  of  Hingham,  where  he  was  born  30  December,  1763  ; 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  town  of  Dennysville,  and 
was  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  Sessions  for  the 
County  of  Washington. 

1788.  —  HENRY  PHELPS  died  at  Gloucester,  18  February, 
1852,  aged  86.  He  was  bom  in  Salem,  10  November,  1765. 
His  father  was  a  shipmaster  sailing  from  that  town,  from  which, 
about  the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  he  removed 
to  Beverly.  He  was  lost  at  sea  on  his  homeward  passage  from 
France  in  1786.  He  was  spoken  by  a  vessel  when  sixty  days 
out,  being  short  of  provisions  and  water,  with  his  vessel  dis 
abled  and  leaky.  On  board  of  the  ship  that  spoke  him,  he  sent 
a  letter  for  his  wife,  in  a  sealed  bottle  attached  to  a  line,  written 
in  a  strain  of  complete  despondency  as  to  his  chance  of  reaching 
home.  From  the  contents  of  this  letter,  it  is  supposed  that  the 
vessel  must  have  foundered  not  long  after  it  was  written.  His 

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2  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1851-52. 

son  Henry  was  then  in  college.  He  had  to  contend  with  the 
congenital  difficulties  of  a  club  foot  and  an  imperfectly  developed 
right  arm  and  hand ;  but,  not  allowing  them  to  discourage  him, 
soon  after  leaving  college  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
with  Dr.  Joshua  Plummer,  of  Salem,  quite  a  distinguished 
physician,  formerly  of  Gloucester,  who  established  him  in  busi 
ness  as  an  apothecary  and  physician  in  Gloucester,  in  1790. 
He  acquired  some  practice  as  a  physician,  but  soon  abandoned 
that  branch  of  his  business.  Being  a  man  of  lively  tempera 
ment  and  companionable  qualities,  his  shop  was  the  resort  of  the 
most  respectable  and  influential  men  of  the  town.  He  was  for 
some  time  postmaster  in  Gloucester,  and  also  for  many  years 
the  principal  acting  magistrate  in  the  town. 

1790. — Dr.  WILLIAM  INGALLS  died  in  Wrentham,  9  Sep 
tember,  1851,  aged  82.  He  was  born  in  Newburyport,  3  May, 
1769,  and  was  for  many  years  an  eminent  physician  in  Boston. 

1792. — NATHANIEL  CHANDLER,  of  Lancaster,  died  at  the 
Insane  Hospital  in  Worcester,  4  June,  1852,  aged  78.  He  was 
born  in  Petersham,  6  October,  1773. 

1792. — Rev.  JOHN  SNELLING  POPKIN  died  in  Cambridge, 
2  March,  1852,  aged  80.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  19  June, 
1771.  Ordained  pastor  of  the  Federal-street  Church  in  Boston, 
10  July,  1799.  Dismissed  28  November,  1802.  Installed 
pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Newbury,  19  September,  1804. 
Dismissed  5  October,  1815,  having  accepted  the  appointment  of 
professor  of  the  Greek  language  in  Harvard  College.  This 
office  he  held  till  1826,  when  he  was  appointed  Eliot  Professor 
of  Greek  literature.  He  resigned  his  professorship  in  1833, 
but  continued  to  reside  in  Cambridge  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  and  of  the  American  Academy. 

1793. — JOSEPH  STOWERS  died  at  North  Chelsea,  31  August, 
1851,  aged  77  years  and  10  months.  He  was  born  in  Chelsea, 
10  November,  1773.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace,  town- 
clerk,  town-treasurer,  selectman,  representative;  and,  in  fact, 
made  himself  "  generally  useful "  to  the  people  of  his  native 
place, 


1851-52.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE. 

1794.  — WILLIAM  CROSBY  died  at  Belfast,  Me.,  31  March, 
1852,  aged  81.      He  was  born  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  3  June, 
1770.     Soon  after  he  left  college,  he  entered  as  a  student-at-law 
in  the  office  of  "\Villiam  Gordon,  Esq.,  of  Amherst,  N.H.,  and 
in  due  time  finished  his   legal   studies  with  Judge   Dana,  of 
Groton,   Mass.      In  January,    1802,   he  went  to  Belfast,  and 
settled  as  a  practising  lawyer.     He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  band 
of  professional  adventurers,  who,  at  that  early  day,  dared  to 
penetrate  this  new  region,  and  locate  themselves   east  of  the 
Kennebec  River ;   a  tract  of  country  then,  as  now,  comprising 
much  the  largest  portion  of  the  now  State  of  Maine.     There 
were  at  that  period  less  than  a  dozen  framed  houses  in  the  vil 
lage,  with  a  few  log  cabins;  some  Indian-built  wigwams,  and 
not  more  than  three   hundred  inhabitants  in  the  whole  town. 
Thus  by  his  enterprise  he  became  an  early  citizen  of  that  unde 
fined  space  called  "  Down  East,"  and  was  the  associate  and  the 
first  legal  adviser  of  the  founders  of  that  beautiful  town. 

1795.  — OLIVER  CROSBY  died  at  Atkinson,  Me.,  29  July, 

1851,  aged  82.     He  was  born  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  17  March, 
1769  ;  and  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Dover,  N.H.,  in  1798.     He 
subsequently  removed  to  Maine.     For  several  years  before  his 
death,  he  had  discontinued  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

1795.  — JOSIAH  STURGES  died  in  New  York,  22  February, 

1852,  aged  78.     He  was  son  of  Jonathan  Sturges,  of  Fail-field, 
Conn.,  Judge  of  the  Supreme   Court  of  Connecticut,  and  was 
born  10  September,  1773.     He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York, 
and  was  at  one  time  wealthy,  but  lost  his  property  during  the 
war  of  1812. 

1796. — Rev.  NATHAN  TILTOX  died  at  Scarborough,  Me., 
4  October,  1851,  aged  79.  He  was  born  in  East  Kingston, 
N.H.,  2  July,  1772;  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Scarborough,  10  December,  1800 ;  and  resigned  his  pastoral 
charge,  12  December,  1827. 

1798.  — THOMAS  COLE  died  at  Salem,  24  June,  1852,  aged 
72.  He  was  born  in  Marlborough,  Mass.,  29  December,  1779. 
He  was  preceptor  of  the  Aurean  Academy,  at  Amherst,  N.H., 
afterwards  teacher  of  the  Ladies'  High  School  at  Salem  ;  a  Fel 
low  of  the  American  Academy. 


4  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1851-52. 

1798. — Rev.  ABRAHAM  RANDALL  died  at  Stow,  3  March, 
1852,  aged  80.  He  was  born  in  Stow,  25  October,  1771  ;  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Westford  Academy,  under  the  tuition  of  the 
late  Levi  Hedge,  LL.D.  During  a  part  of  his  collegiate 
course,  he  was  room-mate  with  the  late  Judge  Story.  He  was 
ordained  at  Manchester,  2  September,  1802  ;  dismissed  Septem 
ber,  1808,  and  returned  to  Stow. 

1798.  — Dr.  ROBERT  THAXTER  died  in  Dorchester,  10  Feb 
ruary,  1852,  aged  75.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Thaxter,  of 
Hingham;  and  was  born  in  that  town,  21  October,  1776.  He 
commenced  his  professional  practice  in  Hingham  in  1802.  In 
1809  he  established  himself  in  Dorchester,  and  for  more  than 
thirty  years  wTas  not  kept  from  his  professional  business  a  single 
day  by  illness. 

1799. — Rev.  WILLIAM  FROTHINGHAM  died  at  Belfast, 
Me.,  24  June,  1852,  aged  77.  He  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
14  March,  1777.  Ordained  pastor  of  the  Third  Church  in 
Lynn,  26  September,  1804;  dismissed  7  May,  1817;  installed 
at  Belfast,  21  July,  1819. 

1800.  — BENJAMIN  MARSTON  WATSON  died  at  Newton,  31 
August,  1851,  aged  71.     He  was  born  in  Marblehead,  11  Janu 
ary,  1780.     He  studied  law  with  the  late  Chief  Justice  Parsons  ; 
but  soon  left  the  profession,  and  went  into  mercantile  business  in 
Boston.     He  was  also  president  of  the  Mercantile  Marine  Insur 
ance  Company. 

1801.  —  SAMUEL    MATHER    CROCKER    died    at    Milford, 
9  March,  1852,  aged  69.     He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and 
practised  successively  in  the  towns  of  Douglass,  Uxbridge,  Fitch- 
burg,  and  Milford. 

1804.  —  JOSEPH  E.  SPRAGUE  died  at  Salem,  22  February, 
1852,  aged  69.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Dr.  William  Stearns, 
and  was  born  in  Salem,  9  September,  1782.  Soon  after  he 
graduated,  he  took  the  name  of  Sprague,  to  which  family  his 
mother  belonged.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Essex  bar,  and  for 
many  years  was  an  active  politician  of  the  Jefferson  school. 
Under  the  administration  of  Jefferson,  he  was  for  a  time  one 
of  the  United-States  marshals.  In  October,  1811,  he  was  ap- 


1851-52.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  5 

pointed  clerk  of  the  courts  for  Essex  County,  and  continued  in 
the  office  about  nine  months.  In  1815,  under  the  presidency 
of  Madison,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Salem,  and  re 
tained  the  office  until  the  accession  of  Gen.  Jackson  to  the 
presidency  in  1829.  Previous  to  this  time  he  had  served  several 
years  as  representative  from  Salem  in  the  General  Court,  as  a 
senator  from  Essex,  and  as  an  executive  councillor.  In  Sep 
tember,  1830,  he  was  appointed  high  sheriff  of  the  county, 
succeeding  his  father-in-law,  Bailey  Bartlett,  \vhose  resignation 
of  the  office  in  the  month  preceding  had  been  accepted,  to  take 
effect  on  the  14th  of  September.  On  the  loth,  Mr.  Sprague's 
nomination  was  unanimously  confirmed  by  the  Council ;  and  he 
remained  in  the  office  until  his  commission  expired,  about  nine 
months  before  his  death,  when  another  person  was  appointed  in 
his  place.  Mr.  Sprague  died  of  apoplexy  ;  and  it  may  be  men 
tioned  as  a  singular  coincidence,  that  his  grandfather,  whose 
name  he  assumed,  died  in  the  same  way,  in  the  same  room,  at 
nearly  the  same  age,  in  the  same  month,  February,  1808. 

1804.  — Dr.  JOHN  STAKE  died  at  Northwood,  N.H.,  8  Sep 
tember,  1851,  aged  67.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Starr,  of 
Dunstable,  N.H.,  where  he  was  born  3  December,  1783; 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding,  of  Amherst,  N.H., 
and  commenced  practice  in  Peterborough,  N.H.,  where  he  re 
mained  three  years,  excepting  a  brief  absence,  during  the  war  of 
1812,  as  a  surgeon  of  the  Second  Regiment  of  the  New-Hamp 
shire  Detached  Militia,  commanded  by  Col.  John  Steele,  of 
Peterborough.  From  Peterborough,  Dr.  Starr  removed  to 
Northwood,  where  he  continued  in  practice  thirty-eight  years. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school.  His  political  principles 
were  of  the  Federal  stamp.  He  was  constant  at  town-meeting, 
casting  his  vote  for  none  but  just  men,  whether  upon  regular 
tickets  or  not. 

1805.— WARD  CHIPMAN  died  at  St.  John,  N.B.,  26  No 
vember,  1851,  aged  65.  He  was  son  of  Hon,  Ward  Chipman, 
(H.C.  1770),  and  was  born  in  St.  John,  N.B.,  10  July,  1787. 
He  was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Judicature,  17  March,  1825';  and  was  elected  to  the  office  of 


6  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1851-52. 

chief  justice  of  the  same  tribunal,  29  September,  1834.  He 
resigned  January,  1851. 

1805. — Rev.  JOHN  WHITE  died  at  Dedham,  1  February, 
1852,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  John  White,  of  Con 
cord  ;  and  was  born  in  that  town,  2  December,  1787.  He  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Third  Parish  in  Dedham,  20  April,  1814. 

1806.  — THOMAS  PRINCE  BEAL  died  at  Kingston,  16  July, 
1852,  aged  66  years  and  5  months.  He  was  a  native  of 
Kingston,  and  was  born  12  February,  1786.  He  was  formerly 
a  member  of  the  Senate  of  Massachusetts,  and  an  eminent 
counsellor-at-law. 

1808.— BENJAMIN  RAND  died  in  Boston,  26  April,  1852, 
aged  67.  He  was  born  in  Weston,  18  April,  1785,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  distinguished  members  of  the  Suffolk  bar. 

1810. — Rev.  JOSEPH  HAVEN  died  at  Amherst,  Mass., 
15  October,  1851,  aged  65.  He  was  son  of  Noah  Haven,  and 
was  born  at  Holden,  19  June,  1786 ;  ordained  at  Dennis, 
27  July,  1814 ;  dismissed  12  May,  1826,  on  account  of  his 
health,  and  removed  to  Amherst  to  superintend  the  collegiate 
education  of  his  son.  On  the  8th  of  June,  1836,  his  health 
having  been  partially  restored,  he  w^as  installed  pastor  of  the 
Orthodox  Church  in  Billerica,  and  continued  in  this  service  five 
years ;  at  the  close  of  which  period,  on  account  of  returning  and 
increasing  bodily  infirmities,  he  felt  constrained  to  relinquish  the 
labors  of  a  settled  minister  for  ever. 

1810.  — Dr.  JOHN  MANNING  died  at  Rockport,  7  February, 
1852,  aged  62  years  and  6  months.  He  was  born  in  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  12  October,  1789  ;  and  was  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Manning 
of  that  town. 

1811. — WALTER  BAKER,  of  Dorchester,  died  in  Boston, 
7  May,  1852,  aged  59.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  James  Baker, 
(H.C.  1760) ,  and  was  born  in  Dorchester,  28  June,  1792.  He 
was  well  known  as  an  extensive  chocolate  manufacturer,  in  which 
business  he  acquired  an  ample  fortune. 

1813.  — Dr.  JOHN  BROWN  died  at  Lancaster,  Erie  County, 
N.Y.,  27  February,  1852,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of  Samuel 
Brown  of  Concord,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  10  January, 


1851-52.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  7 

1792.  He  studied  medicine,  but  relinquished  the  profession, 
and  settled  as  a  merchant  in  the  vicinity  of  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

1814.  —  EPHRAIM  MAY  CUNNINGHAM  died  in  Washington 
City,  26  May,  1852,  aged  GO.  He  was  son  of  William  Cun 
ningham,  of  Boston,  and  was  born  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  4  Feb 
ruary,  1792.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  practised 
successively  in  Ashburnham,  Lunenburg,  and  Sterling.  He 
was  afterwards  an  officer  in  the  Boston  Custom  House,  and 
finally  was  employed  as  a  clerk  at  Washington.  He  ob 
tained  considerable  notoriety  by  publishing,  in  the  year  1823, 
what  is  known  in  political  circles  as  the  "  Cunningham  Corre 
spondence." 

1814.  — AARON  PRESCOTT  died  at  Randolph,  24  November, 
1851,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  John  Prescott,  and 
was  born  in  Westford,  Mass.,  19  November,  1787;  was  pre 
ceptor  of  Framingham  Academy,  one  year  after  he  graduated ; 
then  studied  law,  and  settled  in  Randolph,  where  he  practised  his 
profession  with  success  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
represented  that  town  once  or  twice  in  the  Legislature. 

1816.  —  Rev.  WILLIAM  WARE  died  at  Cambridge,  19  Feb 
ruary,  1852,  aged  54.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Henry  Ware,  D.D. 
(H.C.  1785),  and  was  born  at  Hingham,  3  August,  1797. 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Church  in  New  York, 
18  December,  1821  ;  dismissed  19  September,  1836.  Installed 
at  West  Cambridge,  December,  1843  ;  dismissed  1845. 

1819. — WALTER  ROGERS  JOHNSON  died  in  Washington 
City,  26  April,  1852,  aged  57.  His  death  was  occasioned  by 
inhaling  noxious  gas  while  performing  some  chemical  experi 
ments  in  the  laboratory  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute.  Pie  was 
born  in  Leominster,  Mass.,  21  June,  1794  ;  was  for  many  years 
preceptor  of  an  academy  in  Germantown,  Penn.  ;  afterwards 
Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Medical  College  at  Philadelphia, 
and  subsequently  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute  at  Washington. 
He  was  one  of  the  persons  employed  by  the  city  of  Boston,  pre 
vious  to  the  construction  of  the  water-works,  to  examine  Long 
and  Spot  Ponds,  and  ascertain  which  was  the  best  source  for 
obtaining  a  supply  of  water  for  the  city. 


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1822.  —  JOSEPH  GREEN  COLE  died  at  Paris,  Me.,  12  No 
vember,  1851,  aged  52.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Abraham  Cole, 
of  Lincoln,  Mass.,  and  was  born  in  that  town  in  1799.  After 
studying  law  with  Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  of  Worcester,  he  settled 
in  Paris.  He  successively  held  the  offices  of  clerk  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  representative  to  the  Legislature,  register  of 
probate,  clerk  of  the  courts,  and  judge  of  the  Western  District 
Court. 

1825. — Dr.  AUGUSTUS  SIDNEY  DOANE  died  at  the  quar 
antine  station,  Staten  Island,  New- York  Harbor,  27  January, 
1852,  aged  44.  He  was  son  of  the  late  Samuel  B.  Doane,  of 
Boston ;  was  born  2  April,  1808  ;  settled  in  New  York  as  a 
medical  practitioner,  and  for  several  years  had  been  employed  as 
the  quarantine  physician  of  that  port. 

1827.  — Rev.  WILLIAM  MATTICKS  ROGERS  died  at  Dorches 
ter,  11  August,  1851,  aged  45.  He  was  born  on  the  Island  of 
Alderney,  England,  10  September,  1806 ;  was  ordained  at 
Townsend,  16  February,  1831  ;  dismissed  2  July,  1835.  In 
stalled  pastor  of  the  Winter-street  Church,  Boston,  6  August, 
1835.  His  original  name  was  Samuel  Matticks  Ellen  Kittle. 

1828. — WILLIAM  SAWYER  was  instantly  killed  on  the 
Fitchburg  Railroad  in  West  Cambridge,  near  the  Waverly 
Depot,  24  May,  1852.  He  was  45  years  of  age.  He  had 
been  a  practising  lawyer  in  Charlestown  ;  but,  a  short  time  pre 
vious  to  his  death,  had  removed  to  Waltham. 

1830.  — FRANKLIN  SAWYER  died  at  Cambridgeport,  18  No 
vember,  1851,  aged  51.  He  was  born  in  Cambridge,  18  June, 
1810.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  but  for  several  years  was 
connected  with  the  newspaper  press.  He  was  for  a  time  edi 
tor  of  the  "Crescent"  in  New  Orleans  ;  and,  for  about  two  years 
previous  to  his  death,  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "Watchman 
and  Reflector,"  in  Boston.  He  was  representative  of  Cam 
bridge  to  the  Legislature  in  1851 ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his  decease, 
was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Cam 
bridge. 

1834. — WILLIAM  SMITH  CRUFT  died  in  Paris,  France, 
16  July,  1851,  aged  36.  He  was  son  of  Edward  Cruft,  of 


1851-52.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  9 

Boston  ;  was  born  17  February,  1815  ;  and  was  a  merchant  in 
New  York,  of  the  firm  of  Newbold  and  Cruft. 

1845.  —  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  BROWN  died  at  Charles- 
town,  7  December,  1851,  aged  29.  He  was  a  native  of 
Charlestown ;  born  12  May,  1822,  and  had  established  himself 
as  a  lawyer  in  Boston. 

1845.  —  Dr.  PAUL  LEWIS  NICHOLS  died  at  Kingston, 
28  April,  1852,  aged  29.  He  was  a  native  of  Kingston;  was 
born  24  May,  1823,  and  had  settled  as  a  physician  in  Roxbury. 

1846. — JOHN  ADAMS  HASTINGS  died  at  Erie,  Penn.,  16 
October,  1851,  aged  27.  He  was  son  of  Jonathan  Hastings,  of 
Brighton  ;  and  was  born  in  that  town,  16  July,  1824.  He  was 
preceptor  of  an  academy  in  Erie  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

1847. —  GEORGE  EDWARD  WATERS  died  at  Henrietta,  N.Y., 
23  July,  1851,  aged  23  ;  born  in  Boston,  17  September,  1828. 
His  death  was  occasioned  by  his  being  thrown  from  a  carriage. 
He  was  son  of  the  late  Isaac  Waters,  of  Boston. 

1851.  — ARNOLD  WELLES  BROWN  was  killed  on  the  Boston 
and  Worcester  Railroad,  at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  21  January, 
1852,  aged  25.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  John  Ball  Brown,  and  was 
born  in  Boston,  19  January,  1827.  He  was  very  desirous  of 
having  a  collegiate  education,  and  entered  the  Boston  Latin 
School  for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  his  preparatory  studies. 
But,  while  in  the  school,  his  father  lost  all  his  property  by  a  fire 
which  destroyed  a  large  laundry  and  two  dwelling-houses  belong 
ing  to  him.  His  hopes  of  going  to  college  were  therefore 
destroyed,  and  he  was  placed  in  a  wholesale  dry-goods  store  in 
Boston,  where  he  remained  a  few  months,  when  the  firm  was 
dissolved,  and  he  was  thrown  out  of  employment.  He  was  after 
wards  put  into  a  dry-goods  store  in  Dover,  N.H.,  where  he 
remained  but  a  short  time.  Being  still  desirous  of  going  to  col 
lege,  he  went  to  work  on  a  farm,  hoping  to  earn  money  enough  to 
get  a  liberal  education;  but,  as  he  was  unacquainted  with  farming, 
his  father  determined  to  send  him  to  sea  as  the  best  way  to  earn 
money  to  pay  his  collegiate  expenses.  He  went  to  New  Bed 
ford,  and  was  shipped  on  board  a  whaling  vessel,  and  made  a 
long  voyage.  After  his  return,  he  entered  college  ;  and,  with  the 

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10  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1851-52. 

money  he  made  in  his  whaling  voyage,  he  succeeded  in  going 
through  college.  After  graduating,  he  made  a  tour  as  colporter  ; 
and  in  the  fall  of  1851  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Andover,  where  he  remained  until  the  following  January  ;  when, 
about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  21st,  as  he  was  pass 
ing  along  the  viaduct  on  the  railroad  at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  he 
was  caught  between  the  cars  and  the  railing  of  the  bridge,  and 
thrown  from  the  latter  by  the  passing  train,  which  struck  him 
down,  and  instantly  deprived  him  of  life. 


1852-53.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  11 


1852-53. 


1787.  — Hon.  SAMUEL  PUTXAM,  of  Boston,  died  at  Somer- 
ville,  3  July,  1853,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of  Gideon  Putnam, 
and  was  born  at  Danvers,  13  April,  1768  ;  commenced  the  prac 
tice  of  law  in  Salem  about  the  year  1790  ;  was  senator  for  Essex 
in  1808  and  1809,  representative  from  Salem  in  1812,  and 
again  senator  in  1813  and  1814.  On  the  death  of  Chief 
Justice  Sewall,  in  1814,  he  was  appointed,  by  Gov.  Strong, 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

1790.  — Rev.  MICAH  STONE  died  in  Brookfield,  20  Septem 
ber,  1852,  aged  82.    He  was  son  of  Rev.  Eliab  Stone,  of  Read 
ing  (H.C.  1758),  and  was  born  in  that  town,  22  September, 
1770  ;   ordained  pastor  of  the   Second   Church  in  Brookfield, 
11  March,  1801. 

1791.  — EZEKIEL  HERSEY  DERBY  died  in  Salem,  31  Octo 
ber,  1852,  aged  80.     He  was  son  of  Hasket  Derby,  of  Salem, 
where  he  was  born  1  November,  1772  ;  was  early  in  life  a  mer 
chant,  but  for  the  last  thirty-five  years  was  a  conspicuous  and 
active  agriculturist. 

1793. — Rev.  CHARLES  COFFIX,  D.D.,  died  in  Greenville, 
Tenn.,  3  June,  1853,  aged  77.  He  was  born  in  Newburyport, 
15  August,  1775,  and  was  successively  president  of  Greenville 
and  Knoxville  Colleges  in  Tennessee. 

1793. — Dr.  CHARLES  WILLIAMS  WIXSHIP  died  in  Rox- 
bury,  27  August,  1852,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Amos 
Winship  (H.C.  1771),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  22  June,  1774, 
and  was  considered  a  skilful  physician.  He  practised  succes 
sively  in  the  western  country,  in  Havana,  Cuba,  in  Boston  and 
Roxbury. 

1794. — Hon.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  ATHERTOX  died  in 
Amherst,  N.H.,  8  January,  1853,  aged  79.  He  was  son  of 


12  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1852-53. 

Hon.  Joshua  Atherton  (H.C.  1762),  and  was  born  in  Amherst, 
14  August,  1773  ;  read  law  with  his  father,  and  with  Hon.  Wil 
liam  Gordon,  of  Amherst  (H.C.  1779);  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  opened  an  office  in  Amherst  in  1797  ;  appointed  register 
of  probate  for  Hillsborough  County  in  1798  ;  representative 
to  Congress  from  1815  to  1817;  represented  his  native  town 
in  the  State  Legislature  in  1823,  1838,  and  1839. 

1794. — Rev.  DAVID  KENDALL  died  in  Augusta,  Oneida 
County,  N.Y.,  19  February,  1853,  aged  85.  He  was  born  in 
Athol,  Mass.,  20  March,  1768;  ordained  at  Hubbardston,  20 
October,  1802;  dismissed  April,  1809,  and  removed  to  Augusta, 
N.Y.,  where  he  was  installed  over  the  Congregational  Society  in 
that  town,  and  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  For 
several  years  before  his  death,  he  was  unable  to  perform  his  cleri 
cal  duties,  on  account  of  a  paralytic  affection. 

1795.  —  Capt.    JOSIAH   BARTLETT   died   in   Newburyport, 
24  February,  1853,  aged  77.      He  was  a  native  of  Newbury- 
port,  and  was  born  15  September,  1775.     After  leaving  college, 
he  went  to  sea  several  years  as  supercargo,  and  subsequently  as 
master.     During  the  war  of  1812,  he  sailed  from  Bourdeaux  as 
commander  and  principal  owner  of  the  ship  "  Volant,"  with  a 
very  valuable  cargo,  bound  for  Boston.     When  he  had  nearly 
reached  his  port  of  destination,  he  was  captured  by  a  British 
cruiser,  and  carried  to  Halifax,  and  subsequently  to  England. 
He  resided  in  England  and  France  till  the  close  of  the  war,  when 
he  returned  to  Newburyport,  and  resided  there  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  employed  principally  as  a  teacher,  particularly  of  the 
French  language,  of  which  he  had  acquired  a  knowledge  during 
his  residence  in  Europe. 

1795. — THOMAS  BE  ALE  WALES  died  in  Boston,  15  June, 
1853,  aged  77.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Ephraim  Wales,  of  Ran 
dolph  (H.C.  1768),  where  he  was  born  1  January,  1776.  He 
was  a  highly  respected  and  eminently  successful  merchant  in 
Boston. 

1796.  —  GEORGE  WINGATE  died   in  Stratham,  N.H.,   12 
September,  1852,  aged  75.     He  was  son  of  Hon.  Paine  Win- 
gate  (H.C.  1759),  and  was  born  in  Stratham,  14  May,  1778. 


1852-53.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  13 

He  did  not  study  a  profession,  but  devoted  himself  to  agri 
culture. 

1798. — NATHANIEL  LORD  died  in  Ipswich,  16  October, 
1852,  aged  72.  He  was  son  of  Isaac  Lord,  of  Ipswich,  where 
he  was  born  25  September,  1780.  For  several  years  after  leav 
ing  college,  he  was  employed  as  a  teacher.  He  was  subsequently 
associated  with  the  late  Daniel  Noyes,  register  of  probate; 
upon  whose  decease  he  was  appointed  his  successor  by  Gov. 
Strong,  in  May,  1815,  and  held  the  office  till  he  was  removed 
by  Gov.  Boutwell  in  June,  1851. 

1799. — DANIEL  ADAMS  died  in  Medfield,   2  September, 

1852,  aged  73.     He  was  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  Adams,  of  Water- 
town  (H.C.  1774),  where  he  was  born  26  March,  1779.     He 
fitted  for  college  with  Rev.  Dr.  Prentiss,  of  Medfield   (H.C. 
1766) .     On  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed  preceptor  of  Bris 
tol  Academy,  where  he  continued  one  year ;    after  which   he 
studied  divinity  a  year  with  Rev.  Dr.  Bancroft  of  Worcester 
(H.C.  1778),  when  his  fondness  for  the  law  led  him  to  the 
office  of  Benjamin  Whitman,  Esq.   of  Hanover,  Mass.,  where 
he  completed  his  studies.     He  then  opened  an  office  in  Medfield, 
where  he  settled.     He  also  had  for  a  time   an  office   in  Hop- 
kinton.      With  the  exception  of  having  once  represented  Med 
field  in  the  Legislature,  he  was  never  in  public  life. 

1801.  — WILLIAM  BARTLETT  died  in  Newburyport,  28  De 
cember,  1852,  aged  70.      He  was  son  of  William  Bartlett,  of 
Newburyport,  where  he  was  born   23   July,   1782,  and  was  a 
merchant  in  his  native  place. 

1802.  — ISAAC  GATES  died  in  Harvard,  9  November,  1852, 
aged  74;  found  dead  in  his  bed.     He  was  born   (supposed)   in 
Charlestown,  7  May,  1777  ;  was  a  lawyer  successively  in  Con 
cord,  N.H.,  Brunswick,  Me.,  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  Harvard. 

1802.  — HENRY  GARDNER  RICE  died  in  Boston,  26  March, 

1853,  aged  69.     He  was  son  of  Dr.  Tilly  Rice,  of  Brookfield, 
where  he  was  born  18  February,   1784  ;   was  a  merchant   in 
Boston. 

1303. — JOHN  FARRAR  died  in  Cambridge,  8  May,  1853, 
aged  73.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Farrar,  of  Lincoln, 


14  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1852-53. 

and  was  born  1  July,  1779.  He  was  appointed  tutor  in  Greek 
in  1805  ;  and,  in  1807,  was  chosen  Hollis  Professor  of  Mathe 
matics  and  Natural  Philosophy  in  Harvard  College  ;  which  latter 
office  he  held  till  June,  1831,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  ill 
health. 

1804.  —  Eev.  OLIVER  BROWN  died  at  Haddam,  Conn., 
while  on  a  journey  from  Lyme  to  Middletown,  9  February, 
1853,  aged  76.  He  was  born  in  Charlestown,  13  January, 
1777;  was  for  some  years  chaplain  of  the  State  Prison;  was 
installed  at  Kingston,  R.I.,  19  December,  1821,  dismissed 
April,  1835  ;  moved  to  Bozrahville,  Conn.  ;  was  afterwards 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Society  at  Grass  Hill, 
Lyme,  Conn. 

1804.  —  SETH  Low  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  19  June, 
1853,  aged  71  years  and  10  months.  He  was  born  in  the 
West  Parish  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  19  March,  1782;  moved 
to  Brooklyn  about  the  year  1827,  where  he  resided  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  and  was  one  of  the  most  influential  and 
useful  citizens  of  that  community.  He  was  a  prominent  mer 
chant  in  New  York ;  and  his  prosperity  furnished  him  with  the 
ability  to  give  when  needed,  and  his  ripe  judgment  always  made 
his  donations  discreet.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  presi 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  also  of  the  Association 
for  the  Relief  of  the  Poor. 

1806.  —  JOHN  BOIES  THOMAS  died  in  Plymouth,  2  Decem 
ber,  1852,  aged  65.  He  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  28 
July,  1787.  He  commenced  and  pursued  the  practice  of  law 
in  Plymouth  till  he  received  the  appointment  of  clerk  of  the 
judicial  courts  for  Plymouth  County ;  which  office  he  held  for  a 
period  of  about  thirty-eight  years,  when  he  resigned  on  account 
of  ill  health.  He  filled  numerous  municipal  offices  for  many 
years ;  was  seventeen  years  president  of  the  Old-Colony  Bank ; 
was  a  member  of  the  Convention  to  revise  the  Constitution 
in  1820 ;  and  was  elector  of  President  and  Yice-President  in 
1840. 

1806.  —  Dr.  TIMOTHY  WELLINGTON  died  in  West  Cam 
bridge,  6  May,  1853,  aged  71.  He  was  son  of  Timothy 


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Wellington,  of  Lexington  ;  where  he  was  born  8  October,  1781. 
After  completing  his  professional  studies,  he  settled  in  West 
Cambridge  as  a  physician,  where  he  resided  till  his  death,  always 
engaged  in  the  active  and  arduous  duties  of  an  extensive  and 
successful  practice. 

1807.  —  ABIEL  JAQUES    died   in  Worcester,    7    October, 
1852,  aged  72.     He  was  son  of  Samuel  Jaques,  and  was  born 
in  Worcester,    7  March,    1780.     He   was   teacher  in   Salem, 
Watertown,  Newton,  Brooklyn  (Conn.),  Palmyra  (N.Y.),  and 
Uxbridge  (Mass.)  ;  then  settled,  as  a  farmer,  in  Worcester. 

1807. — Rev.  FRAXCIS  PARKMAX  died  in  Boston,  12  No 
vember,  1852,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  Parkman,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  4  June,  1778  ;  ordained  at  the  New  North 
Church  in  Boston,  8  December,  1813  ;  resigned  1  February, 
1849. 

1808.— HENRY  CODMAX  died  in  Roxbury,  4  May,  1853, 
aged  63.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston ;  he  was  born  in  Port 
land,  1  October,  1789. 

1808.  — JOHX  FARWELL  died  in  Tyngsborough,  19  Novem 
ber,  1852,  aged  66.     He  was  born  in  Tyngsborough,  2  Octo 
ber,  1785.     He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Asahel  Stearns  (H.C. 
1797)  ;  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Tyngsborough,   and  became  a 
member  of  the  Middlesex  bar.     He  succeeded  to  his  father's 
landed  estate  in  Tyngsborough,  and  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
was  successfully  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits. 

1809. — Major  DAVID  S.  TOWXSEXD  died  in  Boston,  28 
January,  1853,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  David  Towns- 
end  (H.C.  1770),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  19  April,  1790. 
Soon  after  he  graduated,  he  entered  a  merchant's  counting-room, 
where  he  continued  till  the  commencement  of  the  war  of  1812, 
when  he  entered  the  army  as  lieutenant  and  adjutant  in  the 
ninth  regiment  of  infantry,  commanded  by  Col.  Tuttle.  Du 
ring  a  skirmish  on  the  banks  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  he  received 
a  wound,  from  a  musket-ball,  through  the  leg,  below  the  knee ; 
in  consequence  of  which,  his  leg  was  amputated.  Soon  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  he  received  the  appointment  of  paymaster, 
which  office  he  held  till  his  death. 


16  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1852-53. 

1810.  —  Dr.  BENJAMIN  DIXON  BARTLETT  died  in  Cam 
bridge,  7  February,  1853,   aged  63.     He  was  son  of  Samuel 
Bartlett,  of  Concord  ;  and  was  born  17  September,  1789  ;  com 
menced  practice  as  a  physician  in  that  town  in  1813  ;  removed 
to  Bath,  Me.,  in  1816,  and  subsequently  to  Cambridge. 

1811.  —  HENRY  HOLTON  FULLER,  of  Boston,  died  at  Con 
cord,    15   September,   1852,  aged   62.     He  was  son   of  Rev. 
Timothy  Fuller,  of  Princeton  (H.C.  1760),  where  he  was  born 
1  July,  1790.     He  was  a  distinguished  lawyer  in  Boston. 

IS  12.  —  Dr.  ABEL  LAWRENCE  PEIRSON,  of  Salem,  was 
killed  on  the  New- York  and  New-Haven  Eailroad,  at  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  6  May,  1853,  on  his  return  from  New  York,  where  he 
had  been  to  attend  a  medical  convention.  He  was  son  of 
Samuel  Peirson,  of  Biddeford,  Me.,  where  he  was  born  25  No 
vember,  1794;  commenced  practice  as  a  physician  in  Maine; 
removed  to  Salem  in  1819,  and  has  been  for  many  years  con 
sidered  one  of  the  most  eminent  of  the  profession  in  Essex 
County. 

1813. — Dr.  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  CHEEVER,  of  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  died  in  Saugus,  22  September,  1852,  aged  58.  He 
was  born  in  Lynn,  1  December,  1793  ;  was  for  many  years  a 
highly  respectable  physician  in  Portsmouth;  came  to  Boston 
some  months  before  his  death  on  account  of  ill  health,  and 
entered  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  to  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  physicians  of  that  establishment ;  but  after  re 
maining  some  time,  his  disease  being  considered  incurable,  he 
left,  and  went  to  Saugus,  where  he  owned  an  estate,  and  died 
soon  after  he  arrived  there. 

1814.  — Dr.  NATHANIEL  BREWER,  of  Boston,  died  in  Pep- 
perell,  17  May,  1853,  aged  57.  He  was  born  in  Northfield, 
Mass.,  23  July,  1795;  and  was  a  druggist  of  the  firm  of 
Brewers,  Stevens,  and  Cushing,  of  Boston. 

1814. — ARTHUR  MIDDLETON,  of  South  Carolina,  died  in 
Naples,  Italy,  9  June,  1853,  aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
Henry  Middleton,  who  was  for  many  years  American  minister 
at  St.  Petersburg,  and  grandson  of  Hon.  Arthur  Middleton, 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  He 


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was  born  in  South  Carolina,  28  October,  1795  ;  was,  for  eight 
years,  secretary  to  the  American  Legation  in  Spain  ;  married 
the  Countess  Benivoglio,  of  Rome,  who  survives  him,  with  two 
children.  He  had  resided  in  Naples  with  his  family  for  three 
years  previous  to  his  death. 

1815 — JOHN  DALL  died  in  Boston,  7  August,  1852,  aged 
56.  He  was  son  of  William  Dall,  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
22  February,  1797;  was  for  many  years  teller,  first  in  the 
New-England,  and  afterwards  in  the  State  Bank.  He  became 
insane  some  years  before  his  death,  and  was  for  a  considerable 
time  in  the  McLean  Asylum  at  Somerville. 

1815. — JOHN  SPRAGUE  WHITWELL  died  at  College  Hill, 
Cincinnati,  30  January,  1853,  aged  57.  He  was  born  in 
Brunswick,  Me.,  17  September,  1795  ;  was  for  a  time  a  teacher  ; 
afterwards  a  merchant ;  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
Professor  of  Ancient  and  Modern  Languages,  and  Belles 
Lett-res,  in  Farmer's  College,  Cincinnati. 

1816. — Dr.  GEORGE  BAKER  died  in  Chelsea,  25  Decem 
ber,  1852,  aged  56.  He  was  son  of  Eliphalet  Baker,  of 
Dedham,  where  he  was  born  9  July,  1796 ;  was  a  physician  in 
Lancaster,  next  a  druggist  in  Cambridge,  afterwards  resumed 
his  profession  in  Chelsea. 

1817.  — RICHARD  FARWELL  died  in  Marlborough,  20  Feb 
ruary,  1853,  aged  63.  He  was  born  at  Fitchburg,  23  July, 
1789,  but  removed  with  the  family,  when  quite  young,  to 
Harvard.  He  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
went  to  the  West, — believed  to  Dubuque,  Iowa;  but  subse 
quently  returned  to  Massachusetts,  and  established  himself  at 
Marlborough,  where  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

1818. — Dr.  RALPH  EMMS  ELLIOTT,  of  South  Carolina, 
died  in  New  York,  5  June,  1853,  aged  55.  He  was  born  in 
Beaufort,  S.C.,  15  July,  1797;  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Hosack,  of  New  York,  but  did  not  practise  his  profession. 
He  was  an  extensive  planter  in  South  Carolina,  but  resided 
during  the  winter  seasons  in  Savannah,  Ga. 

1819.  —  Hon.  ALFRED  DWIGHT  FOSTER  died  in  Worcester, 
10  August,  1852,  aged  52.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Dwight 

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Foster,  of  Brookfield  (B.U.  1774),  where  he  was  born  26 
July,  1800  ;  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Worcester ;  was  representa 
tive,  senator,  and  councillor  in  the  state  legislature. 

1820.  — Eev.  WILLIAM  GRAGG  died  in  Groton,  19  Novem 
ber,  1852,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Gragg,  of 
Groton,  where  he  was  born  17  September,  1786  ;  ordained  at 
Windham,  Me.,  15  October,  1828  ;  after  a  few  years  was  dis 
missed,  and  removed  to  Carlisle,  Mass.,  thence  to  Bedford,  and 
finally  returned  to  his  native  place,  Groton,  where  he  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  wife  died  29  November,  having 
survived  him  but  ten  days. 

1820. — Hon.  CHARLES  PAINE,  of  Northfield,  Vt.,  died  in 
the  village  of  Waco,  Texas,  6  July,  1853,  aged  54.  He  had 
gone  to  that  part  of  the  country  for  the  purpose  of  exploring  a 
southern  route  for  the  proposed  Pacific  Railroad ;  and  it  was 
while  in  Texas  that  he  contracted  the  disease  common  to  the 
climate,  which  caused  his  death.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Elijah 
Paine,  of  Williams  town,  Vt.  (H.C.  1781),  where  he  was  born 
15  April,  1799.  After  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Northfield 
to  take  charge  of  his  father's  factory  in  that  town.  He  became 
a  manufacturer  from  necessity,  and  continued  the  business  until 
the  burning  of  his  factory  in  March,  1848,  —  a  period  of  nearly 
twenty-five  years.  By  his  influence  and  energy,  the  charter  of 
the  Vermont  Central  Railroad  was  obtained,  and  he  was  the 
first  president  of  that  corporation.  The  Vermont  and  Canada 
Railroad,  the  Champlain  and  St.  Lawrence  Railroad,  and  the 
Ogdensburg  Railroad,  were  largely  indebted  to  him  for  their 
construction.  In  the  year  1841,  he  was  elected  governor  of 
Vermont ;  which  office  he  held  two  years,  when  he  declined 
being  a  candidate  for  re-election. 

1821. — HENRY  BULFINCH  died  at  Nahant,  28  January, 
1853,  aged  55.  He  was  born  in  Lynn,  6  June,  1797  ;  studied 
divinity,  and  preached  occasionally,  but,  most  of  his  time,  was 
engaged  as  a  teacher. 

1824.  — JOHN  THOMAS  PHILIP  DUMONT  died  in  Hallowell, 
Me.,  6  October,  1852,  aged  50.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Hal 
lowell,  and  an  ardent  politician  of  the  whig  school. 


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1824.  — JOHN  GREENOUGH  died  in  Paris,  France,  16  No 
vember,  1852,  aged  51.     He  was  son  of  David  Greenough,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  19  November,  1801 ;  was  an  artist  by  pro 
fession. 

1825. — HORATIO  GREENOUGH  died  at  the  McLean  Asy 
lum,  Somerville,  18  December,  1852,  aged  47.  He  was  son  of 
David  Greenough,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  6  September,  1805. 
He  was  an  eminent  sculptor,  and  resided  many  years  in  Italy, 
pursuing  his  profession  there  with  great  success. 

1825. — HIRAM  MANLEY  died  in  St.  Mark's,  Fla.,  9  July, 
1853,  aged  51.  He  was  son  of  David  Manley,  and  was  born 
in  Easton,  Mass.,  11  June,  1802.  He  settled  as  a  lawyer  in 
Tallahassee,  where  he  resided  about  ten  years,  when  he  removed 
to  St.  Mark's.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  judge  of  one 
of  the  courts  in  Florida. 

1825.  —  SEARS  COOK  WALKER  died  at  the  house  of  his 
brother,   Judge  Timothy  Walker,  in  Cincinnati,  30   January, 
1853,    aged    47.      He  was    born    in  Wilmington,    Mass.,   28 
March,  1805  ;  taught  a  private  school  in  Philadelphia  several 
years ;  was  for  a  considerable  period  actuary  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Life-insurance  Company ;  a  short  time  attached  to  the  National 
Observatory ;  and,  for  several  years  preceding  his  death,  one  of 
the  assistants  of  the  Coast  Survey.     He  was  a  distinguished 
member  of  the  American  Academy,  and  one  of  the  most  emi 
nent  mathematicians  and  astronomers  in  the  country. 

1826.  —  ROBERT  RANTOUL,  Jun. ,  died  in  Washington,  D.C. , 
7  August,  1852,  aged  47.     He  was  son  of  Robert  Rantoul,  and 
was  born  in  Beverly,  13  August,  1805  ;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1828;  in  1833  became  a  resident  of  Gloucester,  which  town  he 
represented  in  the  state  legislature  several  years.     In  1843  he 
was  appointed  collector  of  Boston  ;  but  his  appointment  was  not 
confirmed  by  the  Senate,  and  he  held  the  office  but  one  year. 
In  1845  he  was  appointed  United-States  attorney  for  Suffolk 
District,  which  office  he  held  till  1849.     In  1851  he  was  chosen 
United-States  senator,  to  fill,  for  a  few  days  only,  the  unexpired 
term  of  Mr.  Webster  ;  and,  the  same  year,  was  chosen  represen 
tative  in  Congress  from  Essex  District,  which  office  he  held  at 
the  time  of  his  death. 


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1828. — THOMAS  PHILANDER  RYDER  died  in  the  Lunatic 
Hospital,  at  South  Boston,  21  November,  1852,  aged  47.  He 
was  son  of  Thomas  Ryder,  and  was  born  in  Hallo  well,  Me., 
19  August,  1806.  He  taught  school  in  Dedham  for  some  time  ; 
was  afterwards  a  temperance  lecturer,  and  for  several  years  was 
a  constable  in  Boston. 

1829.  —  EZRA  WESTON  died  in  Duxbury,  6  September, 
1852,  aged  43.  He  was  son  of  Ezra  Weston,  and  was  born  in 
Duxbury,  23  December,  1809.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston, 
and  for  a  few  years  held  the  office  of  city-marshal. 

1830. — ISAAC  APPLETON  JEWETT  died  in  Keene,  N.H., 
14  January,  1853,  aged  44.  He  was  born  in  Burlington,  Vt.  ; 
settled  as  a  lawyer,  first  in  Cincinnati,  and  afterwards  in  New 
Orleans.  For  several  years  latterly,  he  resided  principally  at  the 
North,  and  was  engaged  in  other  business.  He  had  travelled 
extensively,  and  published  two  volumes  entitled  "  Passages  in 
Foreign  Travel."  He  also  wrote  a  series  of  letters  from  the 
West  Indies,  which  were  published  in  the  "  Christian  Register  " 
about  three  years  before  his  death. 

1831.  —  HENRY  FREDERICK  FRIESE  died  in  Baltimore 
County,  Md.,  about  seven  miles  from  the  city,  24  May,  1853, 
aged  42.  He  was  son  of  Philip  R.  J.  and  Julia  G.  Friese, 
of  Baltimore,  where  he  was  born  16  November,  1810.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Round-Hill  School  at  Northamp 
ton,  Mass.,  under  the  charge  of  Messrs.  Joseph  G.  Cogswell 
and  George  Bancroft.  By  profession  he  was  a  lawyer,  and 
practised  in  his  native  city,  where  for  a  time  he  held  a  jus 
tice's  commission. 

1831.  —  FREDERICK  FURBER  died  at  the  Lunatic  Hospital, 
South  Boston,  1  July,  1853,  aged  42.  He  was  son  of  Thomas 
Furber  and  Elizabeth  Green  (Foster)  Furber,  of  Boston ;  and 
was  born  22  January,  1811.  He  was  distinguished  for  his 
mathematical  attainments  ;  and,  after  graduating,  qualified  him 
self  for  the  profession  of  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  insane 
for  twenty  years ;  the  last  thirteen  of  which  he  passed  at  South 
Boston,  where  he  latterly  beguiled  the  tedium  of  confinement 
by  draughting  plans  for  similar  institutions. 


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1832. — WILLIAM  PRESCOTT  GIBBS  died  in  Lexington,  27 
July,  1852,  aged  39.  He  committed  suicide  by  drowning  him 
self  in  a  pond  near  his  house.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  William 
Gibbs,  of  Salem  ;  where  he  was  bom  5  August,  1812.  He  was 
a  lawyer  by  profession. 

1833. — Rev.  JOSEPH  HARRINGTON  died  in  San  Francisco, 
2  November,  1852,  aged  39.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  Harring 
ton,  of  Roxbury  (Y.C.  1803),  and  was  born  21  February,  1813; 
ordained  in  Boston  as  an  evangelist,  27  September,  1840  ;  in 
stalled  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  23  April,  1846  ;  was  dismissed  ;  went 
to  San  Francisco  to  take  charge  of  the  Unitarian  society  in  that 
place,  and  died  of  fever  a  few  weeks  after  his  arrival  there. 

1835. — ALLEN  CROCKER  SPOONER  died  in  Boston,  28 
June,  1853,  aged  39.  He  was  born  in  Plymouth,  9  March, 
1814  ;  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston. 

1835.  — JOHN  HUNT  WELCH  died  in  Dorchester,  9  Septem 
ber,  1852.     He  was  son  of  John  Welch,  and  was  born  in  Pen- 
nington,   N.J.,    17    November,    1814.     He    studied   law,   but 
left  the  profession ;  went  into  mercantile  business,  and  was  for 
a  time  of  the  firm  of  Heard  and  Welch  in  Boston. 

1836.  — DANIEL  COOK  died  at  East  Boston,  1  June,  1853, 
aged  35.     He  was  son  of  Nathan  Cook,  and  was  born  in  Salem, 
4  January,  1815.     After  graduating,  he  went  to  the  South,  and 
kept  school  several  years  in  Mississippi  and  vicinity.     For  the 
last  ten  years,  or  thereabouts,  of  his  life,  he  resided  mostly  in 
Salem,  and  subsequently  in  East  Boston,  as  a  machinist. 

1837. — MANLIUS  STIMSON  CLARK  died  in  Boston,  28  April, 
1853,  aged  36.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Pitt  Clark,  of  Norton 
(II. C.  1790),  where  he  was  born  17  October,  1816;  was  a 
highly  respected  lawyer  in  Boston. 

1837. — WILLIAM  DAVIS,  of  Plymouth,  died  in  Boston, 
19  February,  1853,  aged  34.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  Mor 
ton  Davis  (H.C.  1804),  and  was  born  in  Plymouth,  12  May, 
1818  ;  was  a  lawyer  in  Plymouth,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
vice-president  of  the  Pilgrim  Society. 

1843. — FRANCIS  WHITNEY  BIGELOW  died  in  San  Francisco, 
11  July,  1853,  aged  29.  Hfe  was  son  of  Tyler  Bigelow  of 


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Watertown   (H.C.  1801),  where  he  was  born  4  June,  1824. 
He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession. 

1843.  — WASHINGTON  VERY  died  in  Salem,  28  April,  1853, 
aged  37.     He  was  son  of  Jones  Very,  of  Salem,  and  was  born 
in  that  place,  12  November,  1815.     For  some  time  before  he 
entered  college,  he  was   a   clerk  in   one   of  the   Salem  banks. 
After    he    graduated,    he    studied    divinity   at   the    Theological 
School  in  Cambridge.     He  preached  one  year,  and  subsequently 
was  teacher  of  a  private  school  in  Salem. 

1844.  — FRANCIS  WILLARD  SAYLES  was  killed  on  the  New- 
York  and  New-Haven  Eailroad,  at  Norwalk,  6  May,  1853,  as 
he  was  on  his  return  from  a  journey  to  the  South.     He  was  son 
of  Willard  Sayles,  and  was  born  in  Boston,    30   September, 
1823.     Was  a  merchant,  of  the  firm  of  Sayles,  Merriam,  and 
Brewer,  in  Boston. 

1846. — JAMES  MORRIS  died  at  Staten  Island,  N.Y., 
28  January,  1853,  aged  27.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  19  March,  1825  ;  and  was,  by  profession,  a  civil  en 
gineer. 

1847. — Dr.  JAMES  BEMIS  ADAMS  died  of  yellow  fever  at 
CuraQoa,  West  Indies,  16  January,  1853,  aged  28.  He  was 
son  of  William  Henry  Adams,  and  was  born  at  Lyons,  Wayne 
County,  N.Y.,  12  January,  1825.  He  studied  medicine,  and 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  the  New-York  Medical  School 
in  1851. 

1847.  —  MARK  SIBLEY  ADAMS  died  in  San  Francisco, 
19  February,  1853,  aged  25.  He  was  son  of  William  Henry 
Adams,  and  was  born  at  Lyons,  Wayne  County,  N.Y. ,  10  April, 
1827. 

1849. — JAMES  PIERCE,  of  Brookline,  died  at  sea  of  con 
sumption,  29  May,  1853,  on  board  ship  "Parliament,"  on  the 
passage  from  Liverpool  to  Boston.  He  was  son  of  James 
Pierce,  and  was  born  in  Dorchester,  20  November,  1825. 

1849. — AUGUSTUS  WARREN  WHIFFLE  was  scalded  to  death, 
4  September,  1852,  at  Saugerties,  N.Y.,  on  board  the  steam 
boat  "  Reindeer,"  in  consequence  of  the  bursting  of  the  boiler. 
He  had  just  completed  his  studies  at  the  Theological  School  at 
Cambridge. 


1852-53.]  OF  HARVARD   COLLEGE.  23 

1852.  —  ALFRED  WELLINGTON  COOKE  died  at  Weston, 
Mass.,  3  August,  1852,  aged  22  years.  He  was  the  son  of 
Josiah  Wellington  and  Sarah  (Hancock)  Cooke,  and  was  born 
in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  25  August,  1830.  He  began  his  prepa 
ratory  course  for  college  at  the  Cambridge  High  School,  where 
he  remained  till  the  last  two  years,  which  he  spent  at  the  classi 
cal  school  of  Edmund  Burke  Whitman  (H.C.  1838),  in  the 
same  city.  During  his  last  school  vacation,  before  entering 
college,  he  suffered  an  attack  of  bleeding  at  the  lungs,  from 
which,  in  a  few  days,  he  appeared  to  entirely  recover ;  but 
though  after  that  his  health  seemed  to  be  good  till  the  last  year 
of  his  college-life,  yet  the  seeds  of  disease  were  probably  lurk 
ing  in  his  system,  and  he  gradually  sank  under  confirmed  pul 
monary  consumption.  By  class-day  he  had  become  so  ill,  that 
he  was  unable  to  take  part  in  its  exercises.  During  his  whole 
college-course,  he  was  an  earnest,  faithful  student,  and  performed 
his  scholastic  duties  with  untiring  perseverance.  In  spite  of  his 
failing  health,  he  continued  to  labor,  till,  from  bodily  weakness, 
he  could  no  longer  attend  the  recitations.  Never  was  a  more 
worthy  example  of  scholarly  devotion  shown  than  was  displayed 
by  him  in  feebly  going  to  and  from  his  college-exercises,  after  all 
could  see  that  the  hand  of  death  was  already  upon  him.  His 
energy,  though  quiet,  was  indomitable  ;  and,  if  a  resolute  will 
could  ever  avert  the  approach  of  mortality,  his  would  have 
done  so. 

From  his  earliest  years,  he  was  impressed  with  the  need  of 
a  religious  life ;  and,  at  the  age  of  twelve,  he  made  a  profession 
of  his  faith,  and  united  with  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Cam 
bridge  (of  which  Rev.  Joseph  White  Parker  was  then  the 
pastor),  24  March,  1842.  When  very  young,  he  had  displayed 
great  talents  for  music  and  painting.  He  played  with  much 
ability  upon  the  piano  and  the  organ  ;  and  his  first  and  untaught 
efforts  with  the  pencil  showed  a  hand  by  no  means  unskilful. 
He  was  extremely  persevering,  and  never  idle.  When  not 
engaged  upon  his  college-studies,  he  was  always  busy  with  his 
brush  or  pencil,  or  playing  upon  some  instrument  of  music. 
Careful  in  his  choice  of  friends,  and  invariably  preferring  merit 


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to  numbers,  he  was  faithfully  devoted  to  those  he  had.  They 
who  knew  him  best  thought  most  highly  of  him,  and  warmly 
appreciated  both  his  talents  and  his  unassuming  virtues.  It  was 
ever  his  earnest  desire  to  visit  Italy,  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting 
himself  in  the  arts  he  loved  so  well.  He  would  often  exclaim, 
with  true  artistic  fervor,  "  I  shall  certainly  see  Italy  before  I 
die  !  "  but  Providence  had  ordained  that  he  should  look  upon  a 
fairer  land  than  that. 

Only  a  few  days  before  his  death,  he  received  an  appointment, 
at  a  liberal  salary,  as  teacher  of  music  in  a  Southern  academy. 
He  had  applied  for  this  in  the  hope  that  rest  from  mental  exer 
tion  and  a  year's  residence  in  a  warmer  climate  might  restore 
his  failing  health  ;  but,  when  the  letter  announcing  his  engage 
ment  reached  him,  he  was  too  weak  to  answer  it.  Reserved 
and  gentle  in  his  manners,  ever  fearful  of  obtruding  himself 
upon  the  society  of  others,  cordial  and  kind  towards  all,  his 
short  life  flowed  on  peacefully  into  the  ocean  of  eternity.  With 
his  promising  talents  and  abundant  sources  of  enjoyment, 
he  had  much  to  live  for ;  and  it  is  matter  for  deep  sorrow,  that 
a  youth  so  bright  was  so  early  clouded  by  the  approach  of 
death. 


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1853-54. 


1784.  — THOMAS  GREENLEAF  died  in  Quincy,  5  January, 
1854,  aged  86.  He  was  son  of  John  Greenleaf,  and  was  born 
in  Boston,  15  May,  1767.  He  was  for  many  years  an  apothe 
cary  in  Boston  :  his  shop  was  No.  62,  Cornhill,  now  Washing 
ton  Street. 

1786. — Eev.  EBENEZER  HILL  died  in  Mason,  N.H.,  27 
May,  1854,  aged  88.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  Hill,  and  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  29  January,  1766  ;  was  ordained  at  Mason, 
3  November,  1796. 

1787.  — Dr.  NATHANIEL  SHEPHERD  PRENTISS  died  in  West 
Cambridge,  5  November,  1853,  aged  87.  He  was  son  of 
Nathaniel  Prentiss,  saddler,  of  Cambridge,  and  his  wife  Mercy 
(Pierce) ,  and  was  born  in  the  old  tavern  building  near  Porter's 
hotel,  in  Cambridge,  7  August,  1766.  He  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  Israel  Atherton,  of  Lancaster  (H.C.  1762)  ;  and 
settled  in  Marlborough,  where  he  remained  twelve  or  thirteen 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Roxbury,  where  he  had  charge  of 
the  Latin  School  eight  years,  and  fitted  many  distinguished  men 
for  college ;  he  also  practised  medicine  in  Roxbury  j  and  was 
town-clerk  over  thirty  years.  On  leaving  Roxbury,  in  1850, 
he  presented  to  the  Roxbury  Athenaeum  a  set  of  valuable  books. 
For  the  last  few  years  of  his  life,  he  resided  with  his  son-in-law, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Banvard,  in  West  Cambridge. 

1789. — Rev.  AARON  GREEN  died  in  South  Andover,  23 
December,  1853,  aged  89.  He  was  born  in  Maiden,  2  January, 
1765  ;  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  his  native 
town,  30  September,  1795  ;  resigned  8  August,  1827,  and  soon 
afterwards  removed  to  Andover,  where  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  days. 

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26  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1853-54. 

1789. — Hon.  NAHUM  MITCHELL,  of  East  Bridgewater, 
died  suddenly  in  Plymouth,  1  August,  1853,  aged  84.  He 
was  son  of  Gushing  Mitchell,  and  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  12 
February,  1769.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession ;  was  for 
many  years  chief  justice  of  the  Old  County  Circuit  Court  of 
Plymouth ;  was  representative  in  Congress  at  a  most  important 
period  of  our  history  ;  was  representative  and  councillor  in  our 
state  legislature ;  was  for  several  years  librarian  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  Historical  Society  ;  and  published  a  valuable  history  of 
his  native  town. 

1790. — Hon.  SAMUEL  CHANDLER  CRAFTS  died  in  Crafts- 
bury,  Vt.,  19  November,  1853,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of 
Col.  Ebenezer  Crafts  (Y.C.  1759),  and  was  born  in  Wood 
stock,  Conn.,  6  October,  1768,  where  his  father  then  resided; 
but  the  family  soon  after  removed  to  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  and 
Samuel  C.  was  fitted  for  college  at  Leicester  Academy,  of 
which  his  father  was  one  of  the  principal  founders  and  patrons. 
Soon  after  leaving  college,  he  moved  with  the  family  to  Crafts- 
bury,  where  his  father  died  in  1810,  and  where  he  ever  after 
resided.  In  1792,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  town;  which 
office  he  held,  by  yearly  re-elections,  for  thirty-seven  successive 
years.  In  1796,  he  was  chosen  member  of  the  legislature;  and, 
the  two  following  years,  was  elected  clerk  of  the  same.  He  was 
again  elected  to  the  legislature  in  1800,  1801,  1803,  and  1805. 
From  1800  to  1810,  he  held  the  office  of  first  assistant  judge 
of  the  County  Circuit  Court;  and,  after  that  time  to  1816,  was 
chief  judge.  In  1816,  he  was  elected  a  representative  in 
Congress,  and  was  continued  a  member  for  eight  years.  In 
1828,  he  was  chosen  governor  of  the  state,  and  was  re-elected 
in  1829  and  1830.  In  1842,  he  was  appointed,  by  the  execu 
tive  of  the  state,  to  a  seat  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States, 
in  place  of  Judge  Prentiss,  who  had  resigned  ;  and,  at  the  fol 
lowing  meeting  of  the  legislature,  he  was  chosen  for  the  re 
mainder  of  the  period  for  which  Judge  Prentiss  had  been  elected. 
From  that  time  to  his  death,  he  retained  no  important  public 
office,  exept  that  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  town. 

1796.  — FRANCIS  DANA  died  in  Cambridgeport,  28  Decem- 


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her,  1853,  aged  76.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Francis  Dana 
(H.C.  1762),  and  was  born  in  Cambridge,  14  May,  1777. 
He  was  a  merchant  by  profession  ;  and  he  passed  several  years, 
after  he  entered  into  business,  in  Russia,  Germany,  India,  South 
America,  and  the  western  regions  of  our  own  country.  In  the 
latter  part  of  his  life,  he  represented  his  native  town  in  the 
state  legislature. 

1797. — Hon.  DANIEL  ABBOT  died  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  3 
December,  1853,  aged  76.  He  was  son  of  Timothy  Abbot  of 
Andover,  and  was  born  in  that  town,  25  February,  1777.  He 
studied  law  with  Parker  Noyes  of  Salisbury,  N.H.  (D.C. 
1796),  where  he  was  a  fellow-student  with  Daniel  Webster. 
In  1802,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Londonderry, 
X.H.,  but  moved  to  Dunstable  the  same  year.  He  represented 
the  town  in  the  legislature  many  years,  and  was  once  a  member 
of  the  senate.  He  was  president  of  the  Nashua  Manufacturing 
Company  for  several  years  of  its  early  existence  ;  president  of 
the  Nashua  Bank  many  years  ;  president  of  the  Nashua  and 
Lowell  Railroad  Company  for  fourteen  years  after  its  incorpora 
tion  ;  president  of  the  Wilton  Railroad  from  its  organization 
till  within  a  short  time  before  his  death  ;  and,  for  a  long  period, 
president  of  the  Hillsborough-County  bar. 

1797. — Rev.  FREEMAN  PARKER  died  in  Wiscasset,  Me., 
24  April,  1854,  aged  78.  He  was  born  in  Barnstable,  13 
July,  1776;  ordained  at  Dresden,  Me.,  2  September,  1801, 
and  was  minister  there  about  twenty-five  years ;  when  he  resigned 
his  pastoral  charge,  and  removed  to  Wiscasset.  On  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  his  ordination,  he  went  to  Dresden,  and  preached 
an  occasional  sermon  to  his  former  congregation.  This  was  the 
last  discourse  he  ever  delivered.  He  was  blind  for  upwards  of 
forty  years  before  his  death. 

1798.—  JOHN  ABBOT  died  in  Westford,  30  April,  1854, 
aged  77.  He  was  born  in  Westford,  27  January,  1777  ;  and 
was  a  lawyer  in  his  native  town. 

1799. — BARTHOLOMEW  BROWN  died  in  Boston,  14  April, 
1854,  aged  81.  He  was  son  of  John  Brown,  and  was  born  in 
Danvers,  8  September,  1772;  was  a  lawyer  in  Sterling  from 


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1803  to  1809,  when  he  removed  to  East  Bridge  water,  where  he 
continued  in  practice  of  his  profession  till  about  ten  years  before 
his  death,  when  he  removed  to  Boston.  He  possessed  great 
talent  for  music ;  and,  in  connection  with  the  late  Judge  Mitch 
ell,  he  edited,  for  about  twenty  years,  the  "Bridgewater  Collec 
tion  of  Church  Music,"  in  which  book  may  be  found  many 
pieces  of  his  composition.  He  wrote  the  calendars  in  Thomas's 
"  Old  Farmer's  Almanac  "  for  fifty-nine  years  successively. 

1800. — Rev.  JOSHUA  BATES  died  in  Dudley,  14  January, 
1854,  aged  77.  He  was  born  in  Cohasset,  20  March,  1776  ; 
was  ordained  at  Dedham  as  colleague-pastor  of  the  First  Church 
with  the  Rev.  Jason  Haven  (H.C.  1754),  16  March,  1803; 
resigned  10  February,  1818,  and,  the  following  month,  was  in 
augurated  president  of  Middleborough  College,  Vt. ;  which  office 
he  held  till  1843,  when  he  resigned,  and  was  installed  the  same 
year  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Dudley,  where 
he  remained  till  his  death. 

1800.  —  Dr.  JOHN  D WIGHT  died  in  Roxbury  (Jamaica 
Plain),  5  August,  1853,  aged  78.  He  was  born  in  Shirley, 
22  December,  1773  ;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  John  Jeffries, 
of  Boston  (H.C.  1763)  ;  practised  his  profession  in  Boston 
till  1844,  when  he  joined  the  "  Community  "  in  West  Roxbury, 
where  he  remained  about  four  years,  continuing  the  practice  of 
his  profession  among  them.  He  then  removed  to  Jamaica 
Plain,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

1801. — JOSIAH  ADAMS  died  in  Framingham,  9  February, 
1854,  aged  72.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Moses  Adams,  of  Acton 
(H.C.  1771),  and  was  born  in  that  town,  3  November,  1781. 
He  was  a  lawyer  in  Framingham. 

1804.  —  ANDEEWS  NORTON,  of  Cambridge,  died  in  Newport, 
R.I.,  18  September,  1853,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Samuel 
Norton,  of  Hingham ;  and  was  born  in  that  town,  31  Decem 
ber,  1786.  In  1801,  he  entered  college  a  year  in  advance,  and 
was  the  youngest  in  his  class.  After  graduating,  he  studied 
divinity,  but  was  never  ordained.  In  1813,  he  was  appointed 
librarian,  which  office  he  held  till  1821.  He  was  also,  in  1813, 
appointed  Dexter  Lecturer.  In  1819,  when  the  Theological 


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School  was  organized,  he  was  elected  Professor  of  Sacred  Liter 
ature,  which  office  he  resigned  in  1830.  In  1833-4,  in  connec 
tion  with  Charles  Folsom,  Esq.,  he  edited  "The  Select  Journal 
of  Foreign  Periodical  Literature,"  which  closed  with  the  fourth 
volume.  The  elaborate  theological  works  of  Professor  Norton 
are  well  known. 

1806.  —  JAMES  DAY  died  in  Paxton,  Mass.,  1C  December, 

1853,  aged  74.     He  was  born  in  Paxton,  14  December,  1779. 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law,  but  soon  relinquished  the 
profession,  and  devoted  himself  to  teaching  in  his  native  town 
and  the  vicinity. 

1806. — ABRAHAM   MOORE  died  in  Boston,   30  January, 

1854,  aged  69.     He  was  born  in  Bolton,  Mass.,   5  January, 
1785  ;   studied  law  with  Hon.  Timothy  Bigelow  (H.C.  1786)  ; 
and  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Groton  in  1809,  where  he  resided  till 
1815,  when  he  removed  to  Boston. 

1807.  — Rev.  JOSHUA  CHANDLER  died  at  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital,  in  Boston,  31  May,  1854,  aged  67.     He  was 
son  of  Major  Abiel  Chandler,  of  Andover,  where  he  was   born 

15  May,  1787;  was  ordained  at  Swanzey,  N.H.,  20  January, 
1819 ;    dismissed  26   November,    1822 ;    installed   in   Orange, 
27  November,  1822  ;  dismissed  31  October,  1827  ;  installed  in 
Bedford,  20  January,  1836  ;    dismissed  and  installed  in  Pem 
broke,  9  February,  1842  ;  dismissed,  and  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 

1807. — Rev.  PHINEAS  FISH  died  in  Cotuit  (Barnstable) , 

16  June,  1854,  aged  69.     He  was  born  in  Sandwich,  30  Jan 
uary,  1785;  was  ordained  at  Marshpee,  18  September,  1812; 
and,  for  more  than  forty  years,  was  a  devoted  and  faithful  mis 
sionary  to  the  Indian  tribe  at  that  place. 

1807. — WILLIAM  COFFIN  HARRIS  died  in  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  22  November,  1853,  aged  65.  He  was  seized  with  an 
apoplectic  fit  in  his  school-room,  fell  on  the  floor,  and  died 
within  ten  minutes  afterwards.  He  was  son  of  Abiel  Harris, 
of  Portsmouth,  where  he  was  born  17  March,  1788.  He  had 
been  a  teacher  in  Newington  and  Portsmouth  between  thirty 
and  forty  years  ;  and,  for  faithfulness,  energy,  and  thorough- 


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ness  in  tins  capacity,  was  greatly  distinguished  and  highly 
esteemed. 

1807. — Hon.  JAMES  GUSHING  MERRILL  died  in  Boston, 
4  October,  1853,  aged  69.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Giles  Merrill 
(H.C.  1759),  and  was  born  in  Haverhill,  27  September,  1784. 
He  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston ;  and,  for  many  years,  was  one  of 
the  judges  of  the  Police  Court. 

1808.  — JOSEPH  BOLLES  MANNING,  of  Rockport,  died  sud 
denly  in  Ipswich,  22  May,  1854,  aged  67.  He  was  born  in 
Gloucester  (now  Rockport) ,  5  March,  1787;  was  for  several 
years  a  lawyer  in  Ipswich ;  and  afterwards  removed  to  Glou 
cester. 

1810. — Hon.  JAMES  GORE  KING  died  in  New  York, 
4  October,  1853,  aged  62.  He  was  the  third  son  of  Hon. 
Rufus  King  (H.C.  1777),  and  was  born  in  New  York,  8  May, 
1791.  He  went  with  the  family  to  England,  on  the  appoint 
ment  of  his  father,  in  1796,  as  minister  from  the  United  States 
to  the  court  of  St.  James.  He  was  placed  at  school  near 
London  for  some  time  ;  and  was  afterwards  sent  to  Paris,  where 
he  also  attended  school.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  in 
the  year  1805,  and  was  fitted  for  college  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Gardiner,  of  Boston.  After  graduating,  he  commenced  the 
study  of  law  with  Peter  van  Schaick,  Esq.,  of  Kinderhook  ; 
and  completed  his  studies  at  Litchfield  under  the  instruction  of 
Judges  Reeve  and  Goold.  He  afterwards  turned  his  attention 
to  commerce,  and  formed  a  commission-house  in  Xew  York, 
which  he  soon  after  transferred  to  Liverpool.  In  1823,  he 
returned  to  New  York,  and  became  a  partner  in  the  banking- 
house  of  Prime,  Ward,  and  King ;  and  subsequently,  on  its 
dissolution,  was  the  head  of  the  house  of  James  G.  King  and 
Sons. 

1810.  — Dr.  RUFUS  KITTREDGE  died  in  Portsmouth,  X.H., 
21  February,  1854,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Benjamin 
Kittredge,  of  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  28  June, 
1789.  His  father,  who  died  at  the  age  of  81,  had  eight  sons 
and  three  daughters.  All  the  sons  reached  manhood,  and  wrere 
all  physicians.  Dr.  Rufus  was  the  last  of  the  brothers.  He 


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had  been  a  resident  of  Portsmouth  since  1817  ;  had  an  extensive 
practice  in  his  profession,  and  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the 
public. 

1810.  — Dr.  THOMAS  GARDNER  MOWER  died  in  New  York, 
7  December,  1853,  aged  63.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Mower, 
and  was  born  in  Leicester,  18  February,  1790,  but  removed 
with  the  family,  at  an  early  age,  to  Worcester.  He  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Thomas  Babbitt,  of  Brookfield  (H.C.  1784). 
He  was  appointed  surgeon's  mate  in  the  Ninth  Regiment  of  United 
States  Infantry,  2  December,  1812,  and  immediately  joined  his 
regiment  in  winter-quarters  at  Burlington,  Yt.  On  the  30th 
of  June,  1814,  he  was  promoted  to  the  surgeoncy  of  his  regiment, 
and  continued  on  the  New- York  frontier  till  the  close  of  the 
war,  February,  1815.  The  war  being  ended,  he  was  one  of 
the  regimental-surgeons,  out  of  about  forty,  that  were  selected 
for  the  peace  establishment.  After  nine  or  ten  years'  service  on 
the  frontier,  the  last  two  on  the  Upper  Missouri,  he  was  placed 
on  special  duty  in  the  harbor  of  New  York,  and  charged  with 
the  various  duties  pertaining  to  the  station.  Here,  with  occa 
sional  absences  on  duty,  he  was  continued  till  the  time  of  his 
death. 

1811. — Dr.  JOSEPH  WHEELAVRIGHT  died  in  Heathsville, 
Northumberland  County,  Ya.,  24  August,  1853,  aged  61. 
He  was  born  in  Newburyport,  29  December,  1791.  He  es 
tablished  himself  as  a  physician  in  Yirginia,  and  for  nearly  forty 
years  was  actively  engaged  there  in  the  practice  of  his  profes 
sion.  His  loss  was  deeply  felt  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

1812. — JAMES  FOSTER  GOULD  died  in  Canton,  Miss., 
14  February,  1854,  aged  61.  He  was  born  in  a  part  of  Dor 
chester  which  is  now  South  Boston,  24  November,  1791 ;  was 
a  teacher,  first  in  Baltimore,  and  afterwards  at  the  South. 

1813. — EDWARD  HIXKLEY  died  in  Baltimore,  28  June, 
1854,  aged  63.  He  was  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  26 
August,  1790.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  for  many 
years  had  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  Baltimore  bar. 

1814.  —  Hon.  ELIJAH  PAINE  died  in  New  York,  7  October, 
1853,  aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Elijah  Paine,  of  Wil- 


32  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1853-54. 

liamstown,  Yt.  (H.C.  1781),  where  he  was  born  10  April, 
1796  ;  studied  law  with  Judge  Cady,  of  Montgomery  County, 
N.Y.,  and  settled  in  New- York  City  as  a  lawyer  about  the  year 
1823.  In  1849,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
Superior  Court,  and  discharged  the  duties  of  his  office  as  long 
as  his  health  would  permit.  His  term  would  not  have  expired 
till  1  January,  1857. 

1816. — Bev.  WILLIAM  DANIELS  WISWALL  died  in  Eoxbury, 
30  November,  1853,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Timothy  and 
Diadama  Wiswall,  and  was  born  in  Milford,  23  October,  1787. 
His  name,  originally,  was  Lot  Wiswall.  He  was  ordained  at 
Ellsworth,  Me.,  5  July,  1837  ;  dismissed  5  July,  1839.  He 
was  never  settled  over  any  other  society,  but  preached  occa 
sionally  in  various  places. 

1817.  —  GEORGE    STOKER   BULFINCH   died   in   Boston,   7 
October,   1853,  aged  54.      He  was  son    of  Charles   Bulfinch 
(H.C.   1781),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  23  January,    1799; 
was  a  lawyer  in  Boston,   and  for  some   time  librarian   of  the 
Boston  Library. 

1818.  —  THOMAS   COOK   WHITTREDGE    died    suddenly   of 
apoplexy,  in  Salem,  26  January,  1854,  aged  54.     He  was  son 
of  Capt.   Thomas  Whittredge,    of  Salem,  where  he  was   born 
28  May,  1799.     He  adopted  the  maritime  profession,  and  was, 
for  some  time,  master  of  a  merchant-ship  ;    but,  several  years 
before  his  death,  he  retired  from  active  life. 

1820.  —  Rev.  ALEXANDER  YOUNG  died  in  Boston,  16 
March,  1854,  aged  53.  He  was  son  of  Alexander  Young,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  22  September,  1800  ;  was  ordained  pastor 
of  the  New  South  Church,  in  Boston,  19  January,  1825. 

1822. — Hon.  CHARLES  GORDON  ATHERTON,  of  Nashua, 
N.H.,  died  at  the  Manchester  House,  in  Manchester,  N.H., 
15  November,  1853,  aged  49.  He  died  of  paralysis,  with 
which  he  was  attacked  in  the  court-house,  in  Manchester, 
while  engaged  in  professional  business.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
Charles  Humphrey  Atherton  (H.C.  1794),  and  was  born  in 
Amherst,  N.H.,  4  July,  1804;  studied  law  with  his  father; 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  1825,  and  soon  afterwards  opened 


1&33-54.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  33 

an  office  in  Nashua  Village,  then  called  Dunstablc.  He  was 
elected  to  the  state  legislature  in  1830,  and  in  1831  he  was 
chosen  clerk  to  the  Senate.  He  was  again  chosen  represen 
tative  in  1833-6 ;  and  was  Speaker  of  the  House  during 
three  of  those  years.  He  was  elected  representative  in  Con 
gress  in  1837,  1839,  and  1841 ;  was  elected  senator  in  1842, 
and  took  his  seat  in  the  Senate  in -March,  1843.  His  term 
expired  in  1849  ;  and  he  was  again  elected  to  that  place  in 
1852,  and  took  his  seat  in  March,  1853. 

1822. — JOHN  THOMPSON  died  in  Centre  Harbor,  N.H., 
21  January,  1854,  aged  52.  His  house  was  destroyed  by  fire  ; 
and  while  endeavoring  to  save  an  article  of  furniture  which  he 
highly  prized,  it  being  a  present  from  his  mother,  he  perished 
in  the  flames.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin  Thompson  of  Durham, 
N.H.,  where  he  was  born  2  December,  1801.  He  was  a 
practising  lawyer  in  Centre  Harbor. 

1826.  —  Rev.  NATHANIEL  PHIPPEN  KNAPP  died  in  Mobile, 
Ala.,  17  February,  1854,  aged  46.     He  was  son  of  Capt.  Jo 
seph  J.  Knapp,  of  Salem,  where  he  was  born  25  June,  1807. 
He  was  for  a  time  a  lawyer  in  Marblehead,  but  subsequently 
relinquished  the  profession  ;    studied  divinity,  and  became   an 
Episcopal  minister;  was  ordained  priest  at  Jamaica,  N.Y.,  15 
March,  1837.    In  1838,  he  was  instituted  rector  of  Christ  Church, 
in  Montgomery,  Ala.  ;  and  afterwards  removed  to  Mobile. 

1827.  — THOMAS  KEMPER  DAVIS  died  in  Boston,  13  Octo 
ber,  1853,  aged  45.     He  was  son  of  Isaac  P  Davis,  and  was 
born  in  Boston,  20  June,  1808.     He  graduated  with  the  high 
est  honors  of  his  class.      He  studied  law  with  Hon.   Daniel 
Webster ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1830,  and  opened  an  office 
in  Boston  ;  but,  for  several  years  before  his  death,  was  an  inmate 
of  the  McLean  Asylum  at  Somerville. 

1828.  —  CHARLES   TRACY  MURDOCH  died  in  Cambridge, 
25  November,  1853,  aged  44.     He  was  son  of  John  Murdoch  ; 
and  was  born   in  Havana,  Island  of  Cuba,  5  January,  1809. 
He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession ;   had  an  office  in  Boston,  but 
resided  in  Cambridge. 

1830. — JAMES  BENJAMIN,  of  Boston,  died  in  Springfield, 

5 


34  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1853-54. 

Mass.,  28  August,  1853,  aged  42.  He  was  son  of  Aslmr 
Benjamin,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  23  April,  1811.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  partly  at  Exeter  Academy,  and  partly  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston. 

1830.  —  JOSEPH  BARNEY  WILLIAMS  died  in  Baltimore,  Md. , 
30  August,  1853,  aged  43.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  Wil 
liams  (H.C.  1801),  and  was  born  in  Baltimore,  16  October, 
1810.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Round-Hill  School, 
Northampton,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1827.  He 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession  ;  and,  for  many  years  previous  to  his 
death,  was  notary-public  and  commissioner. 

1834. — DRAUSIN  BALTAZAR  LABRANCIIE  died  at  his  resi 
dence  in  the  parish  of  St.  Charles,  Louisiana,  25  August, 
1853,  aged  38.  He  was  born  in  that  place,  12  April,  1815, 
and  was  by  profession  a  lawyer. 

1837.  — EDWARD  PINKNEY  WILLIAMS  died  in  New  Orleans, 
18  November,  1853,  aged  34.  He  was  born  in  Baltimore,  9 
June,  1819  ;  and  was  a  merchant  in  New  Orleans. 

1838. — JONAS  WHITE  THAXTER  died  in  Watertown,  1 
March,  1854,  aged  34.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Levi  Thaxter,  and 
was  born  in  Watertown,  27  February,  1820.  He  studied 
medicine  for  a  time,  but  did  not  pursue  the  profession. 

1842.  —  FRANCIS  HENRY  APPLETON,  of  Boston,  died  at  the 
McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville,  28  May,  1854,  aged  30.     He 
was  son  of  Hon.  William  Appleton,  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
11  September,  1823. 

1843.  —  Dr.  JOHN  GARDNER  LADD,  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y., 
died  at   Saratoga  Springs,  19  August,   1853,   aged   33.       He 
was   son  of  John  H.  Ladd,   of  Savannah  ;    and  was   born   in 
Alexandria,  D.  C.,   4    July,   1820.      He  was   a  physician  in 
Brooklyn. 

1845.  —  GORHAM  BARTLETT,  of  Concord,  died  at  the 
McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville,  17  June,  1854,  aged  28.  He 
was  son  of  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett  (H.C.  1816),  and  was  born  in 
Concord,  22  January,  1826.  He  commenced  the  study  of 
divinity  at  the  Theological  School  at  Cambridge,  but  relin 
quished  it  on  account  of  his  health. 


1853-54.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  35 

1845.  —  NICHOLAS  LAFAYETTE  MARK  died  in  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala.,  17  April,  1854,  aged  29.  He  was  born  in  Tuscaloosa, 
2  August,  1824,  and  was  a  planter  by  occupation. 

1848. — EDWARD  IRVING  BIGELOW  died  in  Cairo,  Egypt, 
9  April,  1854,  aged  26.  He  was  son  of  Tyler  Bigelow,  of 
Watertown  (H.C.  1801),  where  he  was  born  1  June,  1827. 
He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession. 

1848. — HENRY  WHITCOMB  HOLMAN  died  in  Carrollton, 
La.,  1  October,  1853,  aged  29.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Amory 
Holman,  of  Bolton,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  8  October,  1824. 
He  taught  school  in  Jackson,  Miss.,  in  1849-50;  afterwards 
studied  law  in  New  Orleans,  and  established  himself  as  a  lawyer 
in  that  city. 

1849.  —  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  COGSWELL  died  in  Le  Roy, 
N.Y.,  22  April,  1854,  aged  23.  He  was  born  in  Peterbor 
ough,  N.H.,  1  July,  1830,  and  was  a  student-at-law. 

1852.  —  GORHAM  THOMAS  died  in  Cambridge,  16  August, 
1853,  aged  21.     He  was  son  of  Dr.  Alexander  Thomas   (H.C. 
1822),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  8  September,  1831.     He  was 
a  student  of  medicine. 

1853.  —  EDWARD  JAR  vis  TENNEY  was  washed  overboard 
from  steamship  "  San  Francisco,"  25  December,  1853.     He  had 
taken  passage  in   that   ill-fated  vessel   for  Valparaiso,    South 
America,  where  he  intended  to  establish  himself  in  mercantile 
business.     He  was  son  of  John  Tenney,  of  Methuen,  where  he 
was  .born  20  September,  1833  ;   and  was  consequently  twenty 
years  of  age  at  the  time  he  was  lost. 


36  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-5f>. 


1854-55. 


1791. — Hon.  THOMAS  EICE  died  in  Winslow,  Me.,  24 
August,  1854,  aged  86.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Eice 
(II. C.  1756),  and  was  born  in  Pownalborough  (now  Wiscas- 
set),  30  March,  1768.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Timothy 
Bigelow  of  Groton  (H.C.  1786).  After  completing  his  studies, 
he  went  to  Winslow  on  horseback,  carrying  in  his  saddle-bags 
his  clothes,  and  a  few  law-books  which  constituted  his  whole 
library.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  that  town  in 
1795,  where  he  soon  gained  a  lucrative  business,  and  became 
successful  as  an  advocate.  In  1814,  he  was  representative  to 
the  Massachusetts  legislature;  in  1817,  he  was  elected  repre 
sentative  to  Congress,  where  he  continued  two  terms.  With 
the  exception  of  two  years,  when  he  resided  in  Augusta,  he 
continued  to  live  in  Winslow  till  his  death.  He  was  naturally 
of  a  cheerful  and  social  temperament ;  and  had  quite  a  taste  for 
gardening,  which  he  indulged  to  the  last.  He  relinquished  the 
practice  of  law  about  twenty  years  before  he  died. 

1792. — Hon.  JOHN  LOCKE  died  in  Boston,  29  March, 
1855,  aged  91.  He  was  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Haven) 
Locke,  and  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  14  February, 
1764.  In  1769,  he,  with  his  father's  family,  removed  to 
Framingham  ;  whence,  in  June,  1770,  they  removed  to  Fitz- 
william,  N.H. ,  then  called  Monadnock  No.  2,  and  lived  in  a 
log-house.  In  May  or  June,  1772,  he  removed  with  the  family 
to  Ashby,  Mass.  He  worked  on  a  farm  till  twenty-two  years 
of  age,  when  he  went  to  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  where 
he  continued  till  he  entered  Dartmouth  College,  in  the  second 
quarter  of  the  sophomore  year.  He  left  Dartmouth,  and 
entered  Harvard  in  the  beginning  of  the  junior  year.  In  No 
vember,  1793,  he  entered  the  law-office  of  the  late  Hon.  Timo- 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  37 

thy  Bigelow  of  Groton  (H.C.  1786).  In  September,  1796, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Middlesex  County,  and  opened  an 
office  in  Ashby.  He  was  elected  representative  to  the  Legisla 
ture  in  1804,  1805,  1813,  and  1823.  In  1820,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Convention  for  revising  the  Constitution  of 
Massachusetts.  From  1823  to  1829,  he  was  representative  in 
Congress  from  the  Worcester  North  District.  In  1830,  he  was 
chosen  senator  from  Middlesex  to  the  Massachusetts  Legislature. 
In  1831,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Executive  Council.  In  1837, 
he  removed  to  Lowell  to  reside  with  his  son,  John  Goodwin 
Locke;  with  whom,  in  1849,  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  days. 

1792. — Dr.  HECTOR  ORR  died  in  East  Bridgcwater,  29 
April,  1855,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of  Col.  Robert  Orr,  and 
was  born  in  East  Bridgewater,  24  March,  1770.  He  settled 
as  a  physician  in  his  native  town,  where  he  passed  his  life  ;  and, 
besides  having  held  offices  of  honor  and  trust,  he  was  distin 
guished  as  a  skilful  physician  and  a  man  of  cultivated  intel 
lect. 

1793. — THOMAS  WIGGLESWORTH  died  in  Boston,  27  April, 
1855,  aged  79.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Edward  Wigglesworth, 
of  Cambridge  (H.C.  1749),  and  grandson  of  Rev.  Edward 
Wigglesworth,  of  Cambridge  (H.C.  1710)  ;  both  Hollis  Pro 
fessors  of  Divinity  in  Harvard  College.  He  was  born  in 
Concord,  Mass.,  2  November,  1775.  At  the  time  of  his 
birth,  his  father's  family  were  residing  temporarily  in  Con 
cord,  to  which  place  the  students  and  teachers  of  the  college 
had  removed  a  short  time  before,  in  consequence  of  the  occu 
pancy  of  Cambridge  and  the  university  buildings  by  the  Ameri 
can  forces  collected  to  besiege  the  British  army,  who  were  then 
in  possession  of  Boston.  Mr.  Wigglesworth,  immediately  after 
graduating,  commenced  the  study  of  law  at  Salisbury,  N.H., 
near  the  residence  of  the  family  of  the  late  Daniel  Webster, 
wThom  he  remembered  very  well  as  a  boy.  In  a  few  months,  he 
discontinued  his  legal  studies,  and  went  to  Newburyport,  where 
he  entered  the  counting-room  of  Messrs.  Searle  and  Tyler.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  came  to  Boston,  and  soon  formed  a 


38  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

copartnership  with  William  Sawyer,  Esq.  (H.C.  1788),  who 
survived  him  for  a  few  years.  They  carried  on  business 
together  for  several  years.  Mr.  Wigglesworth  early  engaged 
in  the  Russia  and  India  trade,  and  continued  in  the  latter  to 
the  end  of  his  life,  having  accumulated  a  large  fortune.  He 
was  connected,  as  a  director,  with  several  of  our  financial  insti 
tutions,  and  was  respected  for  his  industry,  integrity,  and  capacity 
for  business  ;  but  he  was  retiring  in  his  habits,  and  never  served 
in  any  state  or  city  office,  except  for  a  short  time  on  the  school- 
committee. 

1795.  —  SAMUEL  ADAMS  DORR  died  in  Boston,  25  Febru 
ary,  1855,  aged  79.     He  was  son  of  Ebenezer  Dorr,  of  Bos 
ton,    and    was    born    in   Medfield,    Mass,    (where    his    parents 
resided  during  the  siege  of  Boston),  1  July,  1775.     He  studied 
law  with  Gov.  James  Sullivan,  but  relinquished  the  profession ; 
engaged  in  commercial  pursuits ;  went  abroad,  and  passed  many 
years  of  his  life  in  foreign  countries. 

1796.  —  Rev.  LEONARD  WOODS  died  in  Andover,  Mass., 
24  August,  1854,  aged  80.     He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Abi 
gail  Woods,  and  was  born  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  19  June,  1774. 
He  commenced  the  study  of  Latin  with  the  parish  minister  of 
Princeton  ;    and,   after  three  years,  he   entered  as  freshman  in 
1792,  having  received   but  three   months'   regular  instruction, 
which  he  obtained  at  Leicester  Academy,  under  the  tuition  of 
Ebenezer  Adams    (D.C.   1791,    afterwards   professor  in  Dart 
mouth  College) ,  and  graduated  with  the  highest  honors  of  his 
class.     For  eight  months  after  he  left  college,  he  was  engaged 
as  a  teacher  in  Medford.     He  united  with  Rev.  Dr.  Osgood's 
church  in  Medford  in  1797.     In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year, 
he  studied  theology  three  months  with  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  Backus, 
at  Somers,   Conn.    (Y.C.    1769).      The   following  winter   he 
continued  his  studies  at  home.     In  the  spring  of  1798,  he  was 
licensed  to   preach,    and  was   ordained  pastor    of  the  Fourth 
Church  in  Newbury,  5  December,  1798.      He  was  dismissed 
26  May,  1808  ;  was  inaugurated  Professor  of  Theology  in  the 
Institution  at  Andover,  20  September,  1808  ;  and  continued  to 
give  instruction  till  1846,  when  his  active  connection  with  the 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  39 

seminary  ceased.  After  that  time,  lie  was  engaged  in  revising 
and  giving  to  the  world  his  lectures  and  other  writings,  in  an 
edition  of  five  volumes  ;  and  in  preparing  a  history  of  the  semi 
nary,  which  was  nearly  or  quite  completed  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

1797.  —  Dr.  HENRY  GARDNER  died  in  Charlestown,  Mass., 
22  August,  1854,  aged  81.  He  was  born  in  Charlestown,  13 
September,  1772  ;  and  settled  as  a  physician  in  his  native  town, 
where  he  passed  his  life. 

1800. — Hon.  LEONARD  JARVIS  died  in  Surry,  Me.,  18 
September,  1854,  aged  62.  He  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
19  October,  1781.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  en 
tered  the  counting-room  of  the  late  David  Greene  and  Son,  where 
he  acquired  a  knowledge  of  commerce,  and  habits  of  business, 
which  entitle  him  to  an  honorable  name  amon^r  the  merchants 

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of  Boston.  He  became  subsequently  connected  with  mercan 
tile  operations,  in  the  prosecution  of  which  he  spent  several  years 
abroad,  chiefly  in  France  and  South  America.  On  his  return 
home,  he  settled  in  Maine,  where  he  filled  various  important 
positions  ;  being  at  one  time  collector  of  Eastport,  afterwards 
sheriff  of  Hancock  County.  In  the  year  1831-33,  he  represented 
his  district  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  He  was  a 
prominent  politician  in  the  Democratic  party.  Under  the  ad 
ministration  of  President  Van  Buren,  he  was  appointed  navy 
agent  for  the  port  of  Boston.  From  this  post  he  was  removed 
by  the  administration  of  Gen.  Harrison  ;  and  soon  afterwards 
returned  to  Maine,  where  he  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life 
in  the  pursuits  of  agriculture  and  literature. 

1802.  — Rev.  JAMES  FLINT  died  in  Salem,  4  March,  1855, 
aged  73.  He  was  born  in  Reading,  10  December,  1781.  After 
leaving  college,  he  spent  a  few  years  in  teaching ;  then  studied 
divinity  with  the  Rev.  Joshua  Bates,  D.D.,  of  Dedham  (H.C. 
1800) .  On  finishing  his  studies,  he  received  a  call  from  the  First 
Church  and  Society  in  East  Bridge  water,  Mass.  ;  which  he  ac 
cepted,  and  was  ordained  29  October,  1806.  Possessing  a  fine 
taste  for  horticulture,  he  improved  it  by  embellishing  the  grounds 
about  his  house,  and  made  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  places 


40  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

of  residence  in  the  county.  Here,  too,  he  cultivated  his  love 
for  classical  literature  by  superintending  the  education  of  stu 
dents  who  were  committed  to  his  care  by  the  college  government. 
He  occasionally  wrote  poetry,  and  contributed  largely  to  the 
literary  journals  of  the  day. 

At  his  own  request,  his  connection  with  the  church  in  East 
Bridge  water  was  dissolved  6  April,  1821  ;  when  he  was  invited 
by  the  East  Church  and  Society  in  Salem  to  supply  their  pulpit, 
then  vacant  by  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Bentley  (H.C. 
1777).  After  officiating  a  few  sabbaths,  he  received  an  invita 
tion  for  a  permanent  settlement,  which  he  accepted,  and  was 
installed  20  September,  1821 ;  and  continued  to  be  the  sole 
pastor  till  the  installation  of  his  colleague,  the  Rev.  Dexter 
Clapp,  17  December,  1851.  His  ready  humor,  lively  sympa 
thy,  and  rare  conversational  powers,  peculiarly  fitted  him  for 
discharging  parochial  duties ;  and  in  these  he  was  eminently 
successful. 

1803.  — Hon.  JOSIAH  BUTLER  died  in  Deerfield,  N.H.,  29 
October,  1854,  aged  74.  He  was  son  of  Nehemiah  and  Lydia 
(Wood)  Butler,  and  was  born  in  Pelham,  N.H.,  4  December, 
1779.  At  the  age  of  14,  he  was  sent  to  the  academy  in  Lon 
donderry,  N.H.,  and  subsequently  to  Atkinson  Academy,  where 
he  completed  his  preparation  for  college  under  the  instruction 
of  William  Merchant  Richardson  (H.C.  1797).  Immediately 
after  leaving  college,  he  entered,  as  a  student-at-law,  the  office 
of  Hon.  Clifton  Claggett,  of  Amherst,  N.H.,  where  he  remained 
a  short  time,  and  then  went  to  Virginia,  where  he  resided  in 
1804,  1805,  and  1806;  taught  an  academy;  pursued  his  law 
studies  in  the  offices  of  Gov.  Cabot  and  Jacob  Kinney,  Esq.,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  that  State.  In  1807,  he  returned  to 
New  Hampshire,  and  practised  law  in  his  native  town  about 
two  years,  during  which  time  he  represented  the  town  in  the 
State  Legislature.  In  1809,  he  removed  to  Deerfield,  where 
he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1810,  he  was 
appointed  high  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Rockingham,  and  contin 
ued  in  that  office  nearly  four  years.  In  1815  and  1816,  he 
was  elected  a  representative  of  Deerfield ;  and,  in  1816,  he  held 


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the  office  of  clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  In  1816, 
1817,  he  was  nominated  and  elected  a  representative  to  Congress  ; 
and,  by  successive  elections,  continued  in  Congress  six  years.  In 
1825,  he  was  appointed  associate  justice  of  the  Court  of  Com 
mon  Pleas ;  and  continued  in  that  office  till  1833,  when  the 
court  was  abolished.  He  then  returned  to  the  practice  of  law, 
which  he  continued  a  few  years  ;  and  was  subsequently  engaged 
in  agriculture.  A  few  years  since,  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
at  South  Deerfield,  which  office  he  held  at  the  time  of  his 
decease. 

1803.  —  Eev.  JACOB  COGGIN  died  in  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  12 
December,  1854,  aged  72.     He  was  son  of  Jacob  Coggin,  of 
AVoburn  (H.C.  1763),  and  was  born  in  that  town,  5  Septem 
ber,   1782.      He  studied  theology  with   his    pastor,  the   Rev. 
Joseph  Chickering  (H.C.  1799),  then  of  Woburn.      In  April, 
1806,  he  received  an  invitation  to  take  the  pastoral  charge  of 
the  church  and  society  in  Tewksbury,  and  was'  ordained  on  the 
22nd  of  October  of  the  same  year.     He  continued  his  ministry 
till  1847,  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  Tolman  was  settled  as  a  colleague 
with  him.     After  that  time,  he  was  twice  a  representative  to  the 
legislature;  in  1852,  was  chosen  one  of  the  Presidential  elect 
ors  ;  and,  in  1853,  was  a  delegate  to  the  Convention  for  revising 
the  Constitution  of  the  State.     Upon  the  establishment  of  the 
state  alms-house  in  Tewksbury,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Clif 
ford  one  of  the  inspectors,  and  was  chaplain  of  it  till  the  time 
of  his  decease.     He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  temperance 
cause,  and  served  as  agent  for  it  in  all  the  towns  around  him. 
Three  sabbaths  before  his  death,  he  preached  his  last  sermon 
from  the  fourteenth  verse  of  the  ninety-second  psalm,  "  They  shall 
bring  forth  fruit  in  old  age."     Two  of  his  sons  have  been  educated 
for  the  ministry  :  one  died  in  the  ministry,  at  West  Hampton. 

1804.  — Dr.  JOHN  MERRILL  died  in  Portland,  Me.,  7  June, 
1855,  aged  73.     He  was  son  of  Thomas  Merrill,  by  his  fourth 
wife;  and  was  born  in  Con  way,  N.H.,  2  March,  1782.     He 
was  highly  respected  as  a  skilful  physician  and  good  citizen. 

1808.  —  Col.  JOHX  BLISS  died  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  22 
November,  1854,  aged  66.     He  was  born  in  Haverhill,  N.H., 

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42  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

26  April,  1788.  After  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  United- 
States  army.  He  was  appointed  first  lieutenant  in  the  Eleventh 
Regiment  of  Infantry,  12  March,  1812  ;  and  made  captain  in 
May,  1813.  He  distinguished  himself,  and  was  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Niagara  Falls,  25  July,  1814.  When  the  army  was 
re-organized,  in  May,  1815,  he  was  retained  in  the  Sixth  Regi 
ment  of  Infantry.  From  April,  1813,  to  January,  1819,  he 
was  instructor  in  infantry  tactics,  and  commandant  of  cadets  at 
West  Point.  For  "  ten  years'  faithful  service,"  he  was  made 
brevet-major,  13  May,  1823.  He  was  commissioned  major  of  the 
First  Regiment  of  Infantry,  15  July,  1830  ;  and  commanded  his 
regiment  in  person  at  the  battle  of  the  Bad-Axe.  He  was  pro 
moted  to  be  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Sixth  Infantry,  30  Septem 
ber,  1836  ;  and  resigned  6  September,  1837.  For  several  years 
subsequent  to  his  resignation,  he  resided  in  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

1809. — Hon.  WILLIAM  PLUMER  died  in  Epping,  N.H., 
18  September,  1854,  aged  65.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Gov. 
William  Plumer,  of  Epping,  where  he  was  born  9  February, 
1789.  He  studied  law  with  his  father,  but  did  not  pursue  the 
profession.  He  was  repeatedly  elected  a  member  of  both 
branches  of  the  New-Hampshire  legislature,  and  was  also  a 
member  of  the  New-Hampshire  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1850.  From  1819  to  1825,  he  was  a  representative  in  Con 
gress  ;  where,  in  1820,  he  opposed  the  Missouri  Compromise, 
on  the  ground  that  Congress  thus  superseded  its  powers,  and 
legislated  slavery  where  it  did  not  exist.  He  commenced  his 
public  career  as  a  member  of  the  Democratic  party  :  but,  in  1828, 
he  became  a  Whig  ;  and  ever  after  that  time  he  adhered  to  that 
party.  He  possessed  quite  a  literary  and  historical  turn  of 
mind,  and  published  two  small  volumes  of  poems.  He  collected 
a  large  library,  particularly  valuable  for  the  works  it  contained 
on  America  and  American  history. 

1810, — RUFUS  BACON  died  in  Taburg,  Oneida  County, 
N.Y.,  6  November,  1854,  aged  70.  He  was  born  in  Ply 
mouth,  Mass.,  13  February,  1792.  He  settled  as  a  lawyer  in 
Freetown,  Mass.  ;  and  about  the  year  1827  removed  to  Taburg, 
where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 


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1810.  —  STEPHEN  TALES  died  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  3  Sep 
tember,  1854,  aged  64.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  3  May,  1790. 
In  the  autumn  of  1810,  he  was  appointed  tutor  in  Latin  and 
Greek  at  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  remained  two  years.  He 
afterwards  read  law  in  the  office  of  Jeremiah  Mason  (Y.C., 
1788),  of  New  Hampshire;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ports 
mouth;  and,  in  1819,  removed  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  became 
a  partner  with  Francis  Arthur  Blake  (H.C.,  1814),  a  distin 
guished  lawyer,  since  deceased.  In  1821,  he  removed  to  Day 
ton,  Ohio,  where  he  practised  law  about  ten  years,  when  he 
returned  to  Cincinnati.  He  was  elected  to  the  senate  of  Ohio 
while  he  resided  in  Dayton,  and  served  with  great  honor  to 
himself,  and  advantage  to  his  constituents.  He  was  a  good 
classical  scholar ;  and,  to  the  latest  period  of  his  life,  read  the 
New  Testament  in  the  original  Greek,  as  his  constant  exercise. 
He  often  carried  that  volume  in  his  pocket,  and  perused  it  in 
private.  He  left  behind  him  many  pleasant  memories,  many 
delightful  evidences  that  one  lived  and  died  who  keenly  felt  for 
his  race,  and  loved  the  image  of  God  in  his  fellow-man. 

1810.  — Col.  BENJAMIN  FANEUIL  HUNT  died  in  New- York 
City,  5  December,  1854,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  William 
Hunt,  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  29  February, 
1792.  His  mother,  a  woman  of  high  spirit,  the  second  wife 
of  William  Hunt,  was  Jane,  daughter  of  George  Bethune,  of 
Brighton,  whose  wife  was  Mary  Faneuil,  a  descendant  of  one 
of  the  Huguenot  families,  who  fled  from  France  at  the  revoca 
tion  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  Faneuil  Hall  was  named  for  her 
grandfather's  brother.  Col.  Hunt's  father  died  in  1804*  As 
young  Hunt  manifested  aptitude  for  study,  and  a  determined 
purpose  of  obtaining  a  liberal  education,  his  widowed  mother 
made  provision  for  meeting  the  expenses.  Immediately  after 
he  left  college,  as  all  his  brothers  had  died  of  consumption,  and 
as  his  health  was  very  delicate,  he  adopted  the  advice  of  his 
physician  to  quit  the  New-England  climate,  and  went  to  Charles 
ton,  S.C.,  where  he  arrived  1  November,  1810.  He  entered 
as  a  student  the  law-office  of  the  late  Keating  Lewis  Simons, 
at  that  time  one  of  the  most  distinguished  ornaments  of  the 


44  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

legal  profession  in  Charleston.  After  two  years'  study,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Charleston,  at  a  period  when  it  was 
crowded  with  eminent  practitioners.  Gifted  with  high  intellect 
ual  powers,  and  a  ready  and  powerful  rhetoric,  he  at  once  took 
his  place  in  the  front  rank  of  the  profession ;  and,  as  a  jury 
lawyer,  was  perhaps  never  surpassed  at  that  bar.  His  prac 
tice  was  extensive  and  successful,  and  his  professional  triumphs 
generally,  and  especially  in  defence  of  criminals  in  capital 
cases,  were  multiplied  and  signal.  His  ability  and  eloquence 
as  an  advocate  soon  gave  him  prominence  in  the  field  of  politics, 
and  he  frequently  served  in  the  state  legislature  as  a  represen 
tative  from  Charleston,  and  was  always  regarded  as  one  of  the 
ablest  and  most  influential  debaters  on  the  floor  of  the  House. 
Although  a  Northern  man,  his  sympathies  were  mainly  with  the 
South.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Federal  Rela 
tions  ;  and  his  reports  on  the  tariff,  the  tenure  of  the  presi 
dential  office,  and  the  distribution  of  the  sales  of  public  lands, 
have  been  received  as  text-books  of  the  state-rights  democracy. 
On  the  declaration  of  war  in  1812,  he  was  active  in  the  organi 
zation  of  .a  military  company,  which  was  drafted,  during  the 
war,  into  the  service  of.  the  United  States.  He  successively 
rose  through  the  intermediate  military  grades ;  and,  about  the 
year  1818,  was  made  colonel  of  the  Sixteenth  Regiment,  in 
which  capacity  he  served  about  twenty  years.  About  a  year 
before  his  death,  he  removed  from  Charleston  to  the  city  of  New 
York. 

1811. — ROBERT  HAWKINS  OSGOOD  died  in  New  York, 
27  February,  1855,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  John 
Osgood,  of  Salem,  where  he  was  born  14  June,  1790.  After 
leaving  college,  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  the  law  in  his 
native  town,  but  did  not  pursue  the  profession.  With  his 
brother  John,  he  entered  into  business  as  a  wholesale  clothing 
merchant  in  Baltimore.  Here  he  was  one  of  the  most  self- 
sacrificing  and  active  men  in  founding  the  society  over  which 
President  Sparks  and  Dr.  Burnap  were  afterwards  settled. 
Subsequently,  he  and  his  partner  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
clothing  business  in  New  York.  Having  relinquished  this  occu- 


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pation,  he  became  a  partner  in  the  house  of  Harnden  and  Co., 
and  resided,  as  European  agent  for  the  firm,  during  a  few  years, 
in  Liverpool,  Eng.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
New  York.  lie  was  noted  for  his  excellent  sense,  even  temper, 
social  accomplishments,  and  kind  heart. 

1812.  — HENRY  PETER  COBURN  died  of  cholera  in  Indiana 
polis,  Ind.,  22  July,  1854,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Peter  and 
Elizabeth  (Poor)  Coburn,  and  was  born  in  Dracut,  Mass., 
12  March,  1790.  The  Coburns  (originally  Colburns)  came  to 
America  at  an  early  period,  and  were  among  the  first  settlers  on 
the  Merrimack  :  the  family  emigrated  from  Scotland.  The  Poors 
are  also  an  old  family  in  Dracut.  The  paternal  and  maternal 
grandfathers  of  the  subject  of  this  memoir  were  both  in  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  —  as  had  been 
all  his  ancestors  in  America,  —  and  he  was  brought  up  on  a 
farm.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  began  his  preparation  for  col 
lege  ;  telling  his  parents,  brothers,  and  sisters,  that  he  would 
take,  in  the  form  of  an  education,  his  portion  of  his  father's 
estate.  He  did  so,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  He  studied 
law  at  Ipswich,  Mass.  ;  and,  in  the  year  1815,  emigrated  to 
the  West.  During  the  session  of  the  Constitutional  Convention, 
at  the  organization  of  the  state  government  of  Indiana,  in 
June,  1816,  he  went  to  Cory  don,  Ind.,  then  the  capital  of  the 
state.  There  he  located  himself,  and  began  the  practice  of 
the  law.  He  continued  to  practise  until  the  year  1840.  In 
1818,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
state,  and  continued  in  office  till  November,  1852.  In  1825, 
when  the  state  capital  was  permanently  located  at  Indianapolis, 
he  removed  to  that  place,  and  there  resided  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  His  name,  originally,  was  Peter  Coburn ;  but, 
after  he  removed  to  the  West,  he  prefixed  Henry  to  his  given 
name  Peter.  As  a  man,  he  was  quiet,  plain,  honest,  straight 
forward,  and  decided.  He  had  no  ambition  for  notoriety, 
public  honor,  or  public  favor.  He  retired  from  popular  tur 
moils,  and  shrank  from  contention.  He  took  little  or  no  part 
in  politics,  except  as  a  voter,  though  he  was  a  firm  and  un 
wavering  Whig.  His  character  as  a  lawyer  was  fair ;  as  a 


46  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

counsellor,  he  was  considered  excellent ;  as  an  advocate,  he 
never  shone.  He  was  called  the  "  honest  lawyer."  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  ;  he  was  an  ardent  friend 
of  education  and  temperance  ;  his  efforts  to  promote  intelligence 
and  to  forward  literary  enterprises  were  constant,  and  in  some 
degree  successful.  The  Indiana  Historical  Society,  the  Indiana 
Law-Library,  the  Marion-County  Library,  and  the  free  schools 
of  Indianapolis,  owe  much  to  his  constant  efforts ;  and  were 
partly,  for  years,  under  his  management.  Although  he  made 
less  public  display  than  almost  any  one,  he  did  more  for  the 
moral  and  educational  interests  of  the  city  of  his  adoption  than 
any  man  in  it.  He  was  truly  one  of  those  to  whom  the  Saviour 
promised  an  open  reward  for  secret  good. 

1812.  — Kev.  JONATHAN  MAYHEW  WAINWEIGHT  died  in 
New- York  City,  21  September,  1854,  aged  61.  He  was  son  of 
Henry  Wainwright,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Mayhew,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Jonathan  Mayhew,  D.D.,  of  Boston ;  and  was  born  in 
Liverpool,  Eng.  (during  the  temporary  residence  of  his  parents 
there),  24  February,  1793.  His  father  was  an  English  mer 
chant,  who  removed  to  this  country  shortly  after  the  war,  and 
became  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the  United  States.  Dr.  Wain- 
wright's  boyhood  was  spent  in  England,  at  school ;  and,  on  the 
return  of  his  parents  to  this  country,  he  fitted  for  college  at 
Sandwich  Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Elisha  Clap 
(H.C.  1797).  After  he  graduated,  he  was  for  two  years 
instructor  in  rhetoric  and  oratory  in  Harvard  College.  In 
1816,  he  was  ordained  a  deacon  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  and  was  soon  after  placed  in  charge  of  Christ  Church, 
Hartford,  where  he  remained  three  years.  In  1819,  he  was 
called,  as  an  assistant  minister  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York, 
to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  election  of  Rev.  Dr.  Brow- 
nell  as  Bishop  of  Connecticut.  A  few  months  afterwards,  he 
became  rector  of  Grace  Church,  in  New  York.  Here  he  re 
mained  until  1834  ;  when,  upon  a  very  urgent  call,  he  accepted 
the  rectorship  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  where  he  resided  three 
years.  On  the  25th  of  March,  1837,  he  returned  to  New  York, 
as  an  assistant  minister,  once  more,  of  Trinity  Church,  and  re- 


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tained  this  connection  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Mean 
while,  however,  he  had  been  of  distinguished  service  to  the 
church  in  many  other  capacities.  He  succeeded  Bishop  Henry 
U.  Onderdonk  as  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
General  Theological  Seminary  in  1828  ;  in  which  capacity  his 
zeal  and  activity  were  of  great  and  lasting  service  until  his 
removal  to  Boston  in  1834.  He  was  for  many  years  a  manager 
of  the  Bible,  Prayer-book,  and  Tract  Society.  He  was  secre 
tary  of  the  House  of  Bishops  from  the  year  1838  until  he  took 
his  seat  as  a  member  of  that  house  ;  and  it  was  in  his  capacity 
as  secretary  that  he  went  to  England,  in  the  summer  of  1852, 
bearing  the  resolutions  of  the  American  bishops  responsive  to 
the  invitation  to  attend  the  closing  services  of  the  third  semi 
centennial  jubilee  of  the  venerable  Society  for  the  Propagation 
of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts.  But  the  crowning  energies  of 
his  long  and  laborious  life  were  devoted  to  the  episcopate,  to 
which  he  was  elected  as  provisional  bishop  by  the  Diocesan  Con 
vention  of  1852,  and  consecrated  on  the  10th  of  November  fol 
lowing.  Anxious  to  serve  faithfully  that  diocese  which  had  called 
him  to  preside  over  it,  he  refused  to  moderate^his  episcopal 
labors  by  any  consideration  of  his  own  health.  This  enormous 
diocese  is  too  heavy  a  burden  for  even  the  most  vigorous  man 
in  the  flower  of  his  age  ;  and  the  determination  to  do  what  no 
man  of  his  years  could  reasonably  expect  to  perform  hurried 
him  to  the  grave.  His  last  Sunday's  duty  was  at  Haverstraw 
(on  27  August),  where  full  and  somewhat  exciting  services  were 
held  ;  he  preaching  both  morning  and  afternoon  to  crowded  con 
gregations,  with  a  confirmation  of  thirteen  persons,  and  an 
appropriate  address  besides.  During  his  brief  episcopate  of 
one  year,  ten  months,  and  eleven  days,  he  went  through  a 
far  greater  amount  of  episcopal  labor  than  was  ever  before 
crowded  into  the  same  space  of  time  by  any  American  bishop. 
He  paid  for  his  brilliant  pre-eminence  with  his  life. 

1813.  —  Dr.  ZABDIEL  BOYLSTON  ADAMS  died  in  Boston, 
25  January,  1855,  aged  62.  He  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass., 
19  February,  1793.  He  was  long  known  as  one  of  the  most 
skilful  and  successful  practitioners  in  Boston ;  and  he  was 


48  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

greatly  endeared  to  the  many  families  who  availed  themselves  of 
his  professional  services,  as  well  as  to  the  community  at  large. 

1815. — ELISHA  FULLER  died  suddenly  of  disease  of  the 
heart,  in  Worcester,  18  March,  1855,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of 
Rev.  Timothy  Fuller  (H.C.  1760),  and  was  born  in  Princeton, 
Mass.,  28  October,  1794.  Immediately  after  he  was  graduated, 
he  commenced  the  study  of  divinity,  and  completed  his  studies 
at  the  Theological  School  in  Cambridge  in  1818,  when  he  was 
licensed  to  preach.  For  three  years,  he  officiated  in  various 
pulpits,  but  finally  relinquished  the  profession,  and  in  July, 
1821,  he  began  the  study  of  law.  In  May,  1823,  he  settled 
as  a  lawyer  in  Concord,  Mass.  In  May,  1831,  he  removed 
from  Concord  to  Lowell ;  and,  in  the  spring  of  1844,  from 
Lowell  to  Worcester,  where  he  remained  diligently  practising  his 
profession  till  death  suddenly  called  him  away.  At  the  time  of 
his  decease,  he  held  the  office  of  Associate  Judge  of  the  Police 
Court  in  Worcester.  His  interest  in  the  university,  which 
gave  to  him  his  education,  was  large  and  unintermitted.  Its 
history,  as  it  was  unfolded,  was  his  study.  It  was  a  subject  of 
gratulation  with  him,  that,  from  the  period  of  his  matriculation, 
no  Commencement-Day  had  come  that  did  not  find  him  a  visitor 
at  Cambridge,  if  it  were  only  for  an  hour,  to  manifest,  by  his 
presence,  his  interest  in  his  Alma  Mater. 

1816. — JOHN  AMORY  DEBLOIS  died  in  Columbus,  Ga., 
30  May,  1855,  aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Stephen  Deblois,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  20  July,  1797.  After  leaving  college,  he 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  New  Orleans.  He  afterwards 
removed  to  Columbus,  where  he  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  firm  of  Hall  and  Deblois  ;  and  where,  for  eighteen  years,  he 
was  one  of  the  most  prominent  merchants  of  that  place,  pos 
sessing  strict  integrity,  gentle  and  courteous  manners. 

1816. — Rev.  WILLIAM  POOLE  KENDRICK  died  in  Bristol, 
Kendall  County,  111.,  5  November,  1854,  aged  64.  He  was 
born  in  Hollis,  N.H.,  27  January,  1790.  At  the  early  age 
of  eleven  years,  he  became  seriously  impressed,  and  resolved, 
by  the  aid  of  divine  grace,  to  devote  the  best  of  his  life 
to  the  eternal  welfare  of  his  fellow-man.  In  accordance  with 


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this  resolution,  he  fitted  for  college ;  and,  after  graduation, 
studied  his  profession  at  the  Theological  Seminary  in  Andover. 
He  remained  some  time  at  the  East,  ministering  to  destitute 
churches  ;  after  which,  he  removed  to  the  state  of  New  York, 
acting  as  home  missionary  for  nearly  thirty  years  at  Shelby, 
Parma  Centre,  and  other  places.  In  1846,  he  repaired  to 
Illinois,  and  there  ended  his  days. 

1817. — FREDERICK  HOBBS  died  in  Bangor,  Me.,  10  Octo 
ber,  1854,  aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Isaac  Hobbs,  of  Weston, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  born  28  February,  1797.  On  his  mater 
nal  side,  he  was  a  lineal  descendant  from  the  celebrated  Rev. 
John  Cotton,  the  minister  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston.  As 
such  a  descendant,  he  was  entitled  to,  and  received,  certain  ben 
efits  from  Harvard  College,  while  a  student  there,  growing 
out  of  bequests  to  the  institution  from  the  Cotton  family.  Af 
ter  graduating,  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Daniel  Webster,  in 
Boston  ;  and,  in  1820,  went  to  Eastport,  Me.,  where  he  opened 
an  office.  He  soon  entered  upon  an  extensive  practice,  and 
gained  a  high  position  at  the  bar  of  Washington  County.  He 
filled  various  municipal  offices  in  Eastport,  and  represented  the 
town  one  year  in  the  legislature.  He  was  once  nominated  by 
the  whig  party  as  their  candidate  for  representative  to  Con 
gress  in  the  Eastern  Congressional  District,  and  received  the 
united  vote  of  that  party ;  but,  as  it  was  then  in  a  minority  in 
the  district,  he  failed  of  an  election.  In  1836,  he  removed  to 
Bangor,  where  he  successfully  continued  the  practice  of  the  law  ; 
having,  up  to  the  time  of  his  sickness,  more  business  in  the 
United-States  Court  than  any  practitioner  east  of  the  Kenne- 
bec.  Although  devoted  to  his  profession,  he  found  time  for 
other  employments,  and  always  took  a  lively  interest  in  munici 
pal  affairs  ;  and,  as  an  alderman,  his  services  in  the  city 
council  were  laborious  and  efficient.  He  was  for  some  time 
president  of  the  Musical  Association  in  Bangor,  and  freely  lent 
his  aid  to  this  branch  of  education.  He  was  a  great  friend  to 
horticulture  ;  was  among  the  few  who  first  started  the  Bangor 
Horticultural  Society,  and  was  for  some  time  its  president.  In 
the  cause  of  schools,  lyceums,  and  temperance,  he  was  an 

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50  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

earnest  advocate,  and  contributed  his  full  share  for  their  general 
advancement.  He  was  a  good  and  useful  citizen  ;  of  stern 
integrity,  of  strict  honesty,  and  highly  exemplary  in  all  his 
habits.  In  February,  1849,  while  engaged  in  an  important 
case  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts,  in  Boston,  he 
was  suddenly  attacked  with  blindness  and  dizziness,  which  for 
some  time  incapacitated  him  for  labor.  Rallying,  however, 
from  this  attack,  he  continued  his  business  until  February,  1852, 
when  he  was  struck  down  with  severe  paralysis  as  he  was  finish 
ing  a  written  argument  to  be  delivered  before  the  United-States 
Court  at  Washington.  He  was  a  Christian.  Many  years  ago, 
he  embraced  the  Unitarian  faith ;  and,  through  all  his  after-life, 
his  thoughts  and  actions  appeared  to  have  been  regulated  from 
conscientious  motives.  He  was  sincerely  attached  to  his  church, 
and  sought  in  all  proper  ways  to  advance  the  spread  of  its  doc 
trines.  A  present  of  a  rich  silver  communion-service,  which 
he  made  to  the  church  where  he  worshipped  in  Bangor,  after  he 
was  taken  sick,  showed  that  the  effect  of  his  illness  tended  to 
draw  his  affections  still  closer  to  the  best  object  of  his  wishes. 

1817.  —  CALEB  REED  died  in  Boston,  14  October,  1854, 
aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  John  Reed,  D.D.,  of  West 
Bridge  water,  where  he  was  born  22  April,  1797.  His  mother 
was  Hannah  Sampson.  He  studied  law  with  his  brother,  Hon. 
John  Reed  (B.U.  1803),  in  Yarmouth,  Mass.  ;  with  whom  he 
continued  in  practice  until  1828.  In  that  year  he  removed  to 
Boston,  and  entered  into  business  with  Cyrus  Alger  and  Co.,  in  a 
foundry  which  is  now  known  as  the  South-Boston  Iron  Company, 
of  which  he  was  treasurer.  In  1821,  he  published  in  18mo  a 
small  work  entitled  "  The  General  Principles  of  English  Gram 
mar."  For  more  than  twenty  years  of  his  life,  he  was  editor  of 
the  "  New- Jerusalem  Magazine,"  and  a  liberal  contributor  to  its 
pages.  He  was  a  very  efficient  member  of  the  Swedenborgian 
Society. 

1818. — Dr.  JESSE  CHICKERING  died  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
West  Roxbury,  29  May,  1855,  aged  57.  He  was  born  in 
Dover,  Mass.,  31  August,  1797.  After  graduating,  he  entered 
the  Theological  School  at  Cambridge ;  completed  his  studies  at 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  51 

that  institution  in  1821,  and  preached  for  several  years;  but 
was  never  settled  over  any  society.  He  then  relinquished  the 
profession,  and  commenced  the  study  of  medicine.  He  com 
pleted  his  studies  and  received  his  medical  degree  in  1833.  He 
practised  in  Boston  for  ten  years ;  but,  his  studious  habits 
not  agreeing  with  the  active  life  of  a  physician,  he  retired  from 
the  service,  and  devoted  himself  to  statistics,  for  which  he  had 
great  partiality.  His  elaborate  work  on  the  "Population  of 
Massachusetts  from  1765  to  1840  "  was  published  in  1846.  His 
valuable  book  on  "Immigration  into  the  United  States  "  appeared 
in  1848.  His  reports  on  the  "  Census  of  Boston  "  were  printed  in 
1851.  He  also  contributed  many  valuable  articles  to  magazines 
and  other  periodicals.  He  rendered  essential  service  to  the 
Senate  committee  that  arranged  the  details  of  the  last  United- 
States  census.  He  was  for  several  years  a  confidential  cor 
respondent  of  Daniel  Webster,  John  Davis,  and  other  leading 
statesmen.  A  few  weeks  before  his  death,  he  was  engaged  in 
writing  a  long  communication  to  the  celebrated  Marshall  Hall, 
of  London,  who  had  misunderstood  his  article  in  De  Bow's 
Review  for  August,  1853.  Dr.  Hall,  in  his  work  on  slavery, 
alluded  to  the  article  as  "  an  admirable  paper ;  "  but  the  author 
found  his  English  friend  had  mistaken  his  views,  and  therefore 
prepared  an  elaborate  letter  in  reply.  His  last  published  work 
was  a  "  Letter  addressed  to  the  President  of  the  United  States 
on  Slavery,  considered  in  relation  to  the  Constitutional  Principles 
of  Government  in  Great  Britain  and  in  the  United  States."  It 
was  issued  from  the  press  a  few  weeks  before  his  death,  and  will 
rank  its  author  among  the  profound  thinkers  and  writers  on  the 
slavery-question.  He  was  an  intelligent,  upright,  and  conscien 
tious  man.  Few  persons  could  be  in  his  society  without 
receiving  instruction,  as  his  mind  was  active  and  his  habits 
were  communicative. 

1818. — Rev.  JAMES  DELAP  FARXSWORTH  died  in  Bridge- 
water,  12  November,  1854,  aged  61.  He  was  born  in  Groton, 
Mass.,  11  September,  1793;  was  ordained  at  Orford,  N.H., 
1  January,  1823  ;  dismissed  9  April,  1832  ;  installed  at  Paxton, 
Mass.,  30  April,  1835;  dismissed  1840;  installed  at  North 


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Chelsea ;  dismissed  1853  ;  installed  at  Bridgewater,  1  Septem 
ber,  1853.  In  1853^  he  was  chaplain  to  the  Massachusetts 
Senate. 

1819. — JOHN  HAKLESTON  COEBETT  died  in  Charleston, 
S.C.,  11  May,  1855,  aged  56.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Harleston)  Corbett,  and  was  born  in  Charleston, 
16  February,  1799.  He  studied  the  profession  of  law;  but  lost 
his  eyesight  in  1826,  and  was  blind  to  the  day  of  his  death. 
He  enjoyed  life,  however,  very  highly  ;  was  fond  of  society  ;  and 
kept  himself  well  informed  in  all  the  great  topics  of  the  day, 
and  felt  an  interest  in  all  its  leading  movements.  He  was  of  a 
gay  and  elastic  temperament.  Still  his  misfortune  necessarily 
threw  him  much  into  the  shade,  and  he  was  rarely  seen  in  public 
or  general  society. 

1819.  —  Hon.  SAMUEL  BAKER  WALCOTT,  of  Salem,  died  at 
the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  in  Boston,  4  December, 
1854,  aged  59.  He  was  born  in  Bolton,  Mass.,  7  March,  1795. 
His  given  name  originally  was  Jesse,  which  he  had  changed  to 
Samuel  Baker  by  legislative  enactment.  He  received  a  portion 
of  his  academic  education  at  Andover.  In  1821,  he  was  ap 
pointed  tutor  in  Greek  at  Harvard  College ;  which  position 
he  occupied  about  one  year,  having  previously  labored  with 
much  success  as  a  school-teacher  in  Salem.  He  subsequently 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Daniel  Webster,  and  secured 
the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  distinguished  teacher,  which 
never  abated  during  life,  and  which  afterwards  placed  the  pupil 
in  the  position  of  guardian  and  guide  of  the  son  of  that  states 
man  whose  whole  time  and  care  were  claimed  by  his  country. 
After  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Boston, 
but  soon  removed  to  Salem.  After  a  brief  residence  in  Salem, 
he  removed  to  Hopkinton,  where  he  pursued  his  profession  with 
success.  His  public  life  began  in  this  town  ;  and  no  man,  who 
frequented  the  halls  of  our  legislature  for  more  than  twelve 
years  prior  to  1845,  can  have  forgotten  the  calm  and  proper 
presence  of  the  member  from  Hopkinton,  the  senator  from  Mid 
dlesex,  or  can  have  failed  to  mark  the  attentive  hearing  he 
always  received  from  whatsoever  assembly  he  addressed.  No 


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reprcsentive,  no  senator,  ever  served  his  town  and  county  better 
than  he,  during  many  years  of  public  life.  His  scholarship  was 
excellent,  his  manners  unostentatious  ;  his  conduct,  in  whatever 
he  undertook,  prudent  and  discreet ;  in  public,  a  reliable  man  ; 
in  private,  dignified,  exemplary,  and  conscientiously  kind  and 
attentive. 

1819. — BENJAMIN  AVHEATLAND  died  in  Salem,  28  Decem 
ber,  1854,  aged  53.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Richard  Wheatland, 
of  Salem,  where  he  was  born  27  May,  1801.  After  graduating, 
he  studied  law,  but  did  not  pursue  the  profession.  He  engaged 
in  the  service  of  the  New  Market  (N.H.)  Manufacturing  Com 
pany  at  the  commencement  of  its  career,  and  continued  with  it 
to  the  time  of  his  death  ;  a  faithful,  intelligent,  upright,  and 
honorable  agent  in  the  various  stations  he  filled. 

1822. — LUTHER  BARKER  LINCOLN  died  in  Deerfield,  Mass., 
11  May,  1855,  aged  53.  He  was  son  of  Luther  Lincoln,  of 
Westford,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  3  April,  1802.  At  an 
early  age,  he  lost  his  mother  ;  and,  from  that  time,  he  knew  little 
of  a  home  till  he  formed  one  for  himself.  His  father,  who  was 
a  sea-captain,  was  absent  most  of  the  time,  and  he  was  kept  at 
school.  At  one  time,  his  father  possessed  considerable  property, 
but  lost  it  during  the  youth  of  his  son  ;  who  was  thus  left,  at  an 
early  age,  to  struggle  hard  for  means  to  complete  the  course  of 
study  on  which  he  had  entered.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Westford  Academy.  In  college  he  took  a  respectable  rank  as 
a  scholar,  and  was  faithful  and  conscientious  in  the  performance 
of  every  exercise.  On  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Sandwich, 
and  had  charge  of  the  academy  in  that  place  for  several  years. 
From  Sandwich  he  removed  to  Hingham,  and  was  associated 
with  Dr.  Willard  in  a  private  school  in  that  place.  In  1835, 
he  became  the  principal  of  the  academy  in  Deerfield  ;  which 
office  he  filled  with  much  acceptance  till  1844,  when  he  resigned 
his  situation  there,  and  accepted  one  in  the  Derby  Academy 
at  Hingham,  where  he  remained  till  1848,  when  he  returned 
to  Deerfield.  The  last  seven  years  of  his  life  were  devoted  to 
teaching,  for  the  most  part  in  a  private  school ;  a  part  of  the 
time  in  Deerfield,  and  a  part  of  the  time  in  Greenfield.  His 


54  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

last  situation  in  this  capacity  was  in  the  Greenfield  High  School. 
The  last  four  months  previous  to  his  death  were  spent  in  ardu 
ous  labors  as  representative  in  the  legislature,  to  which  office 
he  was  chosen  with  a  unanimity  rarely  witnessed  in  these  days. 
It  wil]  thus  be  seen  that  teaching  was  the  chosen  occupation  to 
which  he  devoted  more  than  thirty  years  of  his  life.  It  was  an 
occupation  which  he  loved,  and  to  which  he  gave  himself  with 
all  the  ardor  of  his  soul.  He  had  a  rare  taste  for  his  work  : 
he  commanded  the  respect  of  the  young  to  a  degree  seldom 
equalled.  It  may  be  truly  said  of  him,  that  he  led  a  pure  and 
blameless  life. 

1823. — THOMAS  WILSON  DORR  died  in  Providence,  R.I., 
27  December,  1854,  aged  49.  He  was  son  of  Sullivan  and 
Lydia  (Allen)  Dorr,  and  was  born  in  Providence,  5  Novem 
ber,  1805.  He  commenced  his  education  at  the  free  school  and 
the  Latin  Grammar  School  in  Providence  ;  and  completed  his 
studies,  preparatory  to  entering  college,  at  Phillips  Academy,  in 
Exeter,  N.H.  He  graduated  as  the  second  scholar  of  his  class. 
He  attended  the  law  lectures,  and  was  under  the  instruction  of 
Chancellor  Kent  in  New  York  in  1824—25  ;  and  after  passing 
some  time  in  the  office  of  John  W hippie,  in  Providence,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1827.  He  did  not  pursue  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  but  early  turned  his  attention  to  political  life, 
and  the  more  congenial  studies  of  scholastic  lore.  He  devoted 
much  attention  to  matters  of  public  utility  and  general  improve 
ment.  He  was  a  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  Providence  His 
torical  Society  at  the  time  of  the  troubles  in  1842.  He  gave 
long  and  zealous  attention  to  the  subject  of  education  in  the 
free  schools ;  was  president  of  the  committee  in  1842  ;  intro 
duced,  and  carried  through  the  committee,  the  plan  of  a  high 
school,  which  was  finally  adopted  by  the  city  government,  and 
resulted  in  the  present  improved  system  of  education. 

He  commenced  political  life  in  1834.  Early  in  that  year,  he 
attended  the  Freeholders'  Convention,  designed  to  bring  about 
an  extension  of  suffrage,  and  establish  a  republican  constitu 
tion.  In  April  of  the  same  year,  he  was  elected  representative 
from  the  city  of  Providence ;  and  was  re-elected  semi-annually 


1854-55.]  OP  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  55 

till  August,  1837.  In  June,  1836,  he  drew  up  a  report  of  the 
investigation  of  the  banks,  and  a  draft  of  the  Bank  Act,  which 
was  adopted.  In  1839,  he  was  nominated  as  a  candidate  for 
representative  to  Congress,  but  was  defeated.  While  a  member 
of  the  Assembly,  he  exerted  himself  to  obtain  an  extension  of 
suffrage  ;  he  also  attempted  to  procure  the  call  of  a  convention, 
without  success.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  the  movement 
which  was  organized  in  1840  for  obtaining  a  written  constitu 
tion,  securing  an  extension  of  suffrage,  &c.  ;  and  was  a  promi 
nent  member  of  the  convention  resulting  from  this  movement, 
holden  in  1841,  and  which  framed  and  submitted  to  the  people 
a  constitution,  the  original  draft  of  which  is  in  his  hand 
writing. 

He  was  tried  upon  the  charge  of  treason  at  the  term  of  the 
Supreme  Court  at  Newport,  in  June,  1844  ;  was  convicted,  and 
sentenced  on  the  25th  of  June  to  imprisonment  for  "  life  at  hard 
labor  in  separate  confinement."  At  the  May  term  of  the 
General  Assembly  holden  in  1845,  an  act  was  passed,  providing 
for  his  liberation  on  conditions  which  he  refused.  At  the  June 
session  following,  he  was  unconditionally  liberated,  without  being 
restored  to  the  rights  of  citizenship.  The  time  of  his  continu 
ance  in  prison  was  just  one  year.  He  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  Baltimore  National  Democratic  Conventions  in  1848  and 
1852,  but  was  unable  to  attend  either  of  them.  The  General 
Assembly,  at  their  June  session  in  1851,  restored  him  to  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  citizenship,  without  condition.  At 
the  January  session  in  1853,  an  act  was  passed  annulling  the 
sentence  passed  upon  him  by  the  Supreme  Court.  During  his 
last  illness,  he  connected  himself  with  the  Episcopal  Church. 
The  Democratic  State  Convention,  holden  in  March  last,  voted 
to  erect  a  monument  to  his  memory,  and  appointed  a  commit 
tee  to  carry  the  same  into  effect. 

1826.  —  Dr.  GEORGE  FRANKLIN  TURNER  died  at  Corpus 
Chris ti,  Texas,  17  October,  1854,  aged  47.  He  was  son  of 
Kobert  Turner,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  22  April,  1807.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  medicine  in  the  army  hospital  with 
the  late  Dr.  B.  Turner,  with  a  view  of  entering  the  army.  His 


56  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

commission  as  assistant-surgeon  was  dated  23  July,  1833 ; 
previous  to  which  time,  he  had  practised  medicine  for  a  short 
period  in  Indiana.  His  commission  of  surgeon  was  of  date 
1  January,  1840.  He  was  stationed  at  Mackinaw  in  1834  ; 
when  he  married  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Robert 
Stuart,  Esq.,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  He  afterwards  served  in  Florida 
during  the  Seminole  War ;  and  was  subsequently  stationed  at 
Fort  Snelling,  at  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony,  on  the  Mississippi, 
until  the  Mexican  War,  when  he  was  ordered  to  Mexico,  where 
he  served  as  medical  surveyor.  Afterwards,  in  California  and 
Texas,  he  continued  to  render  the  services  of  his  profession, 
which,  from  the  time  of  his  entering  the  service  until  the  end  of 
his  life,  were  uninterrupted,  and  often  as  arduous  as  they  were 
faithful  and  able. 

1827.  — MARSHALL    TUFTS    died    in   Lexington,    Mass., 
18  May,  1855,  aged  52.     He  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
(Adams)  Tufts,  and  was  born  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  26  Sep 
tember,  1802.     In  the  winter  of  1826,  he  taught  a  school  in 
Woburn,   Mass.      After   graduating,   he  entered  as   a  student 
in  the  Theological  School  at  Cambridge,  but  left  after  a  short 
period.      In  1828,  he  commenced  his  theological  studies  with 
the  Rev.   Abiel  Holmes,   D.D.   (Y.C.   1783),  of  Cambridge. 
After  completing  his  studies,  he  preached  for  some  years,  but 
was  never  ordained. 

1828.  —  Dr.  JOHN  APPLETON   SWETT  died  in  New- York 
City,  18  September,  1854,  aged  45.     He  was  son  of  John  and 
Alice  (Appleton)  Swett,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  3  December, 
1808.     He  commenced  practice  as  a  physician,  in  Boston  ;  but 
a  few  years  afterwards  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York,  where 
he  resided  till  his  death.     He  was  one  of  the  brightest  lights  of 
the  profession  in  that  city.     For  many  years,  he  was  recognized 
as  an  authority  of  the  first  standing,  especially  upon  diseases  of 
the  chest ;   on  which  subject  a  volume  of  his,  published  a  year 
or  two  since,   has  become  a  valuable  text-book.     His  private 
practice  was  extensive  :   but  he  was  much  more  largely  known 
through  his  connection  with  the  New- York  City  Hospital ;  to  fill 
one  of  the  most  responsible  offices  in  which,   he  was  elected 


18o4-55.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  57 

in  the  year  1842.  His  minute  pathological  examinations,  and 
their  comparison  with  the  diseases  illustrated  thereby  in  the  living, 
made  him  one  of  the  most  instructive  lecturers  that  walked  the 
wards  of  that  famous  charity ;  and  his  clinical  classes  were 
always  large.  He  held  too,  at  his  death,  an  important  profess 
orship  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  (the  Four 
teenth-street  School).  In  that  institution,  he  lectured  with 
great  success  on  the  Institutes  and  Practice  of  Medicine. 

1829.  —  ELBRIDGE  GERRY  AUSTIN  died  at  Nahant,  25  July, 
1854,  aged  43.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  James  T.  Austin  (H.C. 
1802),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  4  October,  1810.  He  studied 
law,  and  opened  an  office  in  Boston,  where  he  practised  several 
years.  About  four  years  before  his  death,  he  removed  to  San 
Francisco  ;  where  he  opened  an  office,  and  soon  obtained  an  ex 
tensive  practice.  A  few  weeks  before  his  decease,  he  came  to 
Boston  on  a  visit  to  his  relatives  ;  and,  on  his  passage  across  the 
Isthmus,  contracted  the  seeds  of  disease  which  terminated  his  life. 

1831.  —  CALEB  FLETCHER  ABBOTT  died  in  Toledo,  Ohio, 
24  April,  1855.  He  was  son  of  Caleb  and  Mercy  (Fletcher) 
Abbott,  and  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  8  September,  1811.  He 
studied  law  at  Lowell  and  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge ; 
and,  in  1836,  removed  to  Toledo,  wThere  he  attained  a  high  rank 
in  his  profession,  and  held  many  important  offices.  He  was 
formerly  mayor  of  the  city,  and  prosecuting-attorney  for  that 
judicial  district.  He  was  a  ripe  scholar,  possessed  of  fine  literary 
and  scientific  acquirements.  As  a  speaker,  he  had  but  few 
equals  as  a  logical  and  eloquent  debater,  and  held  a  front  rank 
among  the  members  of  the  bar.  He  was  a  warm  friend,  and 
possessed  elements  of  character  which  entitled  him  to  the  admi 
ration  and  respect  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

1831.  —  FRANCIS  LOWELL  DUTTON  died  in  Brookline, 
Mass.,  15  December,  1854,  aged  42.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
Warren  Button  (Y.C.  1797)  and  Elizabeth  Cabot  Lowell,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  21  June,  1812.  He  studied  law  in  Boston, 
but  did  not  long  pursue  the  profession. 

1832. — WILLIAM  O'HARA  ROBINSON  died  in  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  6  February,  1855,  aged  41.  He  was  second  son  of  Gen. 

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58  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1854-55. 

William  Robinson,  and  was  born  in  Alleghany,  Pa.,  7  October, 
1813.     He  was  a  lawyer  in  Pittsburg. 

1833. — Dr.  CHARLES  HENRY  PEIRCE  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  16  June,  1855,  aged  41.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin 
Peirce,  of  Salem,  Mass.  (H.C.  1801),  where  he  was  born 
28  January,  1814.  He  studied  medicine,  and  established  him 
self  as  a  physician  in  Salem ;  but  subsequently  removed  to 
Cambridge.  For  a  few  years,  he  held  the  office  of  special 
examiner  of  drugs  in  the  Boston  custom-house. 

1834. — Eev.  GEORGE  HENRY  HASTINGS  died  in  Chatta 
nooga,  Tenn.,  2  September,  1854.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of 
Joseph  Stacy  Hastings,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  17  June,  1814. 
He  was  for  several  years  chaplain  in  the  American  legation 
at  Rome,  Italy ;  and  held  the  place  until  he  was  compelled  to 
relinquish  it  in  consequence  of  the  rapid  progress  of  pulmonary 
disease.  During  his  residence  at  Rome,  he  was  a  regular  cor 
respondent  of  the  "New -York  Commercial  Advertiser;"  and 
continued  to  write  for  it  after  his  return,  and  during  his  travels 
through  the  Southern  States. 

1834.  —  Dr.  SAMUEL  PARKMAN  died  in  Boston,  15  December, 
1854,  aged  38.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  Parkman  (H.C..1S10) , 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  21  June,  1816.  He  studied  medicine 
and  established  himself  as  a  physician  in  Boston,  where  he 
rapidly  gained  an  extensive  practice ;  and  bade  fair  to  take  the 
highest  rank  among  the  numerous  members  of  the  profession 
in  the  city,  when  he  was  suddenly  cut  off  in  the  prime  of  life. 
A  few  days  before  his  death,  he  had  been  elected  a  member  of 
the  School  Committee. 

1836.  —  FREDERICK  WILLIAM  GALE,  of  Worcester,  Mass., 
was  lost  at  sea  in  the  steamship  "  Arctic  "  on  his  passage  from 
Liverpool  for  New  York,  27  September,  1854.  The  "Arctic" 
left  Liverpool  20  September;  and  on  the  27th,  off  Newfound 
land,  was  run  into  by  another  steamer,  and  sunk.  He  was  born 
in  Northborough,  Mass.,  22  June,  1815.  He  was  a  practising 
lawyer  in  Worcester. 

1838.  —  CHARLES  HENRY  HARTSHORN  died  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  2  May,  1855,  aged  35.  He  was  son  of  Caleb  Hartshorn  ; 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  59 

and  was  born  in  Boston,  4  December,  1819.  lie  studied  no 
profession,  but  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  various  mercantile 
houses  in  New  York,  Boston,  New  Orleans,  and  Cincinnati. 

1842.  —  WILLIAM  GRINNELL  CROSS  died  in  New  Bed 
ford,  Mass.,  29  October,  1854,  aged  37.  He  was  son  of 
Capt.  Latham  and  Deborah  (Snell)  Cross,  and  was  born  in 
New  Bedford,  6  November,  1816.  His  father  was  born  in 
Fairhaven,  5  November,  1774.  His  mother  was  born  4  Jan 
uary,  1779 ;  and  died  15  July,  1853,  aged  74.  In  1789, 
his  father  learned  ,the  trade  of  a  hatter  in  New  Bedford,  which 
he  pursued  until  1795,  when  he  abandoned  it,  and  went  a 
whaling  voyage  on  the  coast  of  Brazil.  He  soon  became  master 
of  a  vessel,  first  of  a  coaster,  which  he  built  in  1802,  and  ran  to 
New  York  ;  but  subsequently  was  commander  of  a  merchant- 
ship,  and  went  to  Liverpool ;  at  which  port  he  was  at  the  time 
of  the  declaration  of  war  in  1812.  After  peace,  he  resumed  the 
whaling  business,  which  he  continued  with  success  until  1828, 
when  he  retired  with  an  ample  competence. 

The  subject  of  this  notice,  at  the  age  of  nine  years,  was 
attacked  with  a  severe  affection  of  the  right  thigh-bone,  which 
confined  him  to  the  house  until  nearly  seventeen  years  of  age  ; 
and  resulted  in  exfoliation  and  shortening  of  the  bone,  and 
rendered  him  a  cripple  for  life.  He  then  entered  the  High 
School  in  New  Bedford,  which  he  attended  about  a  year ;  when 
he  entered  the  counting-room  of  William  T.  Russell,  afterwards 
collector  of  New  Bedford,  where  he  continued  two  years.  He 
then  determined  to  obtain  a  collegiate  education,  and  pursued  his 
preparatory  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Julius  Stewart 
Mayhew,  of  New  Bedford.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied 
law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Thomas  Dawes  Eliot ;  when, 
on  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  New  Bed 
ford,  but  abandoned  the  profession  within  a  year.  He  married 
(1st),  in  January,  1846,  Rebecca  C.  Wady,  daughter  of  Hum 
phrey  Wady.  She  died  without  issue,  20  February,  1847,  in 
her  24th  year;  and  he  married  (2d),  19  January,  1851,  Ruth 
Almy  Weaver,  daughter  of  John  Weaver,  and  had  two  children 
(daughters),  the  elder  of  whom  survives  him.  His  second  wife 


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died  13  May,  1857,  at  the  age  of  31.  Mr.  Cross  pursued  no 
business  after  relinquishing  his  profession,  as  his  health  continued 
feeble.  The  later  years  of  his  life  were  cheered,  amid  so  much 
affliction,  by  devotion  to  choice  literature  and  by  the  kind  offices 
of  numerous  friends.  His  integrity  of  character  was  unim- 
peached,  and  his  society  was  sought  by  his  religious  associates. 
1843.  —  ELIPHALET  BIRCHARD  died  in  Lebanon,  Conn., 

20  September,   1854,   aged  39.      He  was   born  in  Lebanon, 

21  January,  1815.     After  graduation,  he  entered  the  Theological 
Seminary  in  Andover,  and  completed  his  studies  there  in  1846. 
Though  invited  by  several  churches  to  settle  as  pastor,  he  was 
prevented  by  imperfect  health  from  accepting  any  of  these  invita 
tions  ;    but  he  was  a  faithful  and  acceptable  preacher,  and  will 
long  be  remembered  with  gratitude  by  many  who  were  richly 
blessed  by  his  labors. 

1846. — WILLIAM  THADDEUS  HARRIS  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  19  October,  1854,  aged  28.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Thad- 
deus  William  Harris  (H.C.  1815),  and  was  born  in  Milton, 
Mass.,  26  January,  1826.  He  removed  with  his  father's  family 
to  Cambridge  when  five  years  old.  He  began  to  fit  for  college  in 
September,  1840,  at  the  Hopkins  Classical  School  in  Cambridge, 
then  first  established  by  Mr.  John  B.  Henck  (H.C.  1840); 
and  completed  his  preparatory  studies  under  Mr.  Edmund  B. 
Whitman  (H.C.  1838).  A  physical  infirmity,  a  congenital 
weakness  of  the  spine,  followed  by  its  permanent  curvature, 
debarred  him  from  the  usual  pleasures  of  those  of  his  own  age ; 
and  he  was  obliged  to  have  recourse  to  books,  which,  in  process 
of  time,  became  his  meat  and  drink,  his  only  solace,  his  only 
amusement.  While  in  college,  in  his  junior  year,  he  printed 
a  collection  of  "Epitaphs  from  the  Old  Burying-ground  in 
Cambridge."  This  collection  was  made  mostly  during  his  boy 
hood,  while  attending  the  town-school.  He  finished  it,  and 
added  the  notes,  while  in  college ;  and  the  book  was  published 
in  May,  1845.  Immediately  after  graduation,  he  entered  the 
Law  School  at  Cambridge ;  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  on 
the  1st  of  December,  1853.  His  acquaintance  with  early  New- 
England  history  was  thorough  and  extensive.  He  projected 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  Gl 

several  historical  performances,  which,  had  he  lived,  would  have 
been  of  great  value  :  one  was  a  "  Continuation  of  Prince's  Chro 
nology."  To  what  extent  he  went  with  it,  is  not  known  ;  but 
what  he  did  was  so  well  done,  that  Mr.  Prince,  it  is  believed, 
could  not  have  wished  it  better  done  had  he  been  here  with  all 
his  former  ability  to  appreciate  such  a  work. 

1846. — NATHANIEL  GILMAN  PERRY  died  at  sea,  on  board 
ship  "William  Tell,"  on  the  passage  from  Havre  to  New  York, 
2  June,  1855,  aged  28.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  William  Perry 
(H.C.  1811),  of  .Exeter,  N.H.  ;  where  he  was  born  28  Octo 
ber,  1826.  He  inherited  a  feeble  constitution ;  and,  at  the 
age  of  seven,  lost  one  of  his  eyes  by  an  arrow  in  the  hands  of 
another  boy.  .  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  and  entered  the  freshman  class  in  August,  1842.  He 
was  taken  with  raising  blood  while  in  college,  which  recurred 
frequently,  on  exertion  of  the  arms,  for  three  or  four  years.  On 
leaving  college  in  1846,  he  commenced  reading  law  with  Gil- 
man  Marston,  Esq.,  of  Exeter;  and  entered  the  Law  School 
in  Cambridge  in  1847,  where  he  remained  a  year.  In  the 
spring  of  1849,  he  accompanied  Capt.  John  C.  Long,  as  his 
clerk,  in  the  United-States  steam-frigate  "Mississippi,"  to  the 
Mediterranean.  He  returned  home  in  November,  1851,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Rockingham  bar.  In  March,  1852,  he  was 
chosen  to  represent  the  town  of  Exeter  in  the  legislature,  and 
again  in  1853.  His  health  now  became  so  feeble,  that  he  was 
unable  to  engage  fully  in  the  labors  of  his  profession ;  and, 
thinking  himself  benefited  by  being  at  sea,  he  was  reluctantly 
induced,  in  the  following  October,  to  accept  Capt.  Long's  invi 
tation  to  go  again  with  him  to  the  Mediterranean,  in  the  United- 
States  steamer  "  Saranac."  For  a  time,  his  health  seemed  to 
improve ;  but,  in  the  autumn  of  1854,  he  became  so  unwell 
as  to  find  it  expedient  to  leave  the  ship  for  a  time,  and  remain 
in  Nice.  The  latter  part  of  the  winter,  and  the  first  of  the 
spring,  he  spent  in  Florence.  In  April,  he  visited  Tunis  and 
Naples  ;  but  became  so  feeble,  that  he  was  compelled  to  leave 
for  home  under  the  care  of  a  benevolent  gentleman  and  his 
wife,  who  volunteered  the  responsible  and  arduous  undertaking. 


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They  left  Leghorn  the  3d  of  May,  and  went  to  Paris  by  way 
of  Marseilles.  Here  he  joined  a  brother,  who  had  previously 
been  with  him  in  Florence,  and  now,  finding  him  so  ill, 
prepared  to  accompany  him  home.  They  sailed  from  Havre 
the  24th  of  May ;  and,  on  the  2d  of  June,  he  died  in  the  arms 
of  his  brother,  a  firm  believer  in  the  mercy  of  God  through 
the  merits  of  his  Son. 

1850.  —  OSCAR  FITZALAN  PARKER  died  in  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
5  August,  1854,  aged  26.     He  was  son  of  Peter  Parker,  and 
and  was  born  in  Schroeppel,  Oswego  County,  N.Y.,  19  Febru 
ary,  1828.     He  was  a  young  man  of  pure  life,  sterling  integrity, 
and  marked  abilities.     He  was  a  member  of  the  legal  profes 
sion,  and  had  recently  established  himself  in  St.  Louis,  with  the 
intention  of  making  that  his  place  of  residence.     A  meeting  of 
the  St.  Louis  bar  was  held  on  the  day  of  his  death,  at  which 
resolutions  were  passed  in  warm  eulogy  of  the  deceased,  who, 
though   but  recently  attached   to   that  bar,  had  already  made 
himself  beloved  and  respected  by  his  associates. 

1851.  —  WILLIAM  COOMBS  WHEELWRIGHT  was  lost  at  sea, 
9   September,  1854,  aged  25.     He  was   son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Sarah   (Boddily)  Wheelwright,  and  was  born  in  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  13  December,  1829.     His  grandparents,  on  his  father's 
side,  were  Ebenezer  Wheelwright   (born  in  Gloucester),  and 
Anne  (born  at  Newburyport) ,   daughter  of  William  Coombs. 
On  his  maternal  line,  his  grandfather,  John  Boddily,  was  born 
in    England,    probably    in    1760.      His    grandmother,    Sarah 
(Tuckmell)   Boddily,   was  born  in  Bristol,  Eng.,  or,  at  least, 
came  from  that  place.      When  the  subject  of  this  notice  was 
four  years  old,  he  moved  with  his  father's  family  to  Boston, 
where,  and  at  Roxbury  and  at  Salem,  he  lived  till  he  entered 
college  in  1847.     His  childhood  was  marked  with  fearlessness 
and  self-reliance,  fondness  for  the  sea,  a  taste  for  the  mechanic 
arts,  correct  deportment,  and  benevolence.     From  a  defect  in 
his  vision,  he  was  never  able  clearly  to  discern  objects  about 
him ;  and  consequently,  being  quite  liable  to  accidents,  he  re 
ceived  several  slight  injuries.     Although  his  inclination  for  a 
liberal  education  was  not  strong,  he  began  to  fit  for  college,  in 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  63 

1841,  at  the  Boston  Latin  School;  where,  with  the  exception 
of  ten  months  at  the  Salem  Latin  School,  he  continued  till  the 
last  two  years  before  entering  college,  when  he  was  at  the  Rox- 
bury  Latin  School.  During  the  first  year  of  his  college-course, 
he  was  parietal  freshman ;  and,  in  his  second  year,  monitor  at 
the  lectures  and  declamations.  In  the  junior  year,  he  was 
absent  nearly  two  months,  and  seriously  threatened  with  con 
sumption.  While  an  undergraduate,  his  love  of  adventure  was 
strengthened  by  his  reading  ;  which,  besides  poetry,  — to  which 
he  was  much  attached,  —  consisted  principally  of  travels  and  voy 
ages,  particularly  of  the  narrations  of  various  arctic  exploring 
expeditions.  The  state  of  his  eyesight,  however,  interfered  with 
his  literary  pursuits.  His  strong  memory,  enabling  him  to 
repeat  long  poems, — particularly  of  Walter  Scott,  —  and  his 
activity  in  the  college  playgrounds,  relieved  many  an  hour 
which  otherwise  might  have  been  unemployed.  After  gradu 
ating,  he  was  engaged  for  a  short  time  in  teaching  at  Raynham  : 
but  the  trouble  in  his  eyesight  continuing,  and  his  passion  for  a 
sea-life  increasing,  he  went  on  board  one  of  his  father's  vessels,  as 
a  common  sailor,  to  the  West  Indies  ;  and  he  was  so  much  pleased 
and  benefited,  that  he  abandoned  all  thoughts  of  studying  a  pro 
fession.  After  another  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  he  went  to 
the  Sandwich  Islands.  While  there,  he  was  deeply  impressed 
with  the  importance  of  personal  religion,  occasioned  by  the 
sabbath  worship  of  the  islanders.  He  had  never  witnessed 
the  gospel  in  New  England  as  he  saw  it  manifested  in  the  con 
duct  of  these  converted  heathen.  He  described  their  religious 
worship  as  more  impressive  than  could  be  imagined ;  being 
marked  by  a  degree  of  solemnity,  sincerity,  and  reverence, 
such  as  he  had  never  seen.  Subsequently,  he  went  on  a  voyage 
to  Havre,  in  France,  where  he  attended  the  Bethel  worship  ; 
and  on  his  return  to  New  York,  and  thence  home,  it  was 
manifest  that  an  important  change  had  taken  place  in  his 
character.  His  mind  was  solemn  and  thoughtful.  His  evening 
hours  were  spent  in  solitude,  reading  the  Scriptures,  and  prayer. 
He  became  much  concerned  for  the  welfare  of  seamen,  col 
lected  money  for  tracts,  and  employed  his  efforts  in  various 


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ways  for  their  good ;  and,  in  his  conversation  with  his  friends, 
it  was  evident  that  he  was  deeply  concerned  to  fulfil  the  duties 
of  life,  and  always  to  be  prepared  for  death.  His  eyesight 
continuing  to  improve,  he  took  the  post  of  first  officer  on 
board  the  brig  "  Horace  Greeley,"  of  Philadelphia.  He  made  a 
voyage  to  Cuba  and  back;  thence  proceeded  to  Charleston,  S.C.  ; 
and  thence  to  Georgetown,  in  the  same  State.  The  brig  was 
there  loaded  for  Philadelphia  ;  and,  sailing  on  the  5th  of  Septem 
ber,  encountered  a  hurricane  on  the  eighth  and  ninth  of  the  same 
month,  in  which  the  brig,  on  the  last  day  named,  was  upset, 
and  all  on  board  perished.  Two  other  vessels  sailed  the  same 
day  from  Georgetown,  bound  north ;  and  both  vessels,  with  all 
their  crews,  were  lost. 

He  cherished  a  love  for  literature  ;  and,  in  all  his  voyages,  he 
made  some  of  his  old  Latin  classics  his  companions.  The  rough 
men  among  whom  he  was  thrown  felt  the  refining  influences  of 
his  education,  and  at  once  and  cheerfully  acknowledged  his 
superiority.  His  benevolence  and  sympathy  created  bonds  of 
strong  attachment  between  him  and  his  friends.  He  had  no 
sunshine  of  his  own  which  did  not  gladden  the  hearts  of  others, 
and  he  counted  no  blessing  he  possessed  complete  till  it  was 
largely  shared  by  his  friends  and  others.  He  loved  much,  and 
was  greatly  beloved,  and  left  a  void  in  the  hearts  of  his  parents 
and  in  the  circle  of  his  friends  which  can  never  be  filled.  He 
kept  a  journal,  on  the  title-page  of  which  was  the  following 
memorandum  :  "  Should  God  in  his  providence  see  fit  to  take 
my  life  during  this  voyage,  I  wish  this  book  to  be  kept  strictly 
private,  and  sent  to  my  friends  in  Newburyport,  Mass." 

1854. — HENRY  COBB,  of  Barnstable,  died  suddenly,  of  in 
flammation  of  the  bowels,  at  Tazewell,  Tenn.,  5  January,  1855, 
aged  21  years  and  11  months.  He  was  son  of  Enoch  T.  and 
Abiah  Cobb,  and  was  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  5  February, 
1833.  He  had  studied  and  qualified  himself  for  civil  engineer 
ing  ;  and,  seeking  a  more  southern  climate  for  the  benefit  of  his 
precarious  health,  he  joined  an  engineer  corps  in  Tennessee,  in 
November,  1854,  and  was  actively  engaged  with  them  in  sur 
veying  for  and  locating  a  railroad  through  that  state,  when, 


1854-55.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  65 

after  about  a  week's  confinement,  he  died.  He  was  remarkable 
for  his  studious  and  correct  habits  ;  and  though  compelled  by  a 
pulmonary  attack  to  leave  college,  and,  by  the  advice  of  physi 
cians,  to  travel  in  Europe,  passing  several  months  of  his  junior 
year  in  Italy,  he  kept  his  place  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with 
the  usual  honors. 

1854.  —  NICHOLAS  GILMAN  died  in  Exeter,  N.H.,  31  Octo 
ber,  1854,  aged  20.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  Gilman, 
and  was  born  in  Exeter,  8  May,  1834 ;  was  fitted  for  college 
at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class 
in  1851.  He  was  distinguished  for  his  scholarship,  courtesy 
of  manners,  singular  sweetness  of  disposition,  and  correct 
morals. 


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1855-56. 


1782.  — Hon.  JOHN  WELLES  died  in  Boston,  25  September, 
1855,  aged  90.  He  was  son  of  Arnold  Welles  (H.C.  1745), 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  14  October,  1764;  was  fitted  for  col 
lege  by  Kev.  Daniel  Shute,  D.D.,  of  Hingham  (H.C.  1743), 
where  he  had  among  his  fellow-students  Capt.  James  Sever,  of 
Kingston,  Mass.  (H.C.  1781),  and  Col.  Thomas  H.  Perkins, 
of  Boston.  He  was  the  youngest  in  his  class  ;  having  graduated 
before  he  had  completed  his  eighteenth  year.  Soon  after  leav 
ing  college,  he  entered  into  mercantile  business  with  his  father. 
About  the  year  1802,  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  his  cousin 
Samuel  Welles  (H.C.  1796),  under  the  firm  of  John  and 
Samuel  Welles.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  in  1815  ; 
and  his  partner  proceeded  to  Paris,  where  he  became  connected 
with  the  celebrated  banking-house  of  Welles  and  Co.  Mr.  Welles 
soon  afterwards  took  into  partnership  his  kinsman,  Benjamin 
Welles  of  Boston,  under  the  style  of  John  and  Benjamin  Welles. 
This  firm  continued  until  a  recent  period,  when  the  infirmities  of 
age  compelled  the  senior  partner  to  retire,  having  accumulated 
an.  ample  fortune.  He  was  one  of  the  few  survivors  who  were 
claimants  for  French  spoliations  prior  to  1800.  He  was  several 
times  elected  a  representative,  and  also  a  senator,  in  our  state 
legislature.  He  was  a  member  of  the  executive  council 
under  the  administration  of  Gov.  Strong.  When  the  city 
charter  was  granted  in  1822,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
first  common  council ;  and,  the  following  year,  was  re-elected, 
when  he  was  chosen  president  of  that  branch  of  the  city  govern 
ment.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  promoters  of  agricultural 
societies ;  was  for  several  years  an  active  member  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  Agricultural  Society ;  and  was  associated  with  the  late 
Hon.  John  Lowell  in  editing  an  agricultural  journal.  He  owned 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  67 

a  valuable  farm  in  Natick,  Mass.,  on  which,  for  many  years,  he 
passed  the  summer  season,  devoting  himself  to  agricultural  pur 
suits.  This  farm  has  been  in  possession  of  the  Welles  family 
ever  since  the  days  of  the  old  Apostle  Eliot,  the  translator  of 
the  Bible  into  the  Indian  language.  In  politics,  Mr.  Welles 
was  ever  a  firm  and  consistent  federalist  of  the  Washington 
school.  In  all  his  business  transactions,  he  was  characterized  as 
a  merchant  of  strict  integrity  and  upright  conduct.  In  the  last 
two  triennial  catalogues  of  the  college  which  were  issued  before 
his  death,  his  name  stood  as  the  senior  surviving  alumnus.  He 
outlived  all  his  classmates  many  years. 

1783. — ASA  ANDREWS  died  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  13  Janu 
ary,  1856,  aged  93.  He  was  son  of  Robert  Andrews,  and 
was  born  in  that  part  of  Shrewsbury  which  is  now  within  the 
limits  of  Boylston,  11  May,  1762.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Boxford.  His  mother  —  who  was  a  Bradstreet,  a  native  of 
Topsfield  —  was  a  descendant  of  Gov.  Simon  Bradstreet.  Since 
the  death  of  the  Hon.  John  Welles,  Mr.  Andrews  has  been  the 
oldest  surviving  graduate  of  Harvard ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  was  the  oldest  man  in  Ipswich.  He  studied  law  with 
Hon.  Caleb  Strong,  of  Northampton  (H.C.  1764).  After  com 
pleting  his  legal  studies,  he  opened  an  office  in  Ipswich,  where  he 
resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  long  life.  In  1794,  he  was 
appointed,  by  Washington,  collector  of  the  port  and  district  of 
Ipswich ;  which  office  he  held  until  1829,  when  he  was  removed 
by  Jackson.  At  the  time  of  his  removal,  a  balance  was  claimed 
as  due  from  him  to  the  government ;  but  on  a  trial  before  Judge 
Story,  in  the  Circuit  Court  at  Boston,  the  jury  found  that  there 
was  due  to  him  from  the  government  about  two  thousand  dollars. 
Tin's  was  not  paid  him  until  about  a  year  before  his  death  ;  when, 
by  an  appropriation  made  by  Congress.,  he  received  the  balance 
which  had  been  due  to  him  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  was  a  man  of  distinguished  ability.  He  filled  many  offices 
of  honor  and  trust,  and  enjoyed  the  entire  confidence  of  his  fel 
low-citizens. 

1785. — Rev.  THADDEUS  FISKE  died  in  Charlestown,  Mass., 
14  November,  1855,  aged  93.      He  was  son  of  Jonathan  and 


68  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1855-56. 

Abigail  Fiske ;  was  born  in  Western,  Mass.,  22  June,  1762; 
and  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  oldest  clergyman  in  Mas 
sachusetts.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  West 
Cambridge,  23  April,  1788  ;  and  resigned  his  pastoral  charge, 
23  April,  1828,  on  the  completion  of  the  fortieth  year  of  his 
ministry.  It  is  remarkable  that  he  lived  to  see  five  clergymen 
successively  ordained  over  the  society  where  he  had  faithfully 
labored  for  forty  years,  three  of  whom  passed  off  the  stage  be 
fore  him  :  viz.,  Rev.  David  Damon,  who  died  25  June,  1843, 
aged  55  ;  Rev.  William  Ware,  who  died  19  February,  1852, 
aged  54 ;  and  Rev.  James  Francis  Brown,  who  died  13  June, 
1853,  aged  32.  In  the  year  1821,  the  degree  of  D.D.  was 
conferred  upon  Dr.  Fiske  by  Columbia  College,  New  York.  A 
few  months  before  his  death,  he  removed  from  West  Cambridge 
to  Charlestown  to  reside  with  a  relative  in  the  latter  place, 
where  he  passed  the  few  remaining  days  of  his  life. 

1787.  — Hon.  WILLIAM  CRANCH  died  in  Washington,  D.C., 
1  September,  1855,  aged  86.  He  was  son  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Cranch,  and  was  born  in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  17 
July,  1769.  His  mother  was  sister  of  the  wife  of  President 
John  Adams.  Pie  was  prepared  for  college  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Rev.  John  Shaw,  of  Haverhill  (H.C.  1772)  ;  and  en 
tered  the  freshman  class,  six  months  in  advance,  in  February, 
1784.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Thomas  Dawes,  of  Boston 
(H.C.  1777)  ;  and  in  July,  1790,  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  this  State.  He  opened  an  office 
in  Braintree,  near  Quincy ;  but,  one  year  afterwards,  removed 
to  Haverhill.  For  three  years  he  attended  the  courts  in  Es 
sex  County,  Mass.,  and  Rockingham  County,  N.H.  ;  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  Massachusetts  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  in  July,  1793.  In  September,  1794,  he  was  employed 
as  the  land-agent  of  the  firm  of  Morris,  Nicholson,  and  Green- 
leaf,  in  the  city  of  Washington ;  to  which  place  he  removed 
in  October  of  that  year,  and  there  resided  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  In  April,  1795,  he  was  married  to  Nancy  Greenleaf, 
daughter  of  Hon.  William  Greenleaf,  with  whom  he  lived 
nearly  fifty  years ;  she  having  died  in  Washington,  16  Sep* 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  69 

tember,  1843.  In  1800,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  com 
missioners  of  the  city  of  Washington,  which  office  he  resigned 
in  1801  ;  when  he  was  appointed,  by  President  Adams,  junior 
assistant-judge  of  the  United-States  Circuit  Court  of  the  Dis 
trict  of  Columbia,  under  the  act  of  Congress  of  27  February, 
•1801  :  the  late  Gov.  Thomas  Johnson,  of  Maryland,  having 
been  appointed  chief  judge  ;  and  Mr.  James  Marshall,  brother 
of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Marshall,  having  been  appointed  elder 
assistant-judge.  Mr.  Adams  consented  to  give  this  appoint 
ment  to  his  nephew,  only  upon  the  earnest  personal  appeal  of 
Chief- Justice  Marshall,  after  a  public  petition  to  the  same  end ; 
as  he  was  apprehensive,  that,  in  the  dispensation  of  office,  the 
public  might  charge  upon  him  that  system  of  nepotism  which 
has  since  become  so  common  at  the  seat  of  government ;  and 
hence  his  reluctance  to  elevate  one  whom  he  loved  next  to  his 
own  son.  Gov.  Johnson  refused  to  accept  the  office ;  and 
President  Jefferson  appointed  William  Kitty,  Esq.,  chief 
judge.  Mr.  Marshall  resigned  in  1803  ;  and  Nicholas  Fitzhugh, 
Esq.,  of  Virginia,  was  appointed  in  his  place.  In  1805,  Mr. 
Kitty  having  been  appointed  chancellor  of  Maryland,  Judge 
Cranch  was  appointed  by  President  Jefferson  to  the  office  of 
chief-justice ;  and,  by  virtue  of  that  office,  he  was  sole  judge  of 
the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Co 
lumbia,  which  has  the  same  jurisdiction  as  the  other  district 
courts  of  the  United  States.  He  published  nine  volumes  of 
cases  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  ;  a  memoir  of 
the  life,  character,  and  writings  of  President  John  Adams,  read 
before  the  Columbian  Institute,  16  March,  1837';  and  an  address 
upon  the  subject  of  temperance  in  1831,  a  small  pamphlet.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
and  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society.  In  1829,  he  re 
ceived  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Harvard 
College.  For  fifty  years  and  more,  he  was  looked  up  to  in 
Washington,  Alexandria,  Georgetown,  and  in  the  neighborhood, 
as  the  chief  citizen  of  the  district.  By  his  kindness  and  benevo 
lence  to  the  poor,  by  his  uniform  courtesy  to  all  men,  by  his 
life-long  industry  and  patience  in  labor,  by  his  love  of  letters, 


70  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1855-56. 

by  his  fidelity  to  every  private  and  public  trust  reposed  in  him, 
he  won  a  love  and  respect  which  were  felt  by  every  man,  and 
even  every  child,  who  knew  him.  His  life,  too,  was  eminently 
a  religious  one ;  and  as  he  lived,  so  he  died,  in  the  fullest  hope 
of  a  blessed  immortality. 

1787. — Dr.  WALTER  HUNNEWELL  died  in  Watertown, 
Mass.,  19  October,  1855,  aged  86.  He  was  born  in  Cam 
bridge,  10  August,  1769  ;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Marshall 
Spring,  of  Watertown  (H.C.  1762)  ;  and  settled  in  Watertown, 
where  he  passed  the  whole  of  his  professional  life,  and  was 
highly  respected  as  a  good  citizen  and  a  skilful  physician. 

1793. — Hon.  CHARLES  JACKSON  died  in  Boston,  13  Decem 
ber,  1855,  aged  80.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Jonathan 
Jackson,  of  Newburyport  (H.C.  1761),  —  one  of  tjie  most 
prominent  men  of  this  state  during  the  revolutionary  era  ;  being 
a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  in  1780  ;  marshal  of  the 
district  of  Massachusetts,  under  Washington;  treasurer  of  the 
commonwealth  for  five  years,  and  of  Harvard  College  at 
the  time  of  his  death  ;  —  and  grandson  of  Edward  Jackson  (H.C. 
1726),  a  distinguished  merchant  of  Boston.  He  was  born  in 
Newburyport,  31  May,  1775  ;  was  fitted  for  college  under  the 
instruction  of  Nicholas  Pike,  of  Newburyport  (H.C.  1766), 
and  at  Dummer  Academy.  He  graduated  with  the  highest 
honors  of  his  class.  He  pursued  the  study  of  law  in  Newbury- 
port,  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Theophilus  Parsons  (H.C. 
1769) ;  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  county  of  Essex  in  1796  ; 
immediately  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  his 
native  town,  and  rose  rapidly  to  eminence.  In  1803,  he  re 
moved  to  Boston,  and  soon  attained  the  highest  rank  at  the 
bar,  where  James  Sullivan,  John  Lowell,  Christopher  Gore, 
Eufus  Amory,  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  Samuel  Dexter,  William 
Sullivan,  and  other  distinguished  men,  were  his  associates  and 
competitors  ;  and,  in  partnership  with  Hon.  Samuel  Hubbard, 
(Y.C.  1802),  acquired  probably  the  most  lucrative  practice  ever 
before  known  in  Massachusetts.  In  1813,  he  was  appointed  by 
Gov.  Strong  to  the  office  of  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  to 
fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Hon.  Theodore 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  71 

Sedgwick  (Y.C.  1765)  ;  which  appointment,  he,  after  much 
hesitation,  accepted,  impelled  by  a  high  sense  of  duty,  and  by 
the  urgency  of  the  chief-justice  and  his  other  professional  friends 
of  his  peculiar  fitness  for  that  high  station.  Pie  discharged  its 
duties  with  eminent  fidelity  until  the  year  1823  ;  when  he  was 
compelled  by  declining  health  to  resign  his  seat,  to  the  universal 
regret  of  the  bar  and  the  people  of  the  state.  Immediately  on 
his  retirement,  for  the  purposes  of  relaxation  and  recovery,  he 
went  to  Europe  ;  and,  while  in  England,  received  great  attention 
from  the  jurists  and  statesmen  of  the  times.  In  1820,  he  was 
a  very  influential  member  of  the  convention  for  revising  the 
constitution  of  the  state.  In  1832,  Gov.  Lincoln,  acting 
under  a  resolve  of  the  legislature,  appointed  three  commission 
ers  to  revise  the  General  Statutes  of  the  commonwealth ;  and 
Judge  Jackson  was  placed  at  the  head  of  this  important  trust. 
His  associates  were  Hon.  Asahel  Stearns  (H.C.  1797),  and 
John  Hooker  Ashmun  (H.C.  1818).  Mr.  Ashmun  died  soon 
afterwards,  and  Hon.  John  Pickering  (H.C.  1796)  was  appointed 
in  his  place.  Before  his  elevation  to  the  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  he  was  elected,  in  18Q8,  in  1809,  and  in  1812,  a  repre 
sentative  to  the  General  Court.  After  his  resignation,  he  was 
selected  for  the  performance  of  various  important  trusts  ;  among 
which  was  that  of  a  member  of  the  corporation  of  Harvard  Col 
lege,  which  he  filled  from  1825  to  1834.  In  politics,  he  clung 
with  the  ardor  and  tenacity  of  settled  principle  to  the  ancient 
faith  of  the  old  Essex  platform,  of  which  his  master,  Parsons, 
so  admirably  sketched  the  outlines  in  his  famous  "Kesolutions," 
and  from  which  so  many  of  the  noblest  men,  whom  this  country 
has  ever  counted  among  its  jewels,  have  so  often  uttered  the 
words  of  warning  and  wisdom  and  encouragement  and  patriot 
ism,  in  the  roughest  times  the  country  has  ever  seen.  In 
religion,  he  was  a  Christian  believer  in  faith  and  practice,  with 
out  ostentatious  profession,  but  with  earnest  and  never-shrinking 
fidelity  to  the  great  principles  which  his  faith  inculcates.  He 
had  long  looked  upon  his  work  as  done  upon  earth,  and  was 
awaiting  in  calmness  and  serene  composure  the  summons  which 
was  at  last  kindly  sent,  translating  him  from  this  to  a  higher 


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world,  so  gently  and  free  from  suffering,  that  it  seemed  little  else 
than  falling  asleep. 

1795.  — HENRY  GASSETT  died  in  Boston,  15  August,  1855, 
aged  81.  He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Persis  (Howe)  Gassett, 
and  was  born  in  Northborough,  Mass.,  1  February,  1774.  He 
was  of  French  extraction,  and  the  name  was,  originally,  Gachet. 
About  the  year  1700,  two  Frenchmen,  brothers,  Huguenots, 
named  Henri  and  David  Gachet,  emigrated  from  Eochelle, 
France,  and  landed  in  Boston.  David  married  a  Miss  White, 
and  settled  in  Raynham,  Mass.  :  Henri  married  Miss  Sarah 
Hoskins,  and  settled  at  Taunton,  Mass.  The  descendants  of 
the  two  have  Anglicized  the  name  in  different  ways  :  those  of  the 
elder  brother  writing  it  Gassett ;  and  those  of  the  younger, 
Gushee.  Most  of  them  reside  in  Massachusetts,  in  Bristol 
County,  where  the  descendants  of  both  are  numerous ;  and  but 
few,  if  any  of  them,  live  out  of  New  England.  They  do  not, 
however,  retain  the  name  of  their  progenitors  to  a  very  great 
extent,  owing  to  the  large  proportion  of  females  in  the  families. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  a  descendant  in  the  third  genera 
tion  from  Henri  the  Huguenot.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Leicester  Academy.  On  graduating,  he  began  teaching  school, 
which  he  continued  some  twelve  or  eighteen  months :  but,  finding 
it  not  a  very  profitable  business,  he  relinquished  it,  and  engaged 
in  trade,  first  in  the  country,  and  afterwards  in  Boston,  in  a 
small,  cautious  way ;  till,  about  the  year  1804,  he  became  the 
head  of  the  extensive  dry-goods  importing  house  of  Gassett, 
Upham,  and  Co.  ;  and  on  the  18th  of  April,  1805,  he  sailed  for 
Liverpool,  being  the  first  of  three  visits  he  made  to  England. 
He  continued  doing  a  large  and  profitable  business  for  more  than 
forty  years  ;  and  retired  about  eleven  years  before  his  death,  hav 
ing  accumulated  an  ample  fortune.  He  married,  17  February, 
1812,  Lucy  Wood,  of  Northborough ;  by  whom  he  had  nine 
children,  five  of  whom  survive  him.  Three  of  his  sons  are 
graduates  at  Harvard  College;  namely,  Henry  in  1834,  Edward 
in  1843,  and  Francis  in  1847.  There  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  family  a  letter  from  the  mother  —  then  a  widow  —  of  the 
two  emigrants,  Henri  and  David,  dated  "A  la  Rochelle,  le  lr 


1855-56.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  73 

de  mars,  1711,"  and  directed  thus:  "La  prdsente,  qu'il  donne 
a  Maitre  Henri  Gachet,  charpentier  de  navire,  a  Boston."  Mr. 
Gassett  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  old  anti- 
masonic  party,  and  by  his  pen  and  wealth  contributed  liberally 
to  its  aid.  He  was  an  intimate  personal  friend  of  John  Quincy 
Adams,  for  whose  talents  and  character  he  had  the  most  un 
bounded  respect. 

17D5. — Hon.  BENJAMIN  GORHAM  died  in  Boston,  27  Sep 
tember,  1855,  aged  80.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Gor- 
ham,  and  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  13  February,  1775. 
Nathaniel  Gorham,  a  member  and  president  of  the  Continental 
Congress,  was  the  father  of  a  numerous  family,  among  whom 
was  the  late  Mrs.  Peter  C.  Brooks,  and  a  son,  who  became  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  Western  New  York,  and  died  a  few  years 
since  at  Canandaigua.  Benjamin,  who  was  a  younger  son, 
soon  after  graduating,  entered  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Theophilus 
Parsons,  in  Newburyport,  as  a  student  of  law,  where  he  pur 
sued  and  completed  his  legal  studies.  He  then  opened  an  office 
in  Boston,  where  he  permanently  resided.  He  rose  rapidly  to 
eminence  in  his  profession,  and  soon  became  one  of  the  leading 
members  of  the  Boston  bar.  He  was  a  familiar  associate  of 
the  famous  circle  in  which  were  comprised  Prescott,  Jackson, 
Parsons,  Gore,  Dexter,  Sullivan,  Cabot,  Ames,  Otis,  Parker, 
and  Lowell.  From  1820  to  1823,  he  represented  Suffolk 
District  in  the  United-States  Congress.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Hon.  Daniel  Webster,  who  held  the  office  until  1827,  when  he 
was  chosen  senator ;  and  Mr.  Gorham  was  again  elected  repre 
sentative  from  Suffolk,  which  office  he  filled  with  honor  to  him 
self  and  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  constituents  until  1831, 
when,  his  term  having  expired,  he  declined  a  re-election.  When 
in  Congress,  although  not  a  frequent  speaker,  he  was  always 
listened  to  with  marked  attention,  as  he  possessed  a  mind  of 
great  logical  acuteness,  and  his  speeches  commanded  the  respect 
even  of  his  political  opponents.  The  great  questions  which  fell 
within  these  periods,  under  the  administration  of  Mr.  Adams 
and  Gen.  Jackson,  were  those  of  internal  improvements,  the 
revenue-tariff,  and  the  bank  of  the  United  States.  No  one 

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74  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1855-56. 

understood  them  better  than  Mr.  Gorham.  He  discussed  them 
on  several  occasions  with  eminent  ability ;  and  no  student  of  the 
history  of  our  legislation  on  these  subjects  should  fail  to  consult 
the  reports  of  his  arguments.  His  speech,  in  1828,  on  the 
occupation  of  Oregon,  is  another  monument  of  his  enlightened 
and  prudent  statesmanship.  In  1833,  after  repeated  fruitless 
attempts  of  his  party  to  choose  another  candidate,  he  was 
reluctantly  persuaded  to  accept  a  third  election ;  and  served  in 
the  third  Congress,  under  the  administration  of  Jackson  ;  of  the 
proceedings  of  which  body,  his  speech  on  the  removal  of 
the  deposits  from  the  United-States  Bank,  in  February,  1834, 
was  a  prominent  feature.  After  his  retirement  from  Congress, 
he  never  accepted  office,  except  for  a  short  time  as  a  member 
of  one  or  both  branches  of  the  state  legislature.  Being  at 
ease  in  point  of  fortune,  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  passed  in 
the  company  of  his  books  and  his  friends.  He  was  of  a  singu 
larly  sociable  nature  :  he  loved  to  talk,  and  talked  admirably 
well.  His  equanimity  was  imperturbable,  and  his  cheerfulness 
seldom  clouded.  In  the  closer  relations  of  life,  he  was  singu 
larly  favored.  By  his  first  marriage,  he  became  connected  with 
the  family  of  Judge  Lowell ;  and  by  his  second,  with  that  of 
John  Coffin  Jones.  Left  a  widower  for  many  years,  death  had 
been  made  familiar  to  his  mind.  He  had  often  expressed  a 
desire  that  it  might  be  sudden ;  and  the  gentle  messenger  that 
summoned  him  fulfilled  his  wish. 

1795.  —  Dr.  EBENEZER  LAWKENCE  died  in  Pepperell,  Mass. , 
14  June,  1856,  aged  86.  He  was  son  of  Ephraim  and  Anna 
(Fisk)  Lawrence,  and  was  born  in  Pepperell,  9  January,  1770. 
He  pursued  his  medical  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Gov. 
John  Brooks,  of  Medford ;  and  settled  as  a  physician  in  Hamp 
ton,  N.H.,  where  he  acquired  an  extensive  practice,  which  he 
continued  with  eminent  success  for  fifty-one  years.  Unlike 
most  of  his  contemporaries  in  the  medical  profession,  he  adminis 
tered  to  his  patients  but  very  little  medicine ;  relying  rather 
upon  the  vis  medicatrix  natures  to  effect  a  cure.  He  married,  in 
1800,  Abigail  Leavitt,  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  Leavitt,  of 
Hampton  ;  and  had  a  large  family  of  children.  His  wife  and 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  75 

four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  survive  him.  He 
was  highly  esteemed  and  respected  by  the  citizens  among 
whom  he  so  long  resided,  and  who  intrusted  to  him  many 
offices  of  importance  and  responsibility.  He  was  repeatedly 
elected  a  selectman,  and  several  times  represented  the  town  in 
the  New-Hampshire  legislature.  About  five  years  before  his 
death,  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  where  he  resided  in  the 
family  of  one  of  his  sons  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
died  full  of  years,  universally  respected  ;  and  will  long  be  re 
membered  as  the, "beloved  physician." 

1795.  — Rev.  SILAS  WARREN  died  in  Jackson,  Waldo  Coun 
ty,  Me.,  7  January,  1856,  aged  88.  He  was  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Myrick)  Warren,  and  was  born  in  Weston,  Mass.,  11 
May,  1767.  For  several  years  after  leaving  college,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  instruction  of  youth.  He  was  ordained  at 
Jackson,  16  September,  1812.  He  was  a  liberal  divine  of  the 
old  school ;  and  after  a  peaceful  ministry  of  about  ten  years,  in 
consequence  of  some  dissatisfaction  with  the  liberality  of  his 
opinions,  felt  by  a  portion  of  his  people,  his  pastoral  relation  to 
the  church  in  Jackson  was  dissolved.  He  continued  to  reside 
in  the  town,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days,  until  over 
taken  by  the  infirmity  of  age,  in  teaching,  and  in  cultivating  a 
farm.  He  possessed  a  naturally  vigorous  constitution,  and 
retained  his  faculties  of  body  and  mind  to  such  a  degree  as 
enabled  him  to  enjoy  life  to  almost  the  close  of  its  period  of 
eighty-eight  years.  A  cheerful  and  happy  temperament  made 
him  peculiarly  acceptable  in  his  favorite  occupation  of  instruc 
tion,  and  sustained  him  under  the  privations  of  straitened  cir 
cumstances.  His  appearance  in  the  pulpit  was  calm,  dignified, 
and  grave  ;  and  his  manners,  in  private  intercourse,  affable  and 
polite.  He  had  long  looked  forward  to  death  as  a  happy 
release,  and  at  last  sank  quietly  away  as  in  sleep.  It  was  the 
natural,  peaceful  close  of  a  venerable  old  age. 

1797.  — LEONARD  JAR  vis  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  16  No 
vember,  1855,  aged  76.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  and 
was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  7  January,  1779.  For  ten 
years  after  leaving  college,  he  followed  maritime  pursuits, 


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and  was  master  of  an  indiaman,  making  successful  voyages. 
lie  then  quitted  this  sphere  to  enter  upon  mercantile  life,  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Asaph  Stone  ;  their  place  of  busi 
ness  being  first  at  No.  9,  Union  Street,  and  afterwards  at  the 
corner  of  Court  and  Washington  streets,  Boston ;  which  firm 
continued  for  six  years.  During  the  war  of  1812,  Mr  Jarvis 
disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  business,  and  resided  in  Cambridge 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  removed  to  Baltimore  for  the 
benefit  of  a  milder  climate.  Here  he  was  highly  successful  in 
business,  and  became  wealthy.  He  married,  in  1806  or  1807, 
Mary  Cogswell,  of  Littleton.  They  had  no  child.  He  was  a 
gentleman  without  ostentation  or  display,  and  remarkable  for 
his  generosity  towards  young  men  in  the  mercantile  profession. 
By  his  will,  he  devised  the  Melange  edifice  in  Baltimore,  known 
as  the  "  Jarvis  Building,"  and  occupied  by  the  "  Baltimore  Pa 
triot,"  one  half  to  Harvard  College,  and  the  other  half  to  the 
Baltimore  Humane  Impartial  Society,  the  House  of  Refuge, 
the  Aged- Women's  Home,  and  the  Baltimore  Orphan  Asylum. 
These  devises  do  not,  however,  take  effect  until  the  decease  of 
his  widow,  to  whom  nearly  the  whole  of  the  income  of  his  estate 
is  given  during  her  life.  The  estate  is  estimated  at  not  less  than 
twenty  thousand  dollars  a  year,  and  is  increasing. 

1797. — JOSEPH  TILTON  died  in  Exeter,  N.H.,  27  March, 
1856,  aged  81.  He  was  born  in  East  Kingston,  N.H., 
10  August,  1774 ;  and  was  fitted  for  college  at  Exeter  Aca 
demy.  On  leaving  college,  he  returned  to  Exeter,  where  he 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Jeremiah  Smith  (Rutg.  C.  1780),  who 
had  that  year  removed  from  Peterborough  to  Exeter.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1801 ;  and  immediately  afterwards  opened 
an  office  in  Wakefield,  N.H.,  where  he  practised  four  or  five 
years  ;  when  he  removed  to  Rochester,  N.H.,  where  he  remained 
two  or  three  years ;  and,  in  the  summer  of  1809,  went  to 
Exeter,  and  there  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  acquired 
an  extensive  and  respectable  practice,  which  he  continued  for 
forty-five  years,  when  he  retired  from  the  active  duties  of  his 
profession.  It  is  a  sufficient  proof  of  his  professional  success, 
that  he  gained  a  prominent  position  at  a  bar  where  Webster, 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  77 

Mason,  Smith,  Sullivan,  Woodbury,  Bartlctt,  Cutts,  and  Haven 
were  his  contemporaries  and  competitors.  He  was  held  in  high 
estimation  by  his  fellow-citizens,  as  was  indicated,  among  other 
things,  by  their  electing  him  to  represent  the  town  of  Exeter,  in 
the  New-Hampshire  legislature,  nine  successive  years,  —  from 
1815  to  1823  inclusive.  He  was  a  director  in  the  old  Exeter 
Bank,  for  many  years,  until  it  closed.  In  1806,  he  married 
Nancy  Folsom,  of  Exeter.  She  died  in  1837.  In  his  pro 
fessional  and  social  relations,  his  good-humor  was  as  unfailing 
as  his  integrity  was  undoubted.  He  appeared  to  regard  his 
profession  as  his  post  of  duty,  in  which  he  was  to  do  his  part  in 
guarding  and  advancing  the  interests  of  society.  He  passed 
through  life  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  respect  of  his  brethren  of 
the  bar,  and  the  confidence  of  the  community.  He  lived  to  a 
good  old  age,  and  his  memory  will  be  long  cherished  by  those 
who  knew  him. 

1797.  —  Dr.  JOHN  COLLINS  WARREN  died  in  Boston,  4  May, 
1856,  aged  77.  He  was  the  eldest  often  children  of  Dr.  John 
and  Abigail  (Collins)  Warren  ;  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
1  August,  1778.  His  father,  Dr.  John  Warren  (H.C.  1771), 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass,,  27  July,  1753  ;  studied  medicine 
with  his  brother,  Gen.  Joseph  Warren  ;  and  acquired  a  reputation 
as  a  physician  and  surgeon  no  less  extensive  than  that  to  which 
his  distinguished  son  afterwards  attained.  His  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  John  Collins,  who  was  governor  of  Ehode  Island 
from  1786  to  1789,  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  and  a  delegate 
to  Congress  in  1789.  He  died  at  Newport,  R.I.,  March,  1795, 
at  the  age  of  78  years.  His  uncle,  Gen.  Joseph  Warren 
(H.C.  1759),  was  born  in  Roxbury,  11  June,  1741  ;  and  was 
a  physician  in  Boston.  He  fell  a  martyr  to  the  cause  of  freedom 
in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

Dr.  Warren  was  a  pupil  at  the  Public  Latin  School  in  Bos 
ton  when  the  first  Franklin  medals  were  distributed  ;  and  was  a 
successful  competitor  for  one  of  them,  an  honor  of  which  he  was 
justly  proud.  After  going  through  a  course  of  medical  studies 
under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  he  went  to  Europe,  where 
he  passed  several  years  studying  in  the  hospitals  of  London  and 


78  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1855-56. 

Paris.  While  in  London,  he  enjoyed  the  friendship  and  instruc 
tion  of  Sir  Astley  Cooper.  On  his  return,  he  established 
himself  as  a  physician  in  Boston,  and  soon  rose  to  the  highest 
rank  in  his  profession.  In  1806,  he  was  appointed  assistant- 
professor  of  anatomy  and  surgery  in  Harvard  College  ;  and  on 
the  death  of  his  father,  which  took  place  4  April,  1815,  he 
succeeded  him  to  the  full  professorship  in  that  chair,  and  was 
inaugurated  1  November  of  that  year.  The  duties  of  this  office 
he  discharged  with  signal  ability  and  success  for  a  period  of 
thirty-two  years.  In  1847,  he  tendered  his  resignation,  which 
was  accepted  so  far  as  to  relieve  him  from  the  active  duties  of 
the  professorship ;  but  he  was  retained  as  emeritus-professor  until 
his  death.  He  was  elected  president  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  7  June,  1832  ;  which  office  he  held  until  25 
May,  1836,  when,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society,  he 
declined  a  re-election.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  of  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences,  of  the 
Academy  of  Naples,  and  the  Medical  Society  of  Florence ;  a 
corresponding  member  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Medicine  of 
Paris,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  Society 
of  London.  He  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  president  of  the 
Boston  Society  of  Natural  History.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Boston  Light  Infantry ;  and  was  third  sergeant 
on  the  first  parade  ever  made  by  that  corps,  in  1798.  After  his 
retirement  from  the  active  duties  of  his  professorship,  he  devoted 
much  of  his  time  to  the  study  of  the  natural  sciences.  His 
museum  of  specimens  in  comparative  anatomy,  osteology  and 
paleontology,  was  one  of  the  most  valuable  private  collections  in 
the  world ;  and  he  had  probably  the  most  perfect  skeleton  of 
the  mastodon  giganteus  of  North  America  known  to  be  in  exist 
ence.  He  was,  in  conjunction  with  his  friend  and  contempo 
rary,  Dr.  James  Jackson,  mainly  instrumental  in  originating  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital  and  McLean  Asylum,  by  issu 
ing,  in  August,  1810,  a  circular  to  the  public  on  the  need  of 
such  an  institution ;  and  afterwards  rendered  valuable  service 
in  arranging  and  perfecting  its  organization.  He  was,  for  nearly 


1855-56.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  79 

thirty-six  years  (from  6  April,  1817,  to  February,  1853),  at 
first  the  sole,  and  subsequently  the  principal,  acting  surgeon, 
in  daily  attendance  upon  its  wards  ;  and  by  his  eminent  talents, 
knowledge,  and  practical  skill,  as  well  as  by  his  fidelity,  energy, 
and  untiring  devotion  in  behalf  of  its  interests,  largely  contrib 
uted  to  make  it  what  it  now  is,  —  an  honor  to  the  city  and  to  the 
commonwealth.  He  married,  first,  17  November,  1803,  Susan 
Powell,  daughter  of  Hon.  Jonathan  Mason,  by  whom  he  had 
seven  children,  six  of  whom  survive  him.  His  wife  died  3 
June,  1841  ;  and  he  married,  second,  17  October,  1843,  Anna 
Winthrop,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  L.  Winthrop,  by  whom 
he  had  no  issue.  She  died  17  December,  1850.  He  contrib 
uted  a  large  number  of  valuable  papers  in  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society's  publications.  A  few  years  since,  he  pre 
pared  and  published,  at  his  own  expense,  and  for  gratuitous 
distribution  to  public  institutions  and  scientific  persons,  his 
great  work  on  the  mastodon  of  this  country ;  and,  a  few  weeks 
before  his  death,  he  issued  a  second  and  enlarged  edition,  which 
is  offered  for  sale  at  a  price  which  will  barely  meet  the  cost  of 
publication.  In  1854,  he  published,  in  a  splendid  quarto  vol 
ume,  a  "  Genealogy  of  Warren."  He  died  full  of  years  and 
honors  ;  and,  by  his  death,  science  lost  one  of  its  most  ardent  and 
devoted  laborers. 

1798.  —  Hon.  SAMUEL  PHILLIPS  PRESCOTT  FAY  died  in 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  18  May,  1856,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of 
Jonathan  Fay,  and  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  10  January, 
1778.  He  was  the  orator,  who,  by  the  appointment  of  his 
classmates,  addressed  them  in  Latin,  according  to  the  usage  of 
that  time,  before  the  faculty,  at  the  close  of  the  college-studies 
of  the  class,  and  at  the  time  of  their  separation  until  the 
recurrence  of  the  annual  commencement.  On  leaving  college, 
he  began  the  study  of  law  :  but  soon  afterwards  he  received  a 
captain's  commission  in  the  American  army,  raised  in  conse 
quence  of  French  hostilities  ;  and  joined  the  forces  under  the 
command  of  Gen.  Hamilton,  stationed  at  Oxford,  Mass.,  in 
1798-9.  His  military  career,  however,  was  not  of  long  dura 
tion.  After  the  successful  issue  of  the  second  mission  of  envoys 


80  NECROLOGY  OF   AMUMNI  [1855-56. 

sent  to  France  by  President  Adams,  the  army  was  disbanded, 
and  young  Fay  resumed  the  study  of  the  law.  Having  com 
pleted  his  course  of  legal  studies,  and  been  admitted  to  the  bar, 
he  opened  an  office  in  Cambridge,  where  he  soon  acquired  a 
high  reputation  as  a  successful  lawyer.  He  was  early  and 
happily  married,  and  enjoyed,  in  an  uncommon  degree,  the 
blessings  of  domestic  life  ;  and,  when  the  partner  of  his  comforts 
and  cares  was  taken  from  him,  he  was  not  left  in  entire  domes 
tic  solitude,  but  was  cared  for  and  solaced  by  dutiful  and  affec 
tionate  children.  In  his  professional  business,  he  was  faithful 
and  exact,  and  possessed  the  utmost  confidence  of  his  clients. 
Without  seeking  for  political  distinction,  he  took  a  reasonable 
degree  of  interest  in  politics,  which  was  demonstrated  by  his 
pen,  and  by  his  acceptance  of  the  office  of  representative  of  the 
town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  governor's  council  in  1818 
and  1819,  and  of  the  Convention  for  revising  the  Constitution  of 
Massachusetts  in  1820.  On  the  1st  of  May,  1821,  he  was  ap 
pointed  judge  of  probate  for  Middlesex  County ;  the  duties  of 
which  office  he  discharged  with  singular  fidelity  and  promptness 
for  nearly  thirty-five  years,  until  the  latter  part  of  March,  1856, 
when  he  was  compelled  to  resign  it  on  account  of  the  feeble 
state  of  his  health.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Overseers  of  Harvard  College  in  1824,  which  office  he  held  until 
the  new  organization  of  the  board  in  1852.  In  all  his  civil, 
social,  and  official  relations,  his  uprightness  and  urbanity  will 
be  among  the  cherished  memories  of  a  host  of  survivors. 

1798. — Hon.  RALPH  HILL  FRENCH  died  in  Manchester, 
N.H.,  31  October,  1855,  aged  79.  He  was  born  in  Marble- 
head,  Mass.,  31  January,  1776.  He  studied  law  with  Hon. 
William  Gordon,  of  Amherst,  N.H.  (H.C.  1779)  ;  and  opened 
an  office  in  Marblehead,  in  which  town,  and  in  Salem,  he  prac 
tised  law  more  than  twenty  years,  during  which  time  he  held 
many  offices  of  trust  and  importance.  In  1819,  he  was  elected 
a  senator  in  the  Massachusetts  legislature  from  Essex  District. 
He  was  chosen  register  of  deeds  for  Essex  County,  and  held  the 
office  twenty  years,  until  he  was  compelled  to  resign  it  on 
account  of  the  impaired  state  of  his  health.  Three  years  before 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  81 

his  death,  he  removed  to  Manchester,  where  he  spent  the  remain 
der  of  his  days.  He  married  a  sister  of  Hon.  Charles  Hum 
phrey  Atherton,  of  Amherst,  N.H.  (H.C.  1794).  He  was 
highly  respected  by  the  bar,  and  by  the  people  of  Essex  County, 
among  whom  he  passed  the  greater  portion  of  his  life. 

1799.  —  Hon.    EBENEZER   CLAP   died   in   Bath,   Me.,   28 
January,  1856,  aged  77.     He  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Mass., 
21  January,  1779.     His  father  was  a  respectable  farmer  of  that 
town.      When  a  boy,   he  had  an  unaccountable  presentiment 
that  he  was  born  to  greater  things  than  he  saw  awaited  him 
should  he  remain  and  labor  with  his  father  on  a  form  :    so  he 
betook  himself  to  study,  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring  a  liberal 
education.      Soon  after  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law 
under   Hon.    Seth  Padelford,  of  Taunton   (Y.C.   1770)  ;  and 
finished  his  legal  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Benjamin 
Whitman,  of  Pembroke  (B.U.   1788).      He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Taunton  in  1803,  and  immediately  opened  an  office 
in  Nantucket ;  but  removed  the  same  year  to  Bath,  where  he 
resided  during  the  remainder    of  his  life.      During  that  long 
period,  he  held  many  important   positions    among    his  fellow- 
citizens  ;    at   the   bar,  in  the  legistature  of  Massachusetts,  on 
the   bench,    as  judge  of  the   Court  of  Sessions,  and  fourteen 
years   judge  of  the    Municipal  Court  in  Bath.      In  1812,  he 
married   Sarah  Winslow,   of    Marshfield,  Mass.,   daughter    of 
Dr.  Isaac  Winslow,  and  a  descendant,  in  a  direct  line,  from 
Gov.  Winslow.     They  had  no  children.     Judge  Clap  was  an 
honest    lawyer.       In    disposition    he    was    modest,    mild,    and 
humane  ;    in  integrity  he  was  above  reproach. 

1800.  — Hon.  TIMOTHY  BOUTELLE  died  in  Waterville,  Me., 
12  November,  1855,  aged  77.      He  was  son  of  Col.  Timothy 
and  Eachel  (Lincoln)  Boutelle,   and  was  born  in  Leominster, 
Mass.,  10  November,  1778.     After  leaving  college,  he  became 
an  assistant  preceptor  in  Leicester  Academy,  where  he  remained 
one  year.     He  began  the  study  of  law,  in  his  native  town,  with 
Hon.  Abijah  Bigelow  (D.C.  1795)  ;  and  completed  his  studies 
in  the  office  of  Edward  Gray,  Esq.,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1792). 
Soon  after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  established  himself  in 

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Waterville,  and  made  that  place  his  home  until  the  close  of  his 
life.  He  soon  acquired  a  good  practice  in  the  counties  of  Ken- 
nebec  and  Somerset,  to  which  his  attention  was  principally 
limited.  For  many  years,  he  devoted  himself  mainly  to  the 
regular  duties  of  his  profession,  without  being  much  allured 
by  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  political  life.  With  the 
exception  of  acting  as  elector  of  President  and  Vice- President 
in  1816,  he  was  not  much  in  public  life  until  after  the  separation 
of  Maine  from  Massachusetts,  when  he  subsequently  served  at 
least  a  dozen  years  as  senator  and  representative  in  the  legis 
lature  of  Maine.  He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the  cause  of  educa 
tion,  and  took  a  deep  interest  in  Waterville  College,  of  which 
he  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  one  of  the  trustees,  and  from 
which  he  received,  in  1839,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws.  During  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  having  in  a  great 
measure  withdrawn  from  the  active  duties  of  his  profession,  he 
gave  much  of  his  time  and  labor  to  the  promotion  of  railroads 
and  the  means  of  internal  improvement.  Active,  energetic,  and 
public-spirited,  he  was  ever  ready  to  engage  in  any  enterprise, 
which,  in  his  judgment,  would  tend  to  promote  the  best  interests 
of  the  public ;  and,  in  all  situations  of  influence  and  trust,  he 
enjoyed,  in  a  high  degree,  the  confidence  of  those  associated  with 
him.  He  closed  a  long,  active,  and  useful  life  with  a  reputation 
for  sound  judgment,  public  spirit,  and  kindness  of  heart,  which 
might  well  afford  the  richest  consolation  to  those  who  loved  and 
respected  him. 

1802. — JOHN  Mico  GANNETT,  of  Walpole,  Mass.,  died 
suddenly  in  Boston,  25  July,  1855,  aged  71.  He  was  son  of 
Caleb  and  Katharine  (Wendell)  Gannett ;  and  was  born  in 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  15  March,  1784.  His  father,  liev.  Caleb 
Gannett  (H.  C.  1763),  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  Mass., 
22  August,  1745  ;  was  ordained  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  12  Octo 
ber,  1767,  as  minister  at  Amherst  and  Cumberland,  N.S.  ; 
where  he  remained  until  1771,  when  he  returned  to  Massa 
chusetts.  He  was  tutor  in  Harvard  College  from  1773  to  1780  ; 
a  member  of  the  corporation  from  1778  to  1780;  and  steward 
from  1779  till  his  death,  which  took  place  25  April,  1818. 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  83 

His  mother  was  daughter  of  John  Mico  Wendell,  whose  wife 
was  Katharine,  daughter  of  William  Brattle.     Mr.  Gannett  was 
1  fitted  for  college  at  Pliillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.     Imme 
diately  after  he  graduated,  he  began  to  study  law  in  the  office  of 
Hon.,  William   Stedman,   of  Lancaster,  Mass.   (H.C.  1784)  ; 
but  soon  went  to  Plymouth,  Mass.,  and  entered  the  office  of 
Judge  Joshua  Thomas  (H.C.  1772),  with  whom  he  studied  two 
years.      He  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  in  Boston,  before  he  was 
twenty-one  years  old.     He  was  married,  30  June,  1805,  in  Hart 
ford,  Conn.,  to  Mary  Woodbridge  Wyllys,  daughter  of  Gen. 
Samuel  Wyllys  (Y.C.  1758).      He  opened  an  office  in  North- 
field,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  about  two  years.     While  there, 
he  was  chosen  major-general  of  the  militia.      Early  in  the  year 
1807,  he  was  prevailed  on  by  his  father-in-law,  who  was  secre 
tary  of  the  state  of  Connecticut,  and  between  seventy  and  eighty 
years  of  age,  to  move  to  Hartford.     Here  he  practised  law, 
became  a  prominent  politician  of  the  old  federal  school,  was  a 
representative  to  the  General  Court,  a  senator,  and  a  member 
of  the  council.      About  1823,  his  health  became  impaired  so 
much  as  to  prevent  him  in  a  great  measure  from  pursuing  his 
profession.       His  wife  died  25  April,  1825.      This  produced  a 
a  great  effect  on  his  spirits,  and  he  spent  two  or  three  years  in 
Cambridge  and  Boston.      In  1828,  his  health  having  improved, 
he  moved  to  Walpole,  Mass.,  with  the  view  of  leading  a  quiet 
country  life.      Here  he  declined  entering  extensively  into  the 
practice  of  law;    but,  as  he  held  a  commission  of  justice  of 
the  peace,  he  rendered  various  services,  mostly  gratuitous,  to  his 
friends  and  neighbors.     He  was  married  a  second  time,  3  April, 
1837,  to  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Kingsbury,  a  farmer  in 
Walpole.     She  died  in  April,  1839.     He  was  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  of  Walpole  during  his  residence  there.      He 
devoted  much  of  his  time  to  literature,   and  published  many 
articles  in  the  newspapers.      "  He  was  a  fine  specimen  of  a  gen 
tleman  of  the  old  school,  courteous,  genial,  of  great  integrity, 
of  fine  tastes,  varied  attainments,  and  of  high  culture."      His 
death,  which  was  caused  by  disease  of  the  heart,  took  place 
while  he  was  on  a  temporary  visit  to  Boston. 


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1806.  —  CHARLES  HAYWARD  died  in  Boston,  18  December, 
1855,  aged  68.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Lemuel  Hay  ward  (H.C. 
1768),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  18  August,  1787.  His  father1 
was  a  surgeon  in  the  Revolutionary  army ;  was  afterwards  for 
many  years  an  eminent  physician  in  Boston,  where  he  died  20 
March,  1821,  aged  72.  Mr.  Hay  ward,  after  leaving  college, 
engaged  in  mercantile  business,  but  relinquished  it ;  and,  for  the 
last  thirty-five  years,  was  well  known  as  a  notary  public.  He 
was  highly  respected  as  a  quiet,  unobtrusive,  upright,  worthy 
citizen. 

1808. — NAHUM  HOUGHTON  GROCE  died  in  Westford, 
Mass.,  14  March,  1856,  aged  74.  He  was  born  in  Sterling, 
Mass.,  8  December,  1781.  He  was,  for  fourteen  years,  pre 
ceptor  of  Westford  Academy.  The  subsequent  part  of  his  life 
he  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits. 

1812.  —  GEORGE  PHILLIPS  PARKER  died  in  New- York  City, 
19  January,  1856,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  John  Parker,  of 
Boston  ;  where  he  was  born  2  March,  1793.  His  name  original 
ly  was  George  Parker ;  but,  some  years  after  leaving  college,  he 
took  the  intermediate  name  of  Phillips.  He  entered  his  father's 
counting-room,  where  he  remained  a  short  time ;  after  which  he 
went  to  Europe,  where  he  travelled  several  years.  For  some 
years  before  his  death,  he  was  actively  engaged  in  the  temper 
ance  cause,  and  contributed  liberally  from  his  ample  means  to 
promote  its  objects. 

1814.  —  GORHAM  BROOKS  died  in  Medford,  Mass.,  11  Sep 
tember,  1855,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Peter  C.  Brooks, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  10  February,  1795.  He  was  prepared 
for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  After  reading 
law  one  year  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Lewis  Strong  at  Northamp 
ton  (H.C.  1803),  he  made  a  voyage  to  Calcutta,  not  in  the 
way  of  business,  but  for  amusement  and  to  see  the  world.  In 
1833,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Baltimore  as  one  of 
the  firm  of  William  E.  Mayhew  and  Co.  Possessing  an  ample 
fortune,  he  retired  after  a  few  years,  and  returned  to  Massachu 
setts,  where  he  subsequently  resided,  passing  the  winters  in  Bos 
ton,  and  the  summers  at  his  country  seat  in  Medford ;  devoting 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  85 

himself  to  agriculture  and  gardening,  for  which  he  had  great  taste 
and  fondness.  He  married  the  only  daughter  of  Eesin  D.  Shep 
herd,  Esq.,  of  New  Orleans.  Being  of  a  modest,  retiring  dispo 
sition,  he  did  not  seek  distinction,  and  was  never  in  public  life, 
except  that  he  one  year  represented  the  town  of  Medford  in  the 
state  legislature.  Distinguished  by  spotless  integrity,  he  added 
lustre  to  a  family  name  already  honored  in  the  history  of  the 
commonwealth  for  its  bravery  in  the  field,  and  its  unsurpassed 
success  in  active  business. 

1814. — EZEKIEL  HILDRETH  died  in  Wheeling,  Va.,  15 
March,  1856,  aged  71.  He  was  born  in  Westford,  Mass., 
18  July,  1784,  and  was  fitted  for  college  at  Westford  Academy. 
On  leaving  college,  he  entered  upon  the  business  of  teaching.  He 
taught  in  Washington  City,  D.C.  ;  Wheeling,  Va.  ;  Zanesville, 
O.  ;  Louisville,  Ky.  ;  Newmarket,  Ya.  ;  and  Decatur,  Tenn.  ; 
in  all,  forty-two  years.  He  published  a  grammatical  work,  enti 
tled  "Logopolis,  or  City  of  Words;"  also  a  "Key  to  Knowl 
edge  ;  "  an  "  Essay  on  the  Mortality  of  the  Soul ; "  and  an 
"Address  on  Education,"  delivered  before  the  Educational  Con 
vention  of  Virginia,  held  at  Clarksburg,  Va.,  in  1836.  He 
also  left  a  number  of  unpublished  manuscripts  on  various  sub 
jects,  translations  from  the  Septuagint,  &c.  He  married,  in 
June,  1818,  Sally,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Zane ;  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters,  of  whom  all  the  sons  and  one  daughter  sur 
vive  him.  His  wife  died  in  July,  1854.  For  the  last  eight 
years  of  his  life,  particularly,  his  mind  was  in  an  unbalanced 
state.  The  particular  form  of  mental  disturbance  appeared  to 
be  an  alternation  of  melancholia  and  hypochondriasis.  His 
reasoning  powers,  so  far  from  being  obtunded,  were,  at  times, 
remarkably  acute.  Difficult  mathematical  problems  proposed  to 
him  he  would  work  out.  Incorrect  quotations  from  Greek  and 
Latin  authors,  purposely  made  to  him,  he  would  promptly  cor 
rect.  There  was  a  sullen  and  dogged  idea  with  him  that  he 
could  not  "get  along,"  that  is,  provide  for  his  family,  although 
the  family  had  not  only  provided  for  themselves,  but  for  him. 
For  the  last  eight  or  nine  years,  the  family  were  very  comforta 
bly  situated,  without  necessity  for  labor  of  any  kind.  Mr.  Hil- 


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dreth's  oldest  son,  who  is  an  eminent  physician  in  Wheeling, 
supplied  his  father's  place  in  the  family,  when  the  latter,  from 
mental  malady,  was  no  longer  able  to  preside  over  the  household  ; 
and  watched  over  him  in  his  last  hours  with  true  filial  affection. 

1815. — ANDREW  CUNNINGHAM  DAVISON,  of  Boston,  died 
in  Lexington,  Mass.,  27  January,  1856,  aged  66.  He  was  son 
of  Henry  and  Mary  Davison,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  5  June, 
1789.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  George  Blake,  in  Boston  (H.C.  1789) .  From  March, 
1818,  to  November,  1828,  he  was  assistant  teacher  in  the 
Adams  School  in  Boston.  For  many  years  previous  to  his 
death,  his  health  did  not  permit  him  to  engage  in  any  active  pur 
suit  ;  and,  for  the  last  few  months  of  his  life,  his  mental  and 
physical  powers  were  so  much  impaired,  that  his  friends  removed 
him  to  Lexington,  where  he  was  tenderly  watched  and  cared  for 
until  death  came  to  his  and  their  relief. 

1815. — Dr.  THADDEUS  WILLIAM  HARRIS  died  in  Cam 
bridge,  Mass.,  16  January,  1856,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of 
Kev.  Thaddeus  Mason  Harris,  D.D.  (H.C.  1787)  ;  and  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  12  November,  1795.  On  leaving 
college,  he  chose  the  medical  profession ;  and,  after  completing 
his  studies,  he  established  himself  for  medical  practice  in  Milton, 
in  connection  with  the  eminent  physician  Dr.  Amos  Holbrook, 
whose  advanced  years  (although  he  lived  a  score  of  years 
longer)  already  demanded  some  relief.  As  a  physician,  he 
acquired  a  solid  reputation  for  learning,  fidelity,  and  skill :  but 
his  little  confidence  in  himself,  and  a  growing  taste  for  natural 
sciences,  led  him  to  desire  some  mode  of  life  more  consistent 
with  its  leisurely  cultivation;  and  in  1831,  on  the  decease  of 
Benjamin  Pierce,  the  librarian  of  Harvard  College,  he  was 
chosen  as  his  successor.  This  office  he  accepted,  and  held  until 
his  decease,  discharging  its  duties  with  great  assiduity  and  fidel 
ity.  In  the  study  of  nature,  he  possessed  those  rare  powers  of 
observation,  discrimination,  and  analysis,  which,  united  to  a 
hearty  love  of  the  pursuit,  make  a  naturalist  of  the  highest 
order.  He  was  a  learned  botanist :  but  the  department  of 
natural  history  to  which  he  was  especially  devoted  was  the  study 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  87 

of  the  insect  tribes ;  and  he  was  recognized,  by  common  con 
sent  of  European  naturalists,  as  the  first  entomologist  in  the 
world.  His  "  Treatise  on  some  of  the  Insects  of  New  England 
which  are  Injurious  to  Vegetation,"  first  published  in  1841 
under  a  commission  from  the  commonwealth,  is  a  permanent 
contribution  to  science,  of  the  highest  value.  He  felt  a  strong 
interest  in  our  New-England  antiquities,  and  the  fruits  of  his 
occasional  investigations  in  that  sphere  often  enabled  him 
to  give  valuable  information  to  more  systematic  inquirers. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History, 
the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  of  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  He  lived  a  pure,  useful 
life,  and  died  as  a  Christian  dieth,  leaving  behind  him  a  good 
name. 

1816. — JOHN  JAMES  DEVEREUX  died  in  Salem,  Mass., 
16  March,  1856,  aged  59.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  James  and 
Sarah  (Crowninshield)  Devereux,  and  was  born  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  12  June,  1796.  His  father  was  born  in  Waterford, 
Ireland,  May,  1766 ;  and  emigrated,  when  quite  young,  to 
Salem,  where  he  married,  12  September.  1792,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  Crowninshield  and  Mary  Ives,  both  natives  of  Salem. 
His  mother  was  born  in  1768,  and  died  13  March,  1815.  Mr. 
Devereux,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  when  in  the  eighth  year  of 
his  age,  entered  the  private  school  of  Robert  Rogers  (H.C. 
1802)  in  Salem,  where  he  remained  about  two  years,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  the  Branch  School,  established  by  an  associa 
tion  of  gentlemen,  and  under  the  direction  of  Benjamin  Tap- 
pan  (H.C.  1805).  Mr.  Tappan  was  succeeded  in  the  school 
by  Abiel  Chandler  and  Samuel  Adams  (both  H.C.  1806),  by 
whom  young  Devereux  was  fitted  for  college.  He  entered  in 
1812,  and  remained  with  his  class  till  1815,  when  he  left  col 
lege  to  become  a  merchant.  He  did  not  receive  his  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  until  1849,  and  the  following  year  he  received 
his  degree  of  Master.  He  pursued  the  mercantile  profession 
until  1829,  when  he  relinquished  it,  and  began  the  study  of 
law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  David  Cummins,  of  Salem 
(D.C.  1806).  Upon  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an 


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office  in  Boston,  where  he  remained  a  few  years,  and  then 
removed  to  New  York,  and,  three  years  afterwards,  to  Phila 
delphia,  where  he  practised  nearly  twenty  years,  and  attained  an 
honorable  rank  among  the  learned  members  of  that  distinguished 
bar.  Being  endowed  with  the  rare  combination  of  great  versa 
tility  of  mind,  elegant  manners,  a  facility  of  speech  seldom 
equalled,  and  generous  impulses,  he  was  a  welcome  visitor  at 
every  social  circle  that  was  graced  by  his  presence.  Possessing 
all  the  advantages  that  ample  wealth  could  bestow,  he  travelled 
extensively  in  various  quarters  of  the  globe,  and  circulated  in 
the  most  polished  society  of  Europe.  He  visited  nearly  every 
part  of  the  European  continent,  and  most  of  the  islands  of  the 
Eastern  Archipelago  ;  having,  at  one  time,  actually  travelled 
the  Island  of  Java  from  one  extremity  to  another.  He  was 
never  married.  He  was  polished  without  affectation,  learned 
without  pedantry,  and,  with  all  his  accomplishments,  easily 
recognizable  as  a  gentleman  and  a  scholar ;  cheerful  as  to  his 
future  destiny,  sinking  to  rest  with  that  serenity  which  results 
from  a  heart  at  peace  with  itself,  and  with  a  world  to  which  it 
bids  an  everlasting  adieu. 

1816.  —  GEORGE  FREDERICK  FARLEY  died  in  Groton, 
Mass.,  8  November,  1855,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Lucy  (Fletcher)  Farley,  of  Brookline,  N.H.  ;  and  was  born 
in  Dunstable,  Mass.,  5  April,  1793  ;  his  mother,  at  the  time  of 
his  birth,  being  on  a  visit  at  her  father's  house.  He  was  pre 
pared  for  college  at  Westford  Academy ;  and,  on  leaving  col 
lege,  began  the  study  of  law  with  his  brother,  Benjamin  Marcus 
Farley  (H.C.  1804),  in  Brookline,  N.H,;  afterwards,  for  a 
time,  studied  with  Luther  Lawrence,  of  Groton  (H.C.  1801), 
but  completed  his  studies  with  his  aforementioned  brother. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  Hampshire  in  1820,  and 
opened  an  office  in  New  Ipswich,  N.H.,  where  he  practised 
until  1831  or  1832,  when  he  removed  to  Groton,  Mass.,  where 
he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  For  the  last  two 
or  three  years  previous  to  his  death,  he  had  an  office  in  Boston. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  successful  lawyers  in 
Middlesex  County. 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  89 

1817. — Eev.  ASA  CUMMIXGS  died  at  sea,  on  board  the 
steamship  "  George  Law,"  on  the  passage  from  Panama  to  New 
York,  5  June,  185 G,  aged  65.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  Asa 
Cummings,  and  was  born  in  Andover  (now  North  Andover), 
Mass.,  29  September,  1790.  His  immediate  ancestors  lived 
to  advanced  ages.  His  grandfather  died  in  1794,  aged  102 
years.  His  father  was  born  in  Topsfield,  Mass.,  September, 
1759;  and  died  in  Albany,  Me.,  22  February,  1845,  aged  85. 
The  family  removed  to  Albany  in  1798,  where  the  subject  of 
this  notice  resided  until  1811  ;  when  he  left  home,  and  entered 
Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  where  he  was  prepared  for 
college.  After  graduating,  he  taught  school  a  few  months  in 
Danvers,  Mass.  He  joined  the  junior  class  in  the  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  6  December,  1817,  where  he  remained 
about  two  years,  when  his  health  failed,  and  he  feared  he  should 
be  obliged  to  give  up  his  intention  of  entering  the  ministry. 
Under  the  advice  of  physicians,  he  left  the  seminary,  and  went  a 
journey  ;  and  finally  became  connected  with  Bowdoin  College  as 
a  tutor  in  1819—20.  His  health  improved,  and  he  accepted  a 
call  from  the  First  Church  and  Society  in  North  Yarmouth,  Me., 
and  was  ordained  14  February,  1821.  His  pastoral  life,  how 
ever,  was  brief;  for,  after  a  few  years,  the  difficulty  which  occa 
sioned  the  suspension  of  his  studies  at  Andover  returned,  and 
he  was  compelled  to  give  up  preaching ;  but,  at  the  desire  of  his 
people,  he  retained  his  pastoral  office  until  his  successor's 
ordination,  17  February,  1830,  when  he  was  released  from  his 
charge,  with  high  testimonials  as  to  his  ability  and  Christian 
character  both  from  the  church  and  the  ecclesiastical  council. 
On  the  18th  of  August,  1826,  he  undertook  the  editorship  of  the 
"Christian  Mirror,"  a  religious  paper  published  in  Portland  ;  and 
on  the  31st  of  July,  1845,  he  became  sole  proprietor  of  it,  and 
continued  to  edit  it  until  the  close  of  the  year  1855,  when  he 
transferred  it  into  other  hands.  He  was  a  man  of  vigorous 
intellect,  and  devoted  all  his  energies  to  the  advancement  of  the 
cause  to  which  the  "Mirror"  was  originally  consecrated.  Amidst 
all  the  conflicts  of  party  strife,  he  kept  on  the  even  tenor  of  his 
way  with  a  zeal  and  steadfastness  worthy  of  his  Christian 

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calling.  His  editorial  labors,  however,  yielded  him  but  a 
meagre  support  during  the  long  years  of  toil ;  but  unexpectedly, 
a  few  months  before  his  death,  he  became  possessed  of  an  abun 
dant  competence  of  worldly  goods.  From  1825  to  1848,  he 
was  an  efficient  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Maine 
Missionary  Society.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  American 
Board,  and  was  ever  a  warm  friend  of  missions  at  home  and 
abroad.  He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  education, 
and  rendered  long  and  valuable  services  in  connection  with  the 
college  at  New  Brunswick  and  the  academy  at  North  Yar 
mouth.  In  1847,  tl^e  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Bowdoin  College.  In  February, 
1856,  it  being  known  that  he  was  about  to  make  a  voyage  to 
Panama  to  visit  a  daughter  who  resides  there,  a  large  number 
of  the  most  respectable  people  of  Portland,  irrespective  of  politi 
cal  or  religious  opinions,  united  in  tendering  to  him  a  testimo 
nial  of  appreciation  of  his  moral  worth,  and  his  editorial  services 
of  nearly  thirty  years,  by  an  entertainment  at  Lancaster  Hall, 
in  Portland,  on  the  evening  of  the  29th  of  February.  This  in 
vitation,  however,  he  was  obliged  to  decline,  on  account  of  the 
brief  time  allowed  for  preparation  for  his  proposed  journey.  He 
left  New  York  in  the  steamship  on  the  5th  of  March,  arrived 
safely  at  Panama,  and  enjoyed  the  new  scenes  and  the  re-union 
with  his  children  very  much ;  and  it  was  hoped  he  might  return 
with  re-invigorated  health.  But,  during  his  stay  at  Panama, 
he  was  taken  ill ;  and  his  physicians  deciding  that  there  was  no 
hope  of  his  recovery  in  remaining  there,  and  that  the  sea  air 
might  possibly  revive  him,  he  was  conveyed  on  board  the  steam 
ship  which  left  Aspinwall  on  the  4th  of  June  for  New  York ; 
but  he  rapidly  sank,  and  died  on  the  second  night  out.  On  the 
following  morning,  after  a  short  funeral-service  by  the  Rev.  J. 
Sessions,  of  Albany,  N.Y.,  his  body  was  committed  to  the  deep. 
He  was  greatly  beloved  and  respected  by  the  community  in  which 
he  lived  :  his  life  was  one  of  great  activity  and  usefulness  ;  and 
it  might  be  truly  said  of  him,  that  he  was  "an  Israelite  indeed,  in 
whom  there  was  no  guile." 

1817. — Dr.  EDWARD  AUGUSTUS  HOLYOKE  died  in  Syra- 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  91 

cuse,  N.Y.,  17  December,  1855,  aged  59.  His  name,  origi 
nally,  was  Edward  Augustus  Holyoke  Turner;  but,  in  1820  or 
1821,  he  assumed  the  name  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Dr. 
Edward  Augustus  Holyoke,  of  Salem.  He  was  son  of  William 
and  Judith  (Holyoke)  Turner,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  12 
July,  1796.  He  studied  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr. 
James  Jackson,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1796).  On  completing  his 
medical  studies, 'he  established  himself  as  a  physician  in  Salem, 
Mass.  ;  where  he  continued  until  1840,  when  he  removed  to 
Framingham,  Mass.  Here  he  resided  two  years ;  at  the  end 
of  which  time  he  returned  to  Salem,  and  there  resided  until  the 
spring  of  1853,  when  he  removed  to  Syracuse,  where  he  re 
mained  until  his  death.  He  married  Maria  Osgood,  daughter 
of  Dr.  George  Osgood,  of  Andover,  Mass.  His  widow  and  six 
children  survive  him.  He  was  greatly  respected  for  his  estima 
ble  character  and  professional  skill. 

1817.  —  PAUL  WILLARD  died  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  18 
March,  1856,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of  Paul  and  Martha  (Has- 
kell)  Willard,  and  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  4  August, 
1795.  His  maternal  grandfather,  Col.  Henry  Haskell,  was  an 
officer  in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Mr.  Willard  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Westford  Academy.  Soon  after  he  graduated,  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Calvin  Willard  in 
Worcester.  Having  completed  his  studies,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1821,  and  opened  an  office  in  Charlestown,  where  he 
resided,  and  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  until  the 
day  of  his  death.  In  September,  1822,  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Charlestown,  which  office  he  held  for  seven  years. 
In  1823,  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  state  senate,  and  was 
re-elected  for  seven  successive  years.  He  held  a  highly  re 
spectable  rank  at  the  Middlesex  bar,  and  had  an  extensive  and 
lucrative  practice.  He  enjoyed  the  full  confidence  of  his  fellow- 
citizens,  as  was  shown  by  his  being  repeatedly  elected  chairman 
of  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  of  the  school-committee,  of 
Qharlestown,  before  the  organization  of  the  city  government. 
He  was  either  cashier  or  president  of  the  Charlestown  Bank  the 
whole  time  of  its  existence  ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  he  held 


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the  office  of  magistrate  under  the  truant-act,  to  which  he  was 
elected  by  the  city  council.  He  was  of  an  exceedingly  sociable 
and  affable  temperament,  and  his  house  was  the  home  of 
hospitality.  He  was  a  worthy  and  honored  citizen. 

1821.  —  GEORGE  BARRELL  MOODT  died  in  Bangor,  Me., 
6  July,  1856,  aged  53.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  and  Maria 
(Barrell)  Moody,  and  was  born  in  Kennebunk,  Me.,  17  July, 
1802.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in  Gorham, 
Me.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of 
law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  William  Sullivan,  of  Boston 
(H.C.  1792).  Having  completed  his  legal  studies,  and  been 
admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Kennebunk ;  but 
soon  afterwards  removed  to  Gardiner,  and  thence  to  Brewer,  in 
which  places  he  remained  but  a  few  months.  He  then  went  to 
Oldtown,  where  he  continued  several  years ;  and  finally  re 
moved  to  Bangor,  where  he  practised  law  for  nearly  thirty 
years.  He  acquired  a  high  reputation  as  a  sound,  thorough, 
rather  than  a  brilliant  lawyer ;  and  was  especially  distinguished 
for  dignity  and  courtesy  of  manners,  as  well  as  integrity  of 
character,  which  made  him  esteemed  by  all  his  professional 
brethren  and  by  his  fellow-citizens,  so  far  as  his  naturally  quiet 
and  reserved  habits  admitted  general  acquaintance.  On  the 
next  day  subsequent  to  his  decease,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Penob- 
scot  bar,  Hon.  Edward  Kent,  who  was  his  classmate  and  room 
mate,  announced  his  death,  accompanying  the  announcement 
with  some  eloquent  and  highly  appropriate  remarks,  in  which 
he  spoke  of  his  guileless  and  confiding  nature,  his  simplicity, 
his  high  sense  of  honor,  his  refined  and  polished  manners,  his 
domestic  virtues,  which  always  rendered  his  house  attractive  to 
its  inmates  and  his  friends.  He  concluded  by  offering  a  series 
of  resolutions,  expressing  a  high  appreciation  of  his  charac 
ter  as  a  correct,  capable,  and  honorable  lawyer,'  an  upright 
man,  a  useful  citizen,  a  refined  and  accomplished  gentleman. 
Chief- Justice  Tenney  responded  in  just  and  touching  terms,  in 
which  he  bore  testimony  to  the  worth  and  virtues  of  the  de 
ceased,  and  concluded  by  ordering  the  clerk  to  place  the  resolu 
tions  upon  the  records.  Mr.  Moody  married  Mary,  daughter 


lSuo-56.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  93 

of  Mr.  John  Barker,  of  Bangor,  and  had  four  children  (one 
son  and  three  daughters),  all  of  whom,  with  their  mother, 
survive  him. 

1824.  —  GEORGE  THOMAS  SANDERS  died  in  Salem,  Mass., 
1  May,  1856,  aged  51.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Sanders,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  30  October,  1804.  He  was 
descended  from  Thomas  Sanders,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Cape  Ann.  His  great-grandfather  commanded  the  sloop-of- 
war  "Massachusetts"  at  the  capture  of  Louisburg  in  1745. 
His  grandfather,  Thomas  Sanders  (H.C.  1748),  was  for  seve 
ral  years  a  counsellor  under  the  provincial  government.  Mr. 
Sanders  did  not  study  a  profession.  After  he  graduated,  he 
spent  a  few  years  in  travelling  on  the  Eastern  continent. 
When  abroad,  and  particularly  in  Italy,  he  acquired  a  love  for 
the  music  of  the  opera,  which  afforded  him  the  greatest  pleasure 
through  life.  After  his  return,  he  was  married  to  Marianne, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Browne  ;  a  very  estimable  lady,  wrho  sur 
vives  him.  His  two  sons  are  all  that  remain  to  perpetuate  the 
name.  He  lived  in  the  old  mansion-house  of  his  wife's  family, 
with  hospitality,  but  without  ostentation.  He  will  be  long 
remembered  for  his  kind  and  benevolent  disposition,  his  integ 
rity  and  truthfulness. 

1826. — Hon.  TIMOTHY  WALKER  died  in  Cincinnati,  O., 
15  January,  1856,  aged  53.  He  was  born  in  Wilmington, 
Mass.,  1  December,  1802.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  died 
when  this  son  was  nine  years  old  ;  leaving  a  widow  to  rear  up  six 
children.  Through  his  paternal  grandmother,  a  Miss  Brewster, 
he  was  directly  descended  from  William  Brewster,  who  came 
over  in  the  "Mayflower."  The  patrimony  left  was  small,  and 
the  sons  had  to  labor  on  the  farm  for  their  support.  Young 
Walker  continued  to  work  on  the  farm  until  he  was  sixteen  years 
old,  when  his  friends  reluctantly  consented  to  his  earnest  desire 
to  obtain  a  collegiate  education  ;  and  he  began  his  studies  with  a 
clergyman  in  a  neighboring  town,  and  completed  his  preparation 
for  college  at  Mr.  Putnam's  academy,  in  North  Andover.  He 
graduated  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class.  He  supported 
himself,  while  in  college,  by  school-keeping,  and  by  translating, 


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in  his  junior  year,  from  the  French,  for  Prof.  Farrar,  Blot's 
M  Course  of  Natural  Philosophy."  During  the  three  years  suc 
ceeding  his  graduation,  he  was  employed  as  a  teacher  of  mathe 
matics  in  the  Round-Hill  School  at  Northampton.  In  October, 
1829,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
remained  until  July  of  the  next  year ;  when  he  concluded  to 
emigrate  to  the  West,  and  arrived  at  Cincinnati  on  the  6th  of 
the  following  month.  Here  he  completed  his  studies  in  the 
office  of  Messrs.  Storer  and  Fox,  who  were  among  the  leaders 
of  the  Cincinnati  bar.  He  opened  an  office  by  himself;  but 
soon  afterwards  entered  into  partnership  with  Edward  King 
(since  deceased)  and  Salmon  P.  Chase,  then  governor  of  Ohio. 
This  firm  was  dissolved  in  1835  ;  and  he  formed  a  copartnership 
with  John  C.  Wright,  well  known  as  a  distinguished  member  of 
Congress,  and  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio.  In  1833, 
he,  together  with  Judge  Wright,  established  a  law-school  in 
Cincinnati.  Two  years  afterwards,  this  school  was  united  with 
the  Cincinnati  College,  with,  at  first,  three  professors  ;  but, 
after  a  short  time,  it  fell  under  the  exclusive  charge  of  Mr. 
Walker.  In  the  winter  of  1837—8,  he  delivered  a  course  of 
ten  or  twelve  lectures,  upon  commercial  law,  before  the  Young 
Men's  Mercantile -Library  Association.  In  March,  1842,  he 
accepted  an  executive  appointment  to  the  place  of  president- 
judge  of  the  Hamilton-County  Common  Pleas,  until  the  next 
legislature  should  fill  the  vacancy.  In  his  short  term  of  office, 
he  despatched  cases  wTith  such  rapidity,  that  the  court-docket  was 
soon  materially  diminished.  In  1844,  finding  his  business 
again  increasing,  he  resigned  his  professorship  which  he  had 
held  in  the  law-school  from  its  foundation,  and  took  in  John 
Kebler  as  a  junior  partner.  From  that  time  he  was  a  lawyer 
in  full  practice,  confining  himself  chiefly  to  cases  interesting 
from  their  intricacy  or  from  the  amount  of  property  involved, 
and  editing  the  "Western  Law  Journal."  He  declined  a  judge- 
ship  of  the  Superior  Court  which  was  proffered  to  him  by  the 
governor  of  Ohio.  The  comments  and  explanations  which  he 
gave  to  the  students  upon  their  text-books,  while  professor  of 
the  law  school,  were  subsequently  developed  into  formal  lectures, 


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and  published  in  a  volume  under  the  title  of  f'  Introduction  of 
American  Law."  In  1854,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College.  By  his 
death,  the  Cincinnati  bar  lost  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments, 
and  the  profession  one  of  its  most  profound  and  learned 
jurists. 

1832. — LEWIS  JOSEPH  GLOVEE,  of  Boston,  died  in  Pep- 
perell,  Mass.,  24  June,  1856,  aged  49.  He  was  a  twin-child 
(the  other  being  a  daughter)  of  Ezra  and  Eunice  Glover,  and  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  26,  February,  1807;  but  was  brought 
up  in  Quincy,  the  family  having  removed  into  that  town  during 
his  infancy.  He  began  to  fit  for  college  at  Lexington  Academy, 
where  he  remained  a  year,  when  that  school  was  broken  up,  and 
he  was  sent  to  Milton  Academy,  where  he  completed  his  prepa 
ratory  studies.  On  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  in  Boston,  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  James  Jack 
son  (H.C.  1796)  ;  and  received  his  medical  diploma  at  the 
end  of  three  years,  when  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Boston.  He  was  quite  successful,  and  was  rapidly  attaining 
a  high  rank  as  a  physician,  until,  about  two  years  before  his 
death,  he  had  a  slight  attack  of  paralysis,  which  was  followed 
by  mental  alienation.  This  continued,  with  occasional  lucid 
intervals,  until  death  came  to  his  relief. 

1832. — WILLIAM  RICHARDSON  died  in  Dorchester,  Mass., 
6  June,  1856,  aged  42.  In  a  fit  of  temporary  insanity,  he 
committed  suicide  by  drowning  himself  in  Neponset  River.  He 
was  son  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth  (Bird)  Eichardson,  and  was  born 
in  Boston,  2  December,  1813.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Bil- 
lerica.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Dorchester,  but  removed  to 
Walpole,  Mass.,  about  1804.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  On  the 
1st  of  October,  1832,  he  was  appointed  usher  in  the  reading- 
department  of  the  Mayhew  School  in  Boston,  where  he  re 
mained  one  year.  In  September,  1833,  he  began  the  study  of 
divinity  in  the  theological  school  at  Cambridge,  but  relinquished 
it  at  the  end  of  six  months  ;  and  on  the  20th  of  March,  1834, 
he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Jeremiah 


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Mason,  of  Boston  (Y.C.  1788).  Having  completed  his  legal 
studies,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  April,  1837  ;  and,  on 
the  6th  of  the  same  month,  opened  an  office  in  Boston.  He 
soon  attained  to  a  high  rank  in  his  profession,  and  gained  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  business.  He  was  married  in  Walpole, 
Mass.,  30  June,  1836,  to  Almira  Kingsbury,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Daniel  Kingsbury  of  that  place,  but  had  no  children.  As  a 
pleader  he  was  not  conspicuous,  but  as  a  counsellor  he  was  con 
sidered  as  one  of  the  safest  and  most  able  of  his  acre  in  Boston. 

o 

Mr.  Mason,  with  whom  he  studied,  often  spoke  in  strong  terms  of 
his  high  intellectual  powers  and  of  his  great  legal  attainments. 
He  was  distinguished  for  perfect  integrity,  for  faithfulness  to  his 
clients,  and  for  the  moderation  of  his  charges  for  his  services. 
He  was  largely  intrusted  with  the  settlement  of  estates,  and  was 
president  of  the  Dorchester  Savings  Bank.  He  was  in  affluent 
pecuniary  circumstances ,  and  happy  in  his  domestic  relations  ; 
was  highly  esteemed  by  his  acquaintances  as  well  as  by  his 
professional  brethren ;  of  an  exceedingly  affable  and  social  dis 
position,  but  of  a  somewhat  nervous  temperament ;  and  it 
was  supposed  that  anxiety,  caused  by  the  overwhelming  care 
and  responsibility  of  duties  intrusted  to  his  charge  by  his 
rapidly  increasing  professional  business,  induced  a  temporary 
aberration  of  mind,  which  led  him  to  commit  the  act  of  self- 
destruction. 

1832.  —  AKCHEK  ROPES  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  2  Octo 
ber,  1855,  aged  46.  He  was  son  of  William  and  Rachel 
(Archer)  Ropes,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  10  December, 
1808.  For  several  years  previous  to  his  preparing  to  enter  col 
lege,  he  was  an  apprentice  in  the  apothecary  store  of  Benjamin 
F.  Browne  in  Salem.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Salem 
Latin  School,  then  under  the  charge  of  Theodore  Fames  (Y.C. 
1809).  His  name,  originally,  wras  Jonathan  Archer  Ropes; 
but,  the  year  of  his  graduation,  he  dropped  the  name  of 
Jonathan,  and  was  styled  Archer  Ropes.  After  going  through 
a  course  of  legal  studies,  he  removed  to  Baltimore,  and  in  1835 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  that  place,  where  he  continued  until 
his  death.  He  was  married  in  Baltimore,  13  January,  1852, 


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to  M.  Emilie  W.  Tucker,  but  had  no  children.  He  was,  for 
several  years,  commander  of  the  Maryland  Cadets,  at  that  time 
regarded  as  one  of  the  best  disciplined  companies  in  the  country  ; 
was  a  colonel  of  Maryland  militia  ;  a  past  grand-master  of  the 
order  of  Odd  Fellows  ;  a  Mason  ;  and,  under  the  municipal  term 
of  Mayor  Jerome,  was  the  city-counsellor  of  Baltimore.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  kindness  of  heart  and  of  considerable  intel 
lectual  ability. 

1832.  —  Rev.  GEORGE  FREDERICK  SIMMONS  died  in  Con 
cord,  Mass.,  5  September,  1855,  aged  41.  He  was  son  of 
Hon.  William  Simmons  (H.C.  1804),  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
24  March,  1814.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Latin  School 
in  Boston.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  went  as  a 
tutor  in  a  private  family  to  Europe,  and  travelled  through  Italy 
and  Greece,  where  he  had  the  opportunity  of  cultivating  those 
tastes  for  art,  and  for  foreign  languages  and  literature,  which  in 
him  were  always  strong.  On  returning,  he  studied  theology  at 
the  Divinity  School  in  Cambridge.  He  was  ordained  as  an  evan 
gelist,  in  the  Federal-street  church  in  Boston,  9  October,  1838, 
and  immediately  proceeded  to  Mobile,  and  there  began  his  min 
istry,  which  went  on  prosperously  and  acceptably  until  the  17th 
of  August,  1840,  when  he  preached  a  sermon  in  which  he  al 
luded  to  the  peculiar  institutions  of  the  South  in  a  manner  which 
gave  great  offence  to  the  people  in  Mobile ;  and,  it  being  feared 
that  personal  violence  might  be  offered  to  him,  he  was  concealed 
on  board  a  vessel  in  the  bay,  bound  to  Boston,  and  returned  to 
his  native  city.  On  the  27th  of  October,  1841,  he  was  installed 
at  Waltham  as  associate  pastor  with  Rev.  Samuel  Ripley,  whose 
daughter,  Mary  Emerson  Ripley,  he  married  17  October,  1845  ; 
who  now  survives  him,  the  mother  of  four  orphaned  children. 
Here  he  labored  a  few  years  with  encouraging  results  :  but  his 
views  with  regard  to  the  slavery  question,  which  he  occasionally 
expressed  in  the  pulpit,  created  dissatisfaction  among  some  of 
his  parishioners,  which  resulted  in  his  leaving  the  place ;  and,  in 
1843,  he  went  to  Germany  for  the  purpose  of  theological  study, 
where  he  remained  two  years.  Here  he  enjoyed  the  instructions 
of  Tholuck  and  Neander,  and  returned  with  some  peculiarities 

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of  opinion,  but  with  no  less  of  faith,  and  a  marked  increase  of 
scholarship.  On  the  9th  of  February,  1848,  he  was  installed 
at  Springfield  as  the  immediate  successor  of  Rev.  William  B. 
O.  Peabody  (H.C.  1816),  who  had  deceased  the  previous 
year.  In  this  new  and  attractive  field,  his  labors  were  abun 
dantly  rewarded  until  1851,  when  his  antislavery  zeal  broke  out 
anew  ;  and,  as  he  had  little  disposition  and  less  power  to  concili 
ate  those  who  differed  from  him,  he  was  compelled  to  resign  his 
post,  to  bring  back  peace  to  the  parish.  From  Springfield  he 
went  to  Albany  ;  and,  in  the  prime  of  life  and  the  maturity  of  his 
mind,  he  was  devoting  himself  unremittingly  to  his  ministry, 
and  reaping,  even  then,  a  high  reward,  when  symptoms  of  con 
sumption  manifested  themselves  in  his  system,  and  obliged  him 
to  retire  for  a  short  period  to  the  home  of  his  mother  in  Con 
cord,  where  soon,  in  middle  age,  the  invalid  pastor  exchanged 
earthly  hope  for  heavenly  fruition. 

1836. — Eev.  JAMES  CHISHOLM  died  of  yellow  fever  in 
Portsmouth,  Ya.,  15  September,  1855,  aged  39.  He  was  son 
of  William  and  Martha  (Vincent)  Chisholm,  and  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  30  September,  1815.  His  father,  William  Chis 
holm,  was  born,  24  September,  1772,  in  Inverness-shire,  near  the 
city  of  Inverness,  Scotland.  His  mother,  Martha  Vincent,  was 
born  at  Salem,  Mass.,  22  September,  1774.  Mr.  Chisholm 
was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Salem  Latin  Grammar  School. 
Immediately  after  graduating,  he  went  to  the  South  to  take  the 
associate  charge  of  an  academy  at  Charlestown,  Jefferson  County, 
Va.  A  year  afterwards,  he  went  to  Washington,  D.C.,  where 
he  taught  a  private  classical  school  a  year  and  a  half.  In  the 
mean  time,  he  became  a  candidate  for  orders  in  the  Episcopal 
church,  and  left  Washington  to  enter  the  theological  seminary 
near  Alexandria,  Fairfax  County,  Va.  He  was  ordained  to 
deacon's  orders  in  October,  1840.  His  first  ministerial  labors 
were  over  a  colored  congregation  in  Albemarle  County,  Va., 
consisting  of  the  servants  on  the  estate  of  Hon.  William 
C.  Rives  and  other  gentlemen  of  that  neighborhood,  who  were 
desirous  that  all  under  their  care  should  enjoy  the  best  privileges 
of  the  gospel  in  meetings  of  their  own.  In  this  office  he  had  an 


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opportunity  to  observe  the  depth  and  fervency  of  religious  feeling 
which  characterizes  the  African  race.  In  the  spring  of  1842,  he 
was  admitted  to  priest's  orders,  and  was  settled  over  three  con 
gregations, —  viz.,  Trinity  Church,  at  Martinsburg ;  Mount- 
Zion  Church,  at  Hedge ville ;  and  Calvary  Church,  at  Back 
Creek.  To  the  first  two  of  these  congregations  he  preached  on 
alternate  Sundays,  and  occasionally  at  Calvary  Church,  which 
was  built  through  his  instrumentality.  These  churches  were  so 
far  apart,  that  it  made  a  circuit  of  twenty-seven  miles  to  visit 
them.  From  this  scene  of  his  arduous  labors,  he  was  called,  in 
1850,  to  Portsmouth,  Va.,  where  he  was  instituted  rector  of  St. 
John's  Church.  This  was  a  new  church,  and  in  a  feeble  condi 
tion,  numbering  scarcely  twenty  communicants  ;  but  it  flourished 
under  his  ministry,  and  is  now  in  a  vigorous  state.  Here  he 
continued  until  his  death.  On  the  10th  of  August,  1847, 
he  was  married  to  Jane  Byrd  Page,  daughter  of  John  White 
Page,  and  great-grand-daughter  of  Carter  Braxton,  one  of  the 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  She  died  in  Feb 
ruary,  1855,  leaving  two  children,  one  of  whom  deceased  but  a 
few  days  before  his  father.  During  the  prevalence  of  the  epi 
demic  in  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth  in  September  last,  he  felt  it 
his  duty  to  remain  at  his  post.  With  a  fidelity  and  courage 
worthy  of  his  sacred  profession,  he  met  the  terrible  dangers  of 
the  scene,  and  continued  to  the  last,  ministering  consolation  and 
hope  to  the  mourning  and  the  dying.  He  left  an  only  son, 
about  seven  years  old,  whose  pride  it  may  be,  in  future  years, 
to  look  back  upon  the  well-spent  life  and  glorious  death  of  his 
father.  As  a  proof  of  the  estimation  in  which  Mr.  Chisholm 
was  held  by  the  denomination  ta  which  he  belonged,  we  may 
state,  that,  at  the  annual  convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Virginia,  held  at  Fredericksburg,  in  May  last,  on  the 
recommendation  of  Bishop  Meade,  in  his  annual  report,  it  was 
voted  that  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  be  appropri 
ated,  from  the  fund  of  the  society  for  the  relief  of  widows  and 
orphans  of  deceased  clergymen,  annually,  until  otherwise  ordered, 
for  the  support  and  education  of  the  son  of  the  deceased,  although 
the  latter  was  not  a  member  of  the  society,  and  therefore  his  son 


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was  not  entitled  to  any  thing  from  its  funds.  An  interesting 
memoir  of  Mr.  Chisholm,  by  Rev.  David  H.  Conrad,  of  Mar- 
tinsburg,  Va.,  was  published  abWt  three  months  since,  and  a 
third  edition  of  the  book  is  now  in  press.  It  has  received  the 
highest  commendation  from  the  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng,  of  New  York, 
and  the  Rev.  Prof.  Huntington,  of  Cambridge. 

1838. — Dr.  HENRY  WARE  WALES  died  in  Paris,  France, 
8  June,  1856,  aged  37.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  B.  (H.C. 
1795)  and  Ann  (Beale)  Wales,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  11  De 
cember,  1818.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  in  Boston,  at  the 
private  school  of  Mr.  Daniel  Greenleaf  Ingraham  (H.C.  1809). 
Immediately  after  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine 
under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  John  C.  Warren  (H.C.  1797)  ; 
and  received  his  medical  degree  in  1841.  He  then  went  to  Paris 
to  pursue  his  professional  studies  further  at  the  medical  schools 
in  that  city ;  but  after  studying  a  few  months,  finding  that  the 
medical  profession  was  not  congenial  to  his  tastes,  he  abandoned 
it,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  philology  and  the  acqui 
sition  of  languages,  for  which  he  had  great  fondness.  These 
studies  he  pursued  with  great  ardor  and  success.  He  soon 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  French,  Italian,  and  German, 
and  was  able  to  converse  fluently  in  either  of  them.  He  also 
made  himself  master  of  the  modern  Greek  ;  and,  under  the  cele 
brated  professors  and  teachers  in  Prussia,  he  pursued  the  study 
of  Sanscrit  and  of  other  oriental  languages.  After  an  absence  of 
eight  years,  he  returned  to  his  native  city.  He  did  not,  however, 
remain  long  at  home,  as  his  predilections  were  for  a  foreign 
residence.  On  this,  his  second  visit  to  Europe,  he  extended  his 
travels  to  far  eastern  regions,  visiting  Egypt  and  other  oriental 
places  of  note.  This  tour  extended  through  a  period  of  three 
years,  when  he  again  returned  to  Boston.  Here  he  remained 
until  October,  1854,  when  he  started  on  his  third  visit  to  Eu 
rope.  Before  his  departure,  his  health  began  to  fail ;  and,  some 
time  after  his  arrival  in  Europe,  he  was  seized  with  an  affection 
of  one  of  his  knees.  He  passed  the  last  winter  in  Rome,  but 
shut  up  in  his  house,  suffering  sickness  and  pain.  In  the  spring, 
he  was  carried  to  Paris,  where  he  submitted  to  amputation  of  his 


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limb ;  but  this  could  not  save  him.  He  gradually  sank,  and 
breathed  his  last  in  a  foreign  land,  comforted,  however,  by 
the  presence  of  friends  and  the  attentions  of  a  devoted  brother. 
His  life  was  consecrated  to  literature,  which  he  pursued  with 
untiring  ardor.  He  had  collected  a  large  library  of  rare  and 
valuable  works,  with  which  he  delighted  to  pass  his  time;  the 
temptations  and  frivolities  of  great  foreign  cities  offering  no 
allurements  for  him.  He  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his  way, 
leading  a  quiet,  blameless  life  ;  and,  when  the  hour  of  his  depart 
ure  arrived,  he  calmly  resigned  his  spirit  into  the  hands  of  Him 
who  gave  it. 

1846.  —  BEXJAMIX  NEWHALL  died  in  Milwaukie,  Wis., 
30  March,  1856,  aged  29.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin  Franklin 
and  Dorothy  (Jewett)  Newhall,  and  was  bom  in  Lynn,  Mass., 
7  March,  1827.  His  father  was  born  in  Lynn,  29  April,  1802. 
His  mother  was  born  in  Stanstead,  Can.,  in  1807.  He  removed 
with  his  father's  family  to  Saugus,  Mass.,  when  nine  years  old. 
At  thirteen,  he  was  placed  at  the  Lynn  Academy,  where  he  was 
fitted  for  college  by  Mr.  Jacob  Batchelder  (D.C.  1830),  whom 
he  mentions  in  his  autobiography,  in  the  "  class-book,"  as  a  man 
of  the  greatest  worth  and  intelligence.  On  graduating,  he 
entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  and  remained  three  years  ; 
receiving  in  course  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1849.  He  then 
returned  to  Saugus,  where  he  resided  until  June,  1851.  In 
May  of  this  year,  he  changed  his  name  to  Benjamin  Newhall ;  it 
having  been  originally  Benjamin  Franklin  Newhall.  On  leaving 
Saugus,  he  went  to  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  where  he  passed  about 
eight  months.  In  June,  1852,  he  removed  to  Milwaukie,  and 
entered  the  office  of  Messrs.  Emmons  and  Yan  Dyke  for  the 
further  prosecution  of  his  legal  studies.  Being  shortly  afterwards 
admitted  to  the  bar,  he  began  practising  in  December,  1852,  in 
partnership  with  A.  C.  May,  Esq.  Although,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  he  had  been  but  four  years  in  practice,  he  had  attained 
an  enviable  position  as  a  sound  and  well-read  lawyer.  He  had 
conducted  several  very  important  suits  to  a  successful  issue,  and 
his  business  was  rapidly  increasing.  He  chiefly  excelled  in 
equity-  and  admiralty-law.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Milwaukie 


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bar,  held  the  day  after  his  decease,  resolutions  of  a  highly  eulo 
gistic  character  were  passed,  in  which  a  tribute  was  paid  to  his 
courteous  demeanor,  and  manly,  elevated  principles,  which  had 
won  the  good-will  of  all ;  to  his  industry,  energy,  and  marked 
ability,  which  had  given  sure  promise  of  a  successful  and  distin 
guished  career  in  his  profession.  A  committee  was  appointed 
"  to  make  suitable  arrangements  for  forwarding  his  remains  to 
his  friends  in  Massachusetts,  and  to  invite  a  clergyman  to  deliver 
a  funeral  discourse  before  the  members  of  the  bar."  His  remains 
were  interred  at  Saugus,  9  April,  1856.  When  in  college,  he 
attained  an  excellent  rank  as  a  scholar  ;  and,  throughout  his  short 
life,  he  bore  a  high  character  for  honor  and  integrity.  He  was 
of  an  open,  frank  temperament,  a  firm  friend,  and  of  a  most 
generous,  self-sacrificing  disposition.  He  always  evinced  the 
greatest  interest  in  old  college  associations  ;  and  the  favorable 
effects  of  the  collegiate  course  upon  his  hopes,  desires,  and  prin 
ciples,  he  has  himself  recorded. 

1850.  —  BENJAMIN  PAYSON  WILLIAMS  died  in  West  Eox- 
bury,  Mass.,  17  May,  1856,  aged  29.  He  was  son  of  Major 
Benjamin  Payson  and  Margaret  (Childs)  Williams,  and  was 
born  in  Roxbury  (now  West  Roxbury),  6  February,  1827. 
After  going  through  a  course  of  legal  studies,  he  was.  admitted 
to  the  Suffolk  bar ;  opened  an  office  in  Boston,  and  had  already 
attained  a  highly  respectable  rank  in  his  profession.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  politics,  his  opinions  being  those  of  the  old- 
line  democracy.  He  was  endeared  to  all  his  associates  by  his 
open  and  generous  disposition,  his  rare  social  qualities,  and 
his  genial  and  affectionate  nature.  Of  an  unusually  strong  and 
powerful  frame,  he  was  foremost  in  athletic  sports,  into  which 
he  entered  with  great  zest.  In  the  various  literary  and  social 
clubs  which  make  so  prominent  a  feature  in  college-life,  he  was 
particularly  conspicuous  ;  his  ready  wit,  his  overflowing  humor, 
and  his  lively  and  poetic  fancy,  making  him  one  of  the  most 
valued  members. 

1851. — PETER  SMITH  BYERS  died  in  Andover,  Mass.,  19 
March,  1856,  aged  27.  He  was  son  of  James  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Byers,  and  was  born  at  Brechin,  in  Forfar shire,  Scot- 


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land,  12  September,  1828.  He  emigrated  with  his  father's 
family  to  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1836.  His  father  was  sent  for 
to  take  charge  of  the  shoe-thread  manufactory  of  Smith,  Dove, 
and  Co.,  the  first  establishment  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States, 
in  which  the  subject  of  this  notice  worked  two  years.  In 
1844,  he  entered  Phillips  Academy  for  the  purpose  of  being 
fitted  for  college.  In  the  winter  of  1846-7',  he  taught  school 
in  Andover,  and  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Harvard  Col 
lege  in  1847.  In  his  sophomore  year,  he  taught  school  in  Hollis- 
ton  ;  in  his  junior,  in  Andover;  and,  in  his  senior,  in  Boxford. 
He  graduated  with  high  honor,  being  the  third  scholar  in  a  class 
of  sixty-three  members.  In  the  following  autumn,  he  was 
en ^acred  as  an  assistant  teacher  in  the  Greek  and  Latin  school 

o    o 

where  he  had  prepared  for  college.  There  he  continued  for  two 
years,  discharging  the  duties  of  the  station  with  great  credit  to 
himself,  and  acknowledged  usefulness  to  the  pupils.  During 
most  of  this  time,  he  was  a  devoted  teacher  in  the  Sunday 
school  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Andover ;  and  frequently,  in 
the  desk,  assisted  the  rector  in  reading  the  service,  —  an  accept 
able  duty,  which  was  congenial  with  his  tastes,  and  in  accord 
ance  with  the  ultimate  object  of  his  pursuits.  In  the  spring  of 
1853,  he  was  elected  principal  of  the  Abbot  Female  Seminary 
in  Andover  ;  a  position,  however,  which  he  did  not  long  occupy, 
as  he  was  appointed  to  the  like  office  in  the  High  School  of 
Providence,  K.I.  There  he  continued  but  a  single  term,  since 
his  declining  health  induced  him  to  listen  to  overtures  tendered 

O 

by  the  trustees  of  the  Punchard  Free  School  in  Andover, 
w^ho,  in  choosing  him  its  first  principal,  showed  the  exalted  esti 
mation  in  which  they  held  him  and  his  attainments  by  offering 
him  a  salary  till  their  building  should  be  erected,  that  he  might, 
by  relieving  himself  of  all  anxiety,  have  the  opportunity  of 
regaining  his  strength.  But  his  health  continued  to  fail,  and 

o  o  o 

he  fell  a  martyr  to  nine  years  of  ceaseless  application  and 
unyielding  toil  in  the  pursuit  of  knowledge. 

1851.  — EDMOXD  FKAXKLIX  RAYMOND  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  12  October,  1855,  aged  24.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
Hon.  Zebina  L.  and  Rhoda  Clark  (Hildreth)  Raymond,  and 


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was  born  in  Shutesbury,  Mass.,  31  July,  1831.  When  about 
two  years  old,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Boston,  where, 
and  in  the  vicinity,  they  have  since  lived.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Hopkins  Classical  School  in  Cambridge,  under 
the  charge  of  Mr.  Edmund  Burke  Whitman  (H.C.  1838) .  In 
October  of  the  sophomore  year,  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  he 
was  obliged  to  go  to  Havana,  where  he  spent  the  winter.  In 
his  junior  year,  he  taught  school  in  Sherborn ;  and,  in  his 
senior  year,  he  taught  at  Taunton,  but  his  health  compelled  him 
to  leave  at  the  end  of  seven  weeks.  He  studied  law,  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  with  flatter 
ing  prospects  of  distinction ;  but  his  health  failed,  and  he 
returned  to  his  father's  house,  in  Cambridge,  about  a  week 
before  his  death.  His  early  decease  is  deeply  lamented  by  his 
family  circle,  and  the  many  friends  to  whom  his  amiable  dispo 
sition  had  endeared  him. 

1853. — JOHN  DAVES  died  in  Beaufort,  Cartaret  County, 
N.C.,  1  October,  1855,  aged  23.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
John  Pugh  and  Elizabeth  (Graham)  Daves,  and  was  born  in 
Newbern,  N.C.,  24  December,  1831.  His  father  was  son  of 
John  Daves,  a  major  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  grandson 
of  John  Daves,  who  came  from  Wales.  His  mother  was  a  third 
wife,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Edward  Graham,  a  lawyer,  born 
at  Newbern,  whose  father  came  from  Scotland.  Mr.  Daves 
studied  at  the  academy  at  Newbern,  N.C.,  until  about  fifteen 
years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  Scuppernong,  N.C.,  where  he 
spent  a  year  in  the  family  of  his  cousin,  Josiah  Collins,  Esq., 
under  the  charge  of  a  private  tutor.  In  1848,  he  entered  the 
freshman  class  at  St.  James's  College,  Md.,  where  he  remained 
one  year.  In  1849,  he  entered  the  freshman  class  at  Harvard 
College.  At  the  end  of  the  first  term  of  the  junior  year,  he 
left  college  on  account  of  his  health,  and  returned  at  the  end  of 
the  junior  year,  and  passed  the  examinations  with  his  class 
mates,  but  was  unable  to  join  the  class  afterwards.  He  was, 
however,  able  to  return  for  his  degree,  which  was  granted  to 
him,  notwithstanding  his  absence,  and  to  join  his  class  in  their 
parting  ceremonies.  After  receiving  his  degree,  he  studied  law, 


1855-56.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  105 

privately,  one  year  at  Scuppernong,  when  his  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  abandon  it.  Possessed  of  a  manly,  upright, 
and  frank  nature,  and  endowed  with  brilliant  conversational 
powers,  —  the  natural  fruit  of  a  gifted  and  cultivated  mind, — 
he  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  classmates  and  his  numerous 
friends. 


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1856  -  57. 


1786. — Rev.  HENRY  LINCOLN  died  in  Nantucket,  Mass., 
28  May,  1857,  aged  91.  He  was  son  of  William  and  Mary 
(Otis)  Lincoln,  and  was  born  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  3  Novem 
ber,  1765.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Dr.  Ephraim  Otis, 
who  was  born  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  in  1708,  and  was  a  physician 
in  that  town.  Mr.  Lincoln  was  fitted  for  college,  partly  at  the 
grammar  school  in  Hingham,  under  the  instruction  of  Eleazer 
James  (H.C.  1778),  and  partly  by  Dr.  Joshua  Barker  (H.C. 
1772),  of  Hingham.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  divinity 
with  Eev.  William  Shaw  (H.C.  1762),  of  Marshfield,  Mass. 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Fal- 
mouth,  Mass.,  3  February,  1790  ;  and  continued  his  labors  with 
great  fidelity,  and  to  the  entire  acceptance  of  his  people,  until 
26  November,  1823,  when,  at  his  own  request,  his  pastoral 
connection  was  dissolved,  and  he  removed  to  Nantucket,  where 
he  resided,  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  in  the  family  of  his 
son-in-law,  Dr.  Elisha  P.  Fearing  (B.U.  1807).  He  married, 
26  April,  1790,  Susannah  Crocker,  daughter  of  Timothy  Crock 
er,  of  Falmouth,  and  had,  by  her,  seven  children,  four  sons  and 
three  daughters,  of  whom  six  survive  him.  One  son  was 
drowned  in  1798,  at  the  age  of  five  years  and  seven  months. 
His  wife  died  29  July,  1819,  aged  51.  He  was,  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  with  one  exception,  the  oldest  clergyman  in 
this  state ;  his  classmate,  Rev.  Jacob  Norton,  of  Billerica, 
afterwards  the  oldest  surviving  graduate  of  Harvard  Col 
lege)  ,  being  his  senior  by  nearly  two  years.  Mr.  Lincoln 
was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  of  fine  personal  appear 
ance,  always  remarkably  neat  in  his  dress,  of  an  affable  and 
social  disposition,  and,  above  all,  a  sincere  Christian.  For 
a  few  years  before  his  death,  his  eyes  were  dimmed,  so  that  he 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  107 

was  unable  to  read ;  but  his  mental  faculties  were  unclouded  to 
the  last.  He  was  a  highly  popular  preacher,  a  fine  speaker ; 
and  his  sermons  were  characterized  by  sound,  practical,  good 
sense.  Having  finished  the  work  which  was  given  him  to  do, 
with  a  serenity  of  mind  seldom  witnessed,  he  calmly  waited  his 
summons,  and  gently  passed  away,  like  the  twilight  of  a  long 
summer's  day,  into  that  solemn  darkness  which  mortal  eye 
cannot  pierce,  but  which,  to  him,  doubtless  is  lighted  up  by 
the  radiance  of  a  never-ending  noon. 

1786.  —  Dr.  JOSEPH  LORING  died  in  Lisbon,  Portugal, 
about  1  March,  1857,  aged  88.  He  was  son  of  Caleb  and 
Sarah  (Bradford)  Loring,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  11  August, 
1768.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  medicine  under  the 
instruction  of  Dr.  Samuel  Danforth  (H.C.  1758),  of  Boston. 
Having  completed  his  medical  education,  he  was  employed  as  sur 
geon  on  board  the  ship  "  Massachusetts,"  on  a  voyage  to  Batavia 
and  Canton.  This  ship  was  built  in  1789  for  Messrs.  Shaw 
and  Randall,  and  was  the  largest  merchant-ship  in  the  United 
States.  Her  commander  was  Capt.  Job  Prince,  brother  of 
James  Prince,  formerly  United-States  marshal  for  Massachusetts, 
The  ship  sailed  from  Boston,  28  March,  1790  ;  and,  after  a  brief 
stay  at  Batavia,  arrived  at  Macao  30  September  following. 
Soon  after  her  arrival,  she  was  sold  to  the  Danish  Company  for 
$65,000,  and  Dr.  Loring  returned  to  Boston.  He  then  went 
to  France,  and  settled  as  a  physician  in  Paris.  After  remain 
ing  there  a  few  years,  he. relinquished  the  practice  of  his  pro 
fession,  and  went  to  Lisbon,  where  he  established  himself  as  a 
merchant,  and  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life, 
never  having  afterwards  revisited  the  United  States.  He  mar 
ried  a  Portuguese  lady  of  great  personal  beauty,  and  possessing 
a  large  fortune.  His  mercantile  transactions  proved,  after  a 
time,  unsuccessful,  and  the  property  fell  a  sacrifice  to  unfortu 
nate  speculations.  He  left  several  children. 

1792.  — JACOB  WYETH  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  14  Janu 
ary,  1857,  aged  92.  He  was  son  of  Ebenezer  Wyeth,  and  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  29  April,  1764.  He  worked  at 
brick-making,  which  was  his  father's  occupation,  until  he  was 


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twenty-three  or  twenty-four  years  old,  when  he  concluded  to 
obtain  a  liberal  education  ;  and  after  six  months  only,  devoted  to 
the  preparatory  studies,  he  was  admitted  to  the  freshman  class. 
Although  so  imperfectly  prepared,  he  maintained  a  respectable 
rank  as  a  scholar,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  Soon  after 
leaving  college,  he  went  to  Hamburg  to  transact  some  business 
for  Andrew  Craigie,  Esq.,  either  in  Hamburg  or  England. 
On  his  return,  he  brought  home  some  European  goods,  which 
he  had  purchased  on  his  own  account.  These  goods  he  disposed 
of  at  a  large  profit,  and  soon  afterwards  married  Betsey  Jarvis, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  of  Cambridge.  He  then  entered 
into  partnership  with  Phineas  Stone  (who  married  his  wife's 
sister)  ;  and  they  established  themselves  in  Littleton,  Mass.,  as 
country  traders.  In  this  business  they  were  unsuccessful,  be 
came  insolvent,  and  Mr.  Wyeth  was  left  without  a  dollar.  He 
returned  to  Cambridge,  and  his  father  gave  him  a  deed  of  the 
land  on  which  the  Fresh-Pond  Hotel  now  stands.  He  made  a 
contract  with  Walter  and  Moore,  and  they  erected  for  him  the 
hotel  entirely  on  credit ;  he  giving  them  a  mortgage  on  the  prop 
erty  as  security.  In  eighteen  months  after  he  opened  the 
house,  he  paid  the  contractors  every  dollar  he  owed  them ; 
having  made  it  all  in  this  brief  period  in  keeping  the  public 
house.  He  continued  in  the  hotel  business  until  he  accumu 
lated  a  handsome  fortune,  when  he  retired,  but  resided  in  the 
house  until  death  closed  his  long  life. 

1795.  —  SAMUEL  JACKSON  PRESCOTT  died  in  Brookline, 
Mass.,  7  February,  1857,  aged  83.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Oliver 
(H.C.  1750)  and  Lydia  (Baldwin)  Prescott,  and  was  born  in 
Groton,  Mass.,  15  March,  1773.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Phillips  Academy  in  Andover.  After  graduating,  he  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  William  Prescott  (H.C.  1783),  and 
was  'admitted  to  the  bar ;  but  soon  left  the  piofession  on  account 
of  being  affected  with  deafness,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  busi 
ness  ;  having  formed  a  copartnership  with  Aaron  P.  Cleveland, 
under  the  style  of  Prescott  and  Cleveland.  In  this  pursuit  he 
was  unsuccessful,  owing  to  the  embargo  of  1807,  the  non- 
intercourse,  and  the  war  with  Great  Britain  which  ensued.  He 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  109 

then  became  a  magistrate,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years  was 
a  notary-public  for  Suffolk  county.  He  married  Margaret 
Hiller,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hiller,  Esq. ,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children,  —  two  sons  and  three  daughters ;  of  whom  the  sons 
only  survive  him.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  powers  of  mind, 
and  held  a  high  rank  in  his  class  as  a  scholar.  He  had  a 
taste  for  genealogical  and  statistical  investigations  :  he  com 
piled  the  index  for  the  triennial  catalogue  of  Harvard  College, 
which  was  first  published  in  the  triennial  in  1830.  Later 
in  life,  to  his  physical  infirmity  of  deafness  was  added  that 
of  blindness.  His  intellectual  faculties,  too,  became  clouded ; 
and  he  passed  his  closing  years  at  the  residence  of  one  of  his 
sons  in  Brookline,  where  he  was  kindly  cared  for  with  all  the 
attention  which  filial  affection  could  bestow. 

1797. — Hon.  NATHANIEL  PAINE  DENNY  died  in  Barre, 
Mass.,  23  August,  1856,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of  Col. 
Samuel  Denny,  of  Leicester,  Mass.,  a  distinguished  patriot  of 
the  Revolution,  whose  father  was  one  of  the  four  original  pro 
prietors  of  that  town,  where  the  subject  of  this  notice  w^is 
born  22  July,  1771.  His  academical  education  was  acquired 
at  Leicester  Academy.  After  graduating,  he  studied  law  with 
Hon.  Nathaniel  Paine,  of  Worcester  (H.C.  1775)  ;  and,  about 
the  beginning  of  the  present  century,  he  opened  an  office  in 
Leicester,  where  he  practised  law  for  a  period  of  nearly  forty 
years.  His  name,  originally,  was  Thomas  Denny,  which  he 
changed  to  Nathaniel  Paine  Denny,  on  account  of  there  being 
another  Thomas  Denny  in  the  town.  He  became  widely  known 
as  a  thoroughly-read  lawyer.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  mind ; 
and,  as  a  citizen  and  lawyer,  he  was  distinguished  for  his 
sound  judgment,  and  a  strict  and  impartial  adherence  to  justice. 
He  enjoyed  in  an  eminent  degree  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
his  fellow-citizens  ;  having  represented  the  town  of  Leicester  in 
the  state  legislature  successively  from  1804  to  1809,  in  1812, 
1826,  1829,  1834,  and  1841.  He  was  elected  senator  for 
Worcester  District  in  1824  and  1825  ;  was  a  county-commis 
sioner  ;  and,  for  several  years,  president  of  the  Leicester  Bank. 
In  all  these  stations,  he  discharged  his  duties  in  such  a  manner 


110  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1856-57. 

as  to  win  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens.  His 
modesty  forbade  his  seeking  public  distinctions  ;  and  the  honors 
conferred  upon  him  were  voluntary  on  the  part  of  his  friends, 
and  the  result  of  the  unwavering  confidence  which  they  placed 
in  his  integrity.  In  private  life  he  was  social  and  hospitable, 
and  his  numerous  acquaintances  will  long  remember  his  house 
on  Mount  Pleasant  as  the  home  of  hospitality.  In  October, 
1798,  he  married  Sally  Swan,  a  native  of  Leicester,  who  was 
equally  distinguished  for  her  humble  piety,  intellectual  refine 
ment,  and  personal  charms.  He  had  ten  children,  of  whom  five 
are  now  living.  His  wife  died  at  Leicester  in  1843,  aged  71 
years.  In  1845,  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel 
Denny,  of  Worcester;  and  removed  to  Norwich,  Conn.,  where 
he  resided  about  eleven  years.  In  June,  1856,  he  returned 
to  his  native  state  to  pass  the  few  remaining  days  of  his  life 
with  his  eldest  son,  Hon.  Edward  Denny,  of  Barre  :  and  they 
proved  to  be  few  indeed  ;  for  in  two  months  he  passed  peacefully 
from  this  to  the  other  world.  With  the  exception  of  the  last 
few  years  of  his  life,  he  was  in  constant  and  active  intercourse 
with  his  fellow-citizens  in  their  various  pursuits  ;  and  whatever 
relation  he  sustained  towards  them,  or  in  whatever  position 
placed,  his  motto  was  always,  "Be  just,  and  fear  not." 

1797. — JOSEPH  KURD  died  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  19  March, 
1857,  aged  78.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Joseph  Hurd,  late  of 
Portsmouth,  N.H.,  formerly  an  eminent  merchant  in  Charles- 
town  and  Boston  ;  and  was  born  in  Concord  or  Lincoln  (during 
the  temporary  removal  of  the  family  from  their  home  in  Charles- 
town  at  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  war),  27  July,  1778. 
While  in  college,  he  was  remarkable  for  his  habitual  courtesy 
and  kindness,  and  for  his  upright  and  exemplary  conduct.  He 
held  a  distinguished  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  high 
honor.  On  leaving  college,  he  adopted  the  mercantile  profession, 
and  was  known  and  respected  for  his  intelligence  and  commercial 
knowledge  in  his  own  country,  and  also  in  England,  where  he 
formed  important  connections  in  business,  and  where  he  passed 
several  years  of  his  mercantile  life.  An  eminent  member  of  the 
Essex  bar  —  a  classmate  of  Mr.  Hurd  —  gives  the  following 


18,56-57.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  Ill 

sketch  of  his  subsequent  life :  "  Soon  after  the  disastrous  war  of 
1812  broke  out,  he  retired  from  the  troubled  affairs  of  commerce, 
and  purchased  a  farm  in  Stoneham,  beautifully  situated  on  the 
borders  of  Spot  Pond.  Here  he  derived  the  chief  enjoyment  of 
his  subsequent  life  from  the  indulgence  of  his  rural  taste  and 
his  philosophical  ingenuity.  Science  and  taste  happily  co-ope 
rated  in  the  various  improvements  which  he  introduced  upon  his 
extensive  grounds  ;  but  he  soon  became  deeply  interested  in 
various  scientific  experiments  in  regard  to  heat,  and  the  best  mode 
of  constructing  stoves,  the  results  of  which  have  inured  to  the 
public  benefit  through  others  employed  in  his  service,  and  who 
availed  themselves  of  his  discoveries.  He  had  little  thought  of 
profit  to  himself  beyond  the  gratification  he  found  in  thus  endeav 
oring  to  promote  the  general  good.  He  also  turned  his  atten 
tion  to  the  manufacture  of  maple  and  beet  sugar ;  and  also, 
with  more  important  success,  to  the  refining  of  sugar,  for  which 
he  obtained  a  patent,  as  well  as  much  celebrity.  The  following 
brief  sentence  in  a  letter  from  France,  found  among  his  papers, 
asking  for  a  description  of  his  patent,  and  highly  compliment 
ing  him  upon  it,  gives  the  best  idea  of  the  discovery  that  we 
can  at  this  moment  present:  'You  took,  in  1844,  a  patent, 
in  your  country,  for  a  new  system  to  purify  and  cleanse 
sugar  by  means  of  the  centrifuge  force.'  This  patent,  with 
out  his  seeking,  inured  largely  to  his  profit,  and  immensely 
to  the  profit  of  those  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  purchase 
it.  In  his  will,  he  bequeathed  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars 
to  each  of  the  states  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont, 
and  Massachusetts,  the  income  to  be  applied  yearly  in  giving 
prizes  to  promote  and  encourage  the  manufacture  and  refining 
of  sugar." 

In  the  early  period  of  Mr.  Kurd's  residence  at  his  beautiful 
retreat  in  Stoneham,  his  friends  were  often  attracted  to  visit  him, 
and  were  always  received  with  the  kindest  hospitality.  Ladies 
were  cordially  welcomed  among  his  visitors.  Happy  would  it 
have  been  had  he  chosen  some  one  to  share  his  fortunes,  and  bless 
him  in  his  retirement.  Left  to  his  own  solitary  resources,  he 
became  so  absorbed  in  his  studies  and  experiments  as  to  impair 


112  NECROLOGY  OF   ALUMNI  [1856-57. 

his  health,  and  finally  to  obscure  his  intellect.  During  his  later 
years,  he  divided  his  time  between  Stoneham  and  Maiden ; 
boarding  at  the  latter  place  in  a  worthy  family,  where  he  found 
every  accommodation  suited  to  his  simple  habits.  He  retained, 
through  life,  the  simplicity  of  childhood,  with  the  firmness  of 
the  philosopher.  He  was  as  independent  in  his  own  opinions  as 
he  was  deferential  to  others.  In  respect  to  his  deeper  feelings, 
he  had  great  reserve.  An  unspotted  life  was  his  only  religious 
profession.  Throughout  his  lingering  illness  he  manifested  the 
resignation  of  a  "  Christian  ;  and  in  peace  and  serenity  his  spirit 
ascended  to  God,  who  gave  it." 

1798.  — Kev.  JONATHAN  FRENCH  died  in  North  Hampton, 
N.H.,  13  December,  1856,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Eev. 
Jonathan  French  (H.C.  1771),  and  was  born  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  16  August,  1768.  He  was  ordained  at  North  Hampton, 
18  November,  1801 ;  formally  resigned  the  active  duties  of  his 
pastorate,  18  November,  1851 ;  and  actually  resigned  them  at 
the  ordination  of  his  colleague,  Rev.  John  Dinsmore,  18  No 
vember,  1852.  He  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  most  active, 
influential,  and  highly  esteemed  clergymen  in  the  Piscataqua 
Association  of  Congregational  Ministers.  He  was  known  and 
had  preached  in  all  their  congregations,  had  been  called  to 
advise  in  their  churches,  and  had  many  friends  in  all  their 
parishes.  He  was  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  ministerial 
character.  Evangelical,  sincere,  earnest,  devoted,  he  was  the 
good  preacher,  the  wise  counsellor,  the  sympathizing  pastor,  the 
obliging  ministerial  brother,  the  ready  helper  of  all  good  enter 
prises.  He  was  a  diligent  student  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
threescore  years  and  ten.  He  was  a  reliable  historian,  and  left 
behind  him  manuscripts  of  great  value.  Above  all,  he  was  a 
good  husband,  loving  and  beloved ;  a  good  father,  honored,  and 
worthy  of  honor ;  a  good  neighbor  and  friend,  welcoming  every 
worthy  guest  to  his  board,  and  in  turn  welcomed  by  wor 
thy  households  everywhere.  In  1851,  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Dartmouth  Col 
lege.  He  delivered  a  half-century  discourse  four  years  before 
his  death,  from  the  text,  "  Behold,  I  die ;  but  God  shall  be 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  113 

with  you."     He  "came  to  his  grave  in  a  full  age,"  after  a  useful 
and  honored  life. 

1798.  — Hon.  SIDNEY  WILLARD  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
G  December,  1856,  aged  76.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Willard  (H.C.  1765),  formerly  minister  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  and 
subsequently,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  president  of 
Harvard  College;  and  was  born  in  Beverly,  19  September,  1780. 
Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of  theology 
under  the  instruction  of  the  Hollis  Professor  of  Divinity.  In 
April,  1800,  the  office  of  librarian  became  vacant  by  the  death 
of  Samuel  Shapleigh  (H.C.  1789),  and  Mr.  Willard  was 
elected  as  his  successor.  This  office  he  held  five  years.  In  the 
mean  time,  having  completed  his  theological  studies,  he  was 
licensed  as  a  preacher.  He  preached  in  various  places  in  this 
state,  as  well  as  in  Maine  and  Vermont ;  and  was  invited  to  set 
tle  as  a  minister  in  Wiscasset,  Me.,  and  in  Burlington,  Vt.  ;  but 
he  declined  both  invitations.  In  December,  1806,  he  was 
chosen  Hancock  Professor  of  Hebrew  and  other  Oriental 
Languages  in  Harvard  College,  and  was  inaugurated  in  Febru 
ary  of  the  following  year.  This  office  he  held  until  1831,  dis 
charging  its  duties  with  great  fidelity  and  ability.  While 
connected  with  the  college,  he  was  interested  in  several  literary 
publications,  and  contributed  valuable  articles  to  the  "Monthly 
Anthology  "  and  "  Christian  Examiner."  He  was  a  member, 
with  many  other  distinguished  men,  of  the  Anthology  Society, 
to  which  the  Boston  Athenaeum  is  so  deeply  indebted.  He 
contributed  many  valuable  articles  for  the  "  North- American 
Review;"  and,  about  two  years  before  his  death,  he  published  his 
"Memories  of  Youth  and  Manhood,"  in  many  points  a  valuable 
work.  His  learning  was  varied  and  extensive,  his  style  of  writing 
clear  and  plain,  his  views  sound  and  practical.  Accustomed 
to  the  best  society  for  moral  worth,  social  position,  and  intellect 
ual  power,  he  appreciated  and  enjoyed  the  advantages  he  pos 
sessed.  In  his  manners  he  was  easy,  polite,  and  urbane.  He 
was  firm  in  his  principles,  and  amiable  in  disposition.  His  feel 
ings  were  tender  and  refined ;  and  he  was  remarkably  honest, 
sincere,  and  truthful.  Filial  reverence  and  piety  marked  his 

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character,  and  he  was  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him.  Nearly 
his  whole  life  was  passed  in  Cambridge ;  and  he  filled  various 
offices,  always  acceptably.  He  was  mayor  of  Cambridge  in 
1848,  1849,  and  1850  ;  was  several  times  elected  a  representa 
tive  to  the  state  legislature ;  and  was  a  member  of  the  executive 
council.  He  was  the  last  relic  of  the  officers  of  the  college  gov 
ernment  during  the  first  quarter  of  the  present  century. 

1802.  —  Hon.  SAMUEL  HOAR  died  in  Concord,  Mass., 
2  November,  1856,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Samuel 
Hoar,  and  was  born  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  18  May,  1778.  After 
leaving  college,  he  spent  two  years  as  a  private  tutor  in  the 
state  of  Virginia  ;  and  it  was  while  he  was  on  his  return  to  Massa 
chusetts,  and  during  a  temporary  stay  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
that  the  fatal  and  memorable  duel  between  Hamilton  and  Burr 
deprived  the  country  of  one  of  its  most  honored  and  illustrious 
statesmen.  Arriving  home,  Mr.  Hoar  entered,  as  a  student  of 
law,  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Artemus  Ward,  of  Charlestown, 
(H.C.  1783),  afterwards,  and  for  many  years,  the  learned 
chief-justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  September,  1805  ;  and,  the  same  month,  opened  an 
office  in  Concord,  where  he  soon  attained  a  high  rank ;  and  for 
forty  years  he  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  successful  prac 
titioners  in  the  county  of  Middlesex.  The  last  few  years  of  his 
life  were  withdrawn  from  that  activity  of  legal  service,  to  which, 
from  early  manhood  to  late  maturity,  he  had  devoted  his  ener 
gies  ;  and  the  people  of  Middlesex  were  deprived  of  the  forensic 
talents  and  experience  of  the  veteran  leader,  who,  for  more  than 
a  generation,  had  been  engaged  in  most  of  the  important  cases 
tried  at  their  bar.  To  the  neighboring  bars  of  Worcester,  Essex, 
and  Suffolk,  he  had  been  no  stranger ;  nor  was  his  voluntary 
surrender  of  the  excitements  of  the  more  public  and  conspicuous 
positions  of  his  honorable  profession  unnoticed  or  unregretted  by 
them.  He  was  associated  with  Mr.  Webster  in  the  celebrated 
case  of  the  Commonwealth  against  Crowninshield  and  the 
brothers  Knapp,  convicted  of  the  murder  of  Capt.  White,  in 
Salem,  in  1830.  He  was  repeatedly  honored  by  being  elected 
to  offices  of  honor,  trust,  and  importance.  He  was  a  member  of 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  115 

the  convention  for  revising  the  constitution  of  the  state  in 
1820 ;  was  elected  a  senator,  in  the  state  legislature,  in  1825 
and  1833  ;  was  a  member  of  the  executive  council  in  1845  and 
1846.  He  was  a  representative  from  Middlesex  in  the  twenty- 
fourth  Congress  of  the  United  States  in  1836-7.  He  was  also 
a  representative  in  our  state  legislature  in  1850.  In  1844,  he 
was  appointed  by  Gov.  Briggs,  in  accordance  with  a  resolve 
passed  by  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts,  a  commissioner  to 
proceed  to  Charleston,  S.C.,  to  test,  in  the  Court  of  the  United 
States,  the  constitutionality  of  an  act  passed  by  the  legislature 
of  South  Carolina  on  the  20th  of  December,  1825,  legalizing  the 
imprisonment  of  colored  persons  who  should  enter  their  bounda 
ries  :  but  on  his  arrival  at  Charleston,  and  making  known  the 
object  of  his  visit,  such  was  the  excitement  against  him,  on 
account  of  his  mission's  being  deemed  by  the  people  of  the  place 
an  unwarrantable  interference  with  their  state  rights,  that  he 
was  obliged  to  leave  the  city  forthwith,  to  escape  threatened  per 
sonal  violence  ;  and  he  returned  to  Massachusetts  without  fulfil 
ling  the  object  of  his  appointment. 

The  most  agreeable  characteristic  of  his  latter  years  was  the 
interest  with  which  he  pursued  every  movement  of  benevolence 
or  education.  He  always  possessed  a  liberal  and  charitable 
spirit ;  but  his  retirement  from  the  bar  afforded  leisure  for  a 
more  extensive  indulgence  and  cultivation  of  such  affections. 
From  the  institution  of  the  Sunday-school  of  his  church,  until 
the  Sunday  of  his  death,  he  officiated  either  as  teacher  or 
superintendent.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Peace 
Society  and  of  the  American  Bible  Society,  and  was  an  invari 
able  participant  in  all  charitable  organizations.  His  private 
charities  also  were  incessant,  ample,  and  intelligent.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  of 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  At  the  time  of  his  death, 
he  was  one  of  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  Harvard  College ;  and 
the  college,  in  1838,  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws.  In  1812,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Sher 
man,  youngest  daughter  of  the  celebrated  Roger  Sherman,  of 
Connecticut.  They  had  five  children;  viz.,  Elizabeth,  Sarah 


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Sherman,  Ebenezer  Eockwood,  Edward  Sherman,  and  George 
Frisbie.  The  sons  were  graduates  of  Harvard  College  in  1835, 
1844,  and  1846,  respectively. 

Mr.  Hoar  was  a  man  of  deep  religious  principles  :  he  was  a 
sincere  and  devout  Christian..  He  will  be  remembered  and 
regretted  longer  than  many  men  of  more  brilliant  lives  and  more 
conspicuous  history,  by  the  bar,  of  which  he  was  an  ornament ;  by 
the  social  circle  of  friendship,  where  affections  always  cluster 
around  one  so  sincere  and  earnest  as  he ;  by  the  community 
where  he  dwelt,  and  which  he  aimed  to  serve  ;  and  by  the  com 
monwealth,  of  which  he  was  a  wise  and  faithful  son. 

1802. — ELIAS  UPTON  died  in  Bucksport,  Me.,  16  June, 
1857,  aged  85.  He  was  born  in  Heading,  Mass.,  16  February, 
1772.  He  devoted  a  great  portion  of  his  life  to  the  instruction 
of  youth  in  various  places.  He  was,  for  eleven  years,  precep 
tor  of  the  Bluehill  (Me.)  Academy.  He  afterwards  removed  to 
Bucksport,  where  he  engaged  in  trade,  and  kept  a  store  in  that 
place  for  many  years,  and  there  finally  closed  his  long  life. 

1803. — Dr.  THOMAS  IVERS  PARKER  died  in  Boston,  10 
December,  1856,  aged  72.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Par 
ker,  D.D.  (H.C.  1764),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  29  March, 
1784.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Public  Latin  School  in 
Boston.  On  leaving  college,  he  chose  the  medical  profession, 
and  pursued  his  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  James  Jack 
son  (H.C.  1796).  Having  been  admitted  to  practice,  he  estab 
lished  himself  as  a  physician  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he 
remained  several  years.  He  then  returned  to  Boston,  where 
he  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  where  he  resided 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  For  ten  or  twelve  years,  he 
held  the  office  of  county-physician  for  Suffolk.  He  was  never 
married. 

1806.  —  Eev.  ISAAC  HURD,  of  Exeter,  N.H.,  died  sud 
denly,  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  in  South  Reading,  Mass., 
4  October,  1856,  aged  70.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  Hurd,  and 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  7  December,  1785.  On 
leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of  theology  under  the 
instruction  of  Rev.  David  Osgood,  D.D.,  of  Medford,  Mass., 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  117 

(II. C.  1771).  He  afterwards  went  to  Europe,  and  completed 
his  studies  at  Divinity  Hall  in  Edinburgh.  He  preached  his  first 
sermon  in  London.  On  his  return  he  received  several  invita 
tions  to  settle  ;  and  finally  accepted  one  given  him  by  the  Unita 
rian  society  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  was  ordained  15  September, 
1813.  He  was  dismissed,  at  his  own  request,  22  May,  1816. 
A  few  months  afterwards,  he  was  invited  to  settle  over  the 
Second  Society  in  Exeter,  of  the  same  liberal  denomination  ;  to 
whom  he  had  rendered  himself  so  acceptable,  that  although  he 
frankly  avowed  he  had  changed  his  theological  views,  and  de 
clared  his  belief  in  the  Trinitarian  doctrine,  yet  they  persisted  in 
the  call,  and  he  was  installed  pastor  of  that  church,  11  Sep 
tember,  1817.  Notwithstanding  a  conscientious  difference  of 
opinion  on  certain  important  points,  he  continued  to  enjoy,  undi- 
minished,  their  cordial  respect  and  affection.  After  a  ministry 
of  thirty  years,  Rev.  Samuel  Bering  Dexter  (H.C.  1843)  was 
ordained,  2  December,  1847,  colleague-pastor.  Mr.  Dexter 
died  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  20  April,  1850;  and  Rev.  Asa  D. 
Mann  was  settled  as  a  colleague,  19  November,  1851.  In 
Mr.  Hurd  the  society  found  a  single-hearted  devotedness  to 
his  Divine  Master  as  his  guide,  and  to  the  Scriptures  as  the 
source  and  illustration  of  Christian  truth,  together  with  solid 
learning,  true  taste,  ardent  piety,  and  exemplary  fidelity  in 
all  his  ministerial  and  social  relations.  He  was  a  chaste,  cor 
rect  writer,  and,  to  the  extent  of  his  vocal  powers,  a  good 
speaker.  He  was  affable  in  his  manners,  and  given  to  hos 
pitality.  In  1854,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Dartmouth  College.  He  married, 
16  March,  1819,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Emery,  of  Exeter,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Folsom  ;  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  one  of 
whom  died  in  early  childhood.  The  other  son,  Francis  Park- 
man  Hurd,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1839,  and  is  a 
physician  in  Exeter. 

1808. — Rev.  JAMES  JOHNSON  died  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt., 
31  October,  1856,  aged  77.  He  was  born  in  that  part  of 
Lynn  which  is  now  within  the  boundaries  of  Lynnfield,  Mass., 
12  July,  1779.  He  studied  theology  in  Cambridge  under  the 


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tuition  of  Rev.  Henry  Ware,  D.D.  (H.  C.  1785),  and  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1810.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Potsdam,  N.Y.,  11  March,  1812;  the 
ordination-sermon  being  preached  by  Rev.  Amos  Pettengill,  of 
Champlain,  N.Y.  (H.C.  1805).  In  1817,  he  was  dismissed 
from  his  charge  at  Potsdam ;  and,  in  October  of  the  same  year, 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Williston, 
Vt.  While  settled  at  Williston,  he  preached  at  St.  Alban's  the 
only  sermon  of  his  that  found  its  way  to  the  press.  It  was 
preached  at  the  anniversary  meeting  of  free-masons,  on  the 
festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  24  June,  1826,  from  the  text, 
^  Every  house  is  builded  by  some  man ;  but  he  that  built  all 
things  is  God"  (Heb.  iii.  4).  On  the  28th  of  February,  1827, 
his  pastoral  connection  was  transferred  to  the  Second  Congrega 
tional  Church  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  where  he  ministered  until 
3  May,  1838  ;  when  his  relation  to  that  church  was  dissolved, 
and  he  was  installed,  February,  1839,  at  Irasburg,  Vt.,  where 
he  labored  till  the  autumn  of  1849,  when,  at  the  age  of  seventy, 
he  was  dismissed,  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days  at  the 
Centre  Village,  in  St.  Johnsbury,  preaching  occasionally,  as 
opportunity  offered,  without  pastoral  relation.  He  was  an 
industrious,  faithful,  and  successful  preacher  of  the  word  of  life. 
His  discourses  evinced  a  most  affectionate  regard  for  the  welfare 
of  his  hearers,  and  the  simplicity  of  his  manner  was  as  touching 
as  his  love  was  sincere.  To  him  more  than  to  any  other  man  is 
to  be  attributed  a  great  reformation  in  the  moral  condition  of 
St.  Johnsbury.  He  found  his  parish  full  of  pestilent  doctrines 
and  evil  practices ;  and  he  gave  himself  no  rest  until  he  had 
extirpated  heresy,  root  and  branch,  and  trained  the  people  to  a 
high  standard  of  morality.  He  "  set  his  face  like  a  flint "  against 
all  isms.  Two  revivals  of  more  than  ordinary  interest  occurred 
during  his  ministry  in  St.  Johnsbury;  one  of  which,  in  1831, 
resulted  in  the  addition  of  more  than  sixty  to  the  church.  The 
whole  number  added  to  the  church  during  his  eleven  years' 
connection  with  it  was  one  hundred  and  seventy.  The  closing 
years  of  his  life  were  devoted  mainly  to  the  care  of  his  faithful 
wife,  who  was  for  many  years  a  confirmed  invalid.  She  died 


1856-57.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  119 

only  eleven  days  before  him  ;  and  when,  at  length,  she  was  re 
leased  from  her  sufferings,  there  seemed  no  more  for  him  to  do 
on  earth,  and  he  hastened  to  rejoin  her  above. 

1808. — Dr.  SAMUEL  SCOLLAY  died  in  Smithfield,  Jeffer 
son  County,  Va.,  11  January,  1857,  aged  74.  He  was  son  of 
Grover  and  Eebecca  Scollay,  and  was  born  in  Ashburnham, 
Mass.,  21  January,  1782.  His  personal  character  and  history 
furnish  a  beautiful  instance  of  persevering  industry  and  stern 
integrity,  united  to  high  mental  accomplishments,  a  heart  of  the 
noblest  impulses r  and  the  keenest  sensibility.  He  began  life 
with  no  advantages,  except  those  which  a  good  name  and  a 
faithful  training  of  his  parents  conferred.  Having  to  make  the 
money  to  pay  for  his  education,  it  wras  several  years  beyond 
the  usual  period  of  entering  upon  college-life  that  he  was 
matriculated  as  a  member  of  an  advanced  class.  While  his 
classmates  were  enjoying  the  recreations  of  vacation  and  the 
endearments  of  home,  he  was  exerting  himself  to  provide  for 
the  next  term  of  study  by  teaching  school.  Thus,  one  term 
after  another,  did  he  succeed  in  partially  anticipating  the  ex 
penses  of  his  education.  At  college  he  was  distinguished  no 
less  by  his  excellence  in  scholarship  among  his  fellow-students, 
than  for  his  perseverance  and  fidelity,  during  the  vacation,  as  a 
public  teacher.  In  1810,  he  went  to  Virginia ;  settled  in  the 
vicinity  of  Charlestown,  Jefferson  County  ;  and  taught  school  in 
the  family  of  Mr.  Henry  Turner.  His  school  soon  attracted  the 
members  of  other  families,  and  became  very  large.  For  three 
years,  he  thus  labored  to  free  himself  from  the  encumbrance  of 
debts  contracted  in  acquiring  his  education,  and  also  to  enable 
him  to  qualify  himself  for  a  profession.  He  at  the  same  time 
prepared  himself  to  enter  upon  the  course  of  study  at  the  Jef 
ferson  Medical  College  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  graduated  as 
one  of  the  first  in  his  class.  He  began  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Jefferson  County  at  the  age  of  thirty ;  soon  became  highly 
distinguished  in  his  profession,  not  less  eminent  in  his  humble 
sphere  than  some  of  his  contemporaries  at  college  in  the  exalted 
position  they  have  attained  in  the  nation's  councils.  By  perse 
verance  and  industry,  for  nearly  half  a  century,  he  was  enabled 


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to  bring  up  and  educate  a  large  family  of  children,  and  become 
one  of  the  most  affluent  citizens  in  that  part  of  the  state.  His 
first  wife  was  Miss  Harriot  Lowndes,  a  grand-daughter  of  the 
late  Gov.  Lloyd,  of  Maryland,  and  first  cousin  of  the  late 
Francis  S.  Key.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Sarah  Page  Nel 
son,  grand-daughter  of  the  late  Gen.  Thomas  Nelson.  His 
remains  repose  in  the  graveyard  of  the  beautiful  Episcopal 
church  in  the  village  of  Smithfield,  which  his  liberality  largely 
contributed  to  build. 

1809.  —  Hon.  FRANCIS  GALLEY  GRAY  died  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  29  December,  1856,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
William  Gray,  well  known  as  an  enterprising  and  wealthy  mer 
chant ;  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  19  September,  1790. 
After  leaving  college,  he  went  through  a  course  of  legal  studies 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  William  Prescott,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1783), 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar ;  but  he  did  not  pursue  the  profes 
sion  for  any  considerable  time.  Possessing  ample  wealth,  he 
became  a  man  of  letters,  and  devoted  his  powerful  and  well- 
cultivated  mind  to  the  pursuits  of  literature.  He  was  private 
secretary  of  Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams,  when  the  latter  was 
minister  in  Russia.  He  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and 
accomplished  writers  of  his  time,  and  was  an  early  contributor  to 
the  "North-American  Review."  He  was  the  author  of  a  valua 
ble  pap'er,  entitled  "  Remarks  on  the  Early  Laws  of  Massachu 
setts  Bay,  with  the  Code  adopted  in  1641,  and  called  'The 
Body  of  Liberties,' "  which  is  replete  with  important  historical 
information.  This  paper  was  published  in  the  eighth  volume 
of  the  third  series  of  the  Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  His 
torical  Society.  In  August,  1816,  he  delivered  the  oration 
before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  of  Harvard  College,  which 
was  published  in  the  "  North-American  Review  "  for  September  of 
that  year ;  and  in  August,  1840,  he  delivered  the  annual  poem 
before  the  same  society,  which  was  highly  commended  in  the 
"  North- American  "  for  January,  1841.  In  1848,  he  published 
a  pamphlet  entitled  "  Prison-Discipline  in  America,"  in  which  he 
made  a  powerful  argument  against  the  separate  system  of 
imprisonment,  or  solitary  confinement  of  prisoners.  This  pam- 


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phlet  was  noticed,  in  strong  terms  of  commendation,  in  an  able 
article  in  the  "  Christian  Examiner"  for  March,  1848.  On  the 
4th  of  July,  1818,  he  delivered  the  oration,  before  the  town 
authorities  of  Boston,  on  the  anniversary  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  This  oration  takes  rank  among  the  ablest  pro 
ductions  which  that  occasion  has  brought  forth.  He  had  a 
decided  taste  for  antiquarian  and  historical  researches.  On  the 
29th  of  January,  1818,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  Historical  Society,  and  he  edited  several  volumes  of  its 
published  Collections.  He  was  elected  to  many  offices  of  honor 
and  trust.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts 
and  Sciences ,  and  its  corresponding  secretary  ;  was  president  of 
the  Boston  Athenaeum  ;  a  trustee  of  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital 
at  Worcester,  on  its  establishment ;  a  trustee  of  the  Massachu 
setts  General  Hospital  in  Boston ;  and  a  fellow  of  Harvard 
College  from  1826  to  1836.  In  1822,  he  was  elected  a  repre 
sentative  from  Boston  to  the  state  legislature ;  and  was  re- 
elected  in  1823,  1824,  and  1836.  He  was  chosen  senator  from 
Suffolk  in  1825,  1826,  1828,  1829,  1831,  and  1843;  and  was 
elected  one  of  the  executive  council  in  1839.  He  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Prison-Discipline  Society;  and  was,  for  several 
years,  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  state  prison  at 
Charlestown.  In  all  these  several  stations,  he  discharged  his 
duties  with  eminent  ability.  In  1841,  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 
He  died  a  bachelor. 

1810. — KUFUS  BRADFORD  ALLYN  died  in  Belfast,  Me., 
25  January,  1857,  aged  63.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  John  Allyn, 
D.D.,  of  Duxbury,  Mass.  (H.C.  1785),  and  Abigail  (Bradford) 
Allyn  ;  was  born  in  that  town,  27  March,  1793  ;  and  was  the 
seventh  in  descent  from  Gov.  Bradford,  of  Plymouth  Colony. 
He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  William  Sullivan,  of  Boston 
(H.C.  1792)  ;  and,  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  removed, 
28  July,  1815,  to  Belfast,  Me.,  where  he  opened  an  office,  and 
there  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  soon  ac 
quired  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice,  and  became  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  bar  in  Waldo  County.  Some  of  the  wealthy  men 

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of  Boston  were  proprietors  of  large  tracts  of  land  in  the  vicinity 
of  Belfast ;  and  at  the  solicitation  of  Mr.  Sullivan,  himsel£  one  of 
the  proprietors,  Mr.  Allyn  accepted  an  agency  for  the  sale  of 
these  lands,  such  an  agency  not  interfering,  but  being  connected, 
with  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  continued  in  this  agency 
for  more  than  twenty  years,  when  it  was  terminated  by  his  pur 
chase  of  the  remaining  interest  of  the  proprietors.  He  was  a 
scholar  of  rare  attainments,  of  profound  learning,  and  great  re 
finement  of  taste.  As  a  lawyer,  he  had  hardly  his  superior  in 
the  country.  He  was  thoroughly  versed  in  the  authorities,  and 
of  memory  so  retentive  and  remarkable  as  to  be  able  to  make  a 
brief  upon  any  given  question,  referring  with  accuracy  to  volume 
and  page  without  taking  the  books  from  their  cases  ;  and  yet  he 
was  by  no  means  exclusively  what  is  called  a  book-lawyer.  He 
was  master  of  the  great  principles  of  jurisprudence  ;  and,  with  a 
mind  of  great  logical  acuteness  as  well  as  comprehensiveness,  he 
applied  those  principles  with  wonderful  readiness  and  discrimina 
tion.  He  was  a  man  of  great  promptness  in  business,  faithful  to 
his  clients,  and  of  unbending  integrity,  but  of  great  eccentricity 
of  character, — reserved  to  the  very  borders  of  misanthropy  ;  an 
hereditary  temperament,  which  oftentimes  endured  very  great 
depression,  and  which  tended  to  obscure  his  faith,  and  obliterate 
the  faintest  trace  of  ambition  or  desire  to  be  known  or  noticed 
by  his  fellow-men.  He  shunned  distinction,  and  every  thing 
like  notoriety  he  avoided  with  disgust.  He  might  at  one  time 
have  removed  to  Boston,  and  become  the  partner  of  Daniel  Web 
ster  ;  but  he  preferred  a  life  of  absolute  seclusion.  Towards  the 
close  of  his  life,  those  gloomy  doubts  superinduced  by  his  melan 
choly  temperament,  which  had  at  times  obscured  his  religious 
faith,  were  dispelled ;  and  he  often  prayed,  "  Lord,  I  believe  : 
help  thou  mine  unbelief."  He  was  ever  a  zealous  advocate  of  the 
principles  of  liberal  Christianity  maintained  by  his  father ;  and 
retained  his  respect  for  the  institutions  of  religion,  to  which  he 
gave  his  personal  countenance  and  support.  Late  in  life, 
he  married  Rebecca  P.,  the  eldest  daughter  of  his  friend 
Samuel  Upton,  formerly  of  Boston ;  and  he,  perhaps,  was  the 
only  person  not  connected  by  family  ties  towards  whom  he  had 


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any  feeling  deserving  the  name  of  friendship.  Mr.  Upton  re 
sided  in  Belfast  for  some  years  prior  to  his  removal  to  Washing 
ton,  where  he  died  in  1840.  His  friendship,  which  was  the 
sunny  spot  in  Mr.  Allyn's  early  life,  was  strengthened  by  the 
family  tie  which  united  them  after  Mr.  Upton's  removal  to 
Washington,  and  was  only  dissolved  by  death  ;  and  now,  in 
firmer,  purer,  and  better  bonds,  and  brighter  realms,  the  friends 
are  re-united.  His  widow  and  five  children  survive  him  in  inde 
pendent  circumstances. 

1810. — FREDERICK  KINLOCH  died  in  Charleston,  S.C., 
7  August,  1856,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Francis  and  Martha 
(Rutledge)  Kinloch,  and  was  born  in  Charleston,  17  February, 
1790.  He  began  his  preparatory  studies  under  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Buist ;  and  at  the  age  of  12  he  left  Charleston,  when  his  father 
took  him  to  Geneva,  in  Switzerland,  where  he  remained  four 
years  under  the  instruction  of  the  celebrated  Prof.  Prevost.  He 
returned  with  the  family  to  Charleston  in  1806  ;  and,  that  year, 
entered  college.  For  some  time  after  he  graduated,  he  followed 
the  business  of  planting  ;  but  he  was  an  ardent  lover  of  learning, 
and  he  took  great  delight  in  acquiring  knowledge  in  all  useful  arts 
and  sciences,  and  imparting  his  information  for  the  benefit  of 
others.  He  was  a  thorough  French  scholar ;  was  also  familiar 
with  the  Italian  and  Spanish  languages.  Amiable  in  private  life, 
self-sacrificing  for  the  benefit  of  others,  he  was  without  an 
enemy,  and  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  Perseverance 
and  punctuality  were  marked  qualities  in  his  character  ;  a  sincere 
friend,  but  vindictive  when  angry,  sarcastic  when  offended,  yet, 
if  opportunity  offered,  ready  to  forget  and  forgive.  Such  was 
Mr.  Kinloch.  He  died  at  the  house  of  a  friend,  where  he  had 
resided  for  the  last  thirty-one  years  of  his  life ;  and,  by  his  own 
request,  he  was  buried  in  Magnolia  Cemetery. 

1812.  —  CHARLES  BROWXE  died  in  Boston,  21  July,  1856, 
aged  63.  He  was  son  of  Moses  (H.C.  1768)  and  Mary 
Browne,  and  was  born  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  24  May,  1793.  He 
studied  law  three  years  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Nathan  Dane,  of 
Beverly  (H.C.  1778)  ;  but  did  not  enter  upon  the  practice  of  the 
profession,  but  became  a  partner  in  the  extensive  publishing 


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firm  of  Hilliard,  Gray,  and  Co.,  of  Boston,  where  he  continued 
for  many  years.  He  was  for  nearly  ten  years  a  director  in  the 
New-England  Mutual  Life-insurance  Company,  in  which  he 
took  great  interest ;  and  his  labors  in  the  management  of  its 
affairs  contributed  essentially  to  its  success.  He  was  also,  for  a 
long  period,  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  Boston- 
Library  Society,  and  through  life  was  much  interested  in  histori 
cal  and  genealogical  researches.  Modest  and  unobtrusive  in  his 
manners,  he  never  sought  notoriety,  but  chose  rather  to  do  his 
duty  as  a  good  citizen  and  a  Christian,  and  to  be  known  by 
his  works.  He  was  in  truth  a  just  and  good  man ;  one  who 
contributed  much  to  the  happiness  and  dignity  of  human  life ; 
one  who  was  never  weary  in  well-doing,  and  sought  no  other 
reward  than  the  consciouness  of  a  life  well  spent.  He  married, 
14  December,  1825,  Elizabeth  Isabella,  daughter  of  Bryant  P. 
Tilden,  Esq.,  of  Boston;  and  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter, 
who,  with  his  wife,  survive  him. 

1812. — LEONARD  JACKSON  died  in  West  Newton,  Mass., 
1  April,  1857,  aged  65.  He  was  son  of  Major  Daniel  and 
Lucy  (Remington)  Jackson,  and  was  born  in  Newton,  26  July, 
1791.  His  father  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
was  in  the  battles  of  Concord,  Bunker  Hill,  Germantown, 
and  Monmouth.  After  leaving  college,  Mr.  Jackson  studied 
theology,  and  preached  for  a  few  years,  but  was  never  ordained. 
The  subsequent  portion  of  his  life  was  devoted  to  agricultural 
pursuits  in  his  native  town. 

1812.  —  GEORGE  THACHER  died  in  Westford,  Mass., 
12  June,  1857,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  George  (H.C. 
1776)  and  Sarah  (Savage)  Thacher,  and  was  born  in  Biddeford, 
Me.,  7  September,  1790.  He  was  partly  fitted  for  college  by 
Joseph  Adams  (H.C.  1805),  who  was  private  tutor  in  his  fa 
ther's  family ;  and  completed  his  preparatory  studies  at  Gorham 
Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Reuben  Nason  (H.C. 
1802).  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Cyrus  King,  of  Saco  ;  and 
began  practice  in  that  place  in  1815,  where  he  continued  until 
1835.  For  five  years,  he  was  senior  partner  in  law-business 
with  the  late  Gov.  Fairfield.  For  several  years,  he  was  register 


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of  probate  of  York  County.  In  1835,  he  left  Saco  for  Monroe, 
where  he  remained  until  1841,  when  he  was  appointed,  by  Pres. 
Tyler,  collector  of  Belfast,  and  removed  to  that  place.  After 
the  expiration  of  his  commission,  he  returned  to  Monroe,  where 
he  resumed  business  ;  and  continued  there  until  1853,  when  he 
removed  to  Westford,  Mass.  He  married,  20  January,  1818, 
his  cousin,  Lucy  Bigelow,  daughter  of  Amos  Bigelow,  of  Weston, 
Mass.  By  this  marriage  he  had  six  children,  four  of  whom 
survived  him.  This  happy  connection  was  severed  by  her  death 
at  Belfast  in  September,  1843.  He  married  again,  14  June, 
1847,  to  Lucy,  daughter  of  Dr.  Amos  Bancroft  (H.C.  1791), 
of  Groton,  Mass.,  who  survived  him.  Mr.  Thacher  was  a  gen 
tleman  of  most  pleasing  address,  and  distinguished  for  his  gene 
rous  qualities.  He  had  a  deep  sense  of  the  importance  of  truth 
and  justice,  and  discharged  every  trust  and  every  duty  with 
conscientious  integrity.  Believing  the  truth  and  importance  of 
the  Christian  religion,  he  was  a  firm  supporter  of  public  worship, 
a  communicant  and  constant  attendant  on  the  ordinances  of  the 
gospel. 

1812. — Dr.  EZEKIEL  THAXTER  died  in  Abington,  Mass., 
11  October,  1856,  aged  69.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Gridley  and 
Sarah  (Lincoln)  Thaxter,  and  was  born  in  Abington,  22  July, 
1787.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Gen.  Benjamin  Lincoln,  of 
Hingham,  the  revolutionary  hero.  He  was  fitted  for  college 
at  Hingham  Academy,  under  the  tuition  of  James  Day  (H.C. 
1806).  After  completing  his  collegiate  course,  he  studied 
medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  John  C.  Warren,  of  Bos 
ton  (H.C.  1797);  and,  having  received  his  medical  diploma  in 
1815,  immediately  began  practice  with  his  father  in  Abington. 
He  was  quite  successful  in  his  profession,  and  acquired  the  full 
est  confidence  of  his  patients.  As  his  father  advanced  in  age,  he 
gradually  withdrew  from  practice  ;  and,  for  some  time  before  his 
death  (which  took  place  February,  1845,  at  the  age  of  89),  he 
gave  it  up  entirely,  and  his  son,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was 
the  only  physician  in  the  town,  which  is  quite  large,  and  embraces 
four  considerable  villages,  three  of  them  from  one  and  a  half  to 
two  and  a  half  miles  from  the  doctor's  residence.  Notwith- 


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standing  this,  so  popular  was  he,  that  no  physician  was  able  to 
establish  himself  even  in  the  remote  parts  of  the  town  while  Dr. 
Thaxter  retained  his  health.  Now  there  are  seven  physicians  on 
the  territory  which  he  occupied.  For  the  last  two  or  three  years, 
he  was  able  to  ride  very  little,  having  suffered  from  paralysis, 
which  in  a  great  measure  disabled  one  side  of  his  body ;  and  his 
death  occurred  from  a  repetition  of  the  shock.  As  he  resided 
all  his  life  in  Abington,  he  became  one  of  its  fathers  ;  and  always 
occupied  a  large  place  in  the  community,  being  highly  esteemed 
and  honored  by  his  fellow-townsmen.  In  1821,  he  was  chosen 
town-clerk  ;  and  held  the  office,  by  successive  annual  re-elections, 
until  1832.  He  married  Diantha  Brown,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Brown,  of  Abington  ;  and  left  four  children,  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  all  residing  in  that  town.  His  wife  died  a  few 
years  since.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  social  attachments,  and 
loved  to  live  in  the  bosom  of  his  family,  and  in  the  society  of  his 
near  relatives  and  intimate  friends.  He  was  a  kind  and  affec 
tionate  father,  a  worthy  and  estimable  citizen. 

1814.  — FRANCIS  DALLAS  QUASH  died  in  Charleston,  S.C., 
17   February,   1857,   aged  63.      He  was  born  in  Charleston, 
19  December,  1793.     When  in  college,  he  was  distinguished  by 
his  strength  of  memory,  his  finished  recitations,  and  his  graceful 
elocution.      He  graduated  with  high  honors.      Many  will  re 
member  the  animated  and  graceful  manner  in  which  he  pro 
nounced  the   Latin   salutatory  oration   in   August,    1814,    and 
the   valedictory   oration    in   August,    1817,   when   he   took   his 
degree  of  master  of  arts.     The  latter  was  afterwards  published. 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  with  Judge  Samuel  Prio- 
leau,  but  did  not  enter  upon  its  practice.      Inheriting  a  planta 
tion,  his  time  for  several  years  was  devoted  to  its  care.     During 
eighteen  years,  he  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  his  native 
state ;    and,  for  some  time  previous  to  his  decease,  he  held  a 
responsible  office  in  the  custom-house  in  Charleston.      He  mar 
ried,  6  January,  1819,  Emma  J.   Doughty,   by  whom  he  had 
six  children,  of  whom  one  son  and  two  daughters  survived  him. 

1815.  — HENRY  FELT  BAKER,  of  Cincinnati,  died  suddenly, 
of  congestion  of  the  brain,  in  Portsmouth,  O.,  20  February, 


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1857,  aged  59.  His  name,  originally,  was  Henry  Felt;  but 
his  father  having  died,  and  his  mother  marrying  Joseph  Baker, 
he  took  the  surname  of  his  step-father.  He  was  the  only  child 
of  Henry  Felt,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  6  November, 
1797.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  in  Salem,  under  the  instruction 
of  Josiah  Willard  Gibbs  (Y.  C.  1809).  Immediately  after 
graduating,  he  entered  the  counting-room  of  Baker  and  Hodges, 
of  Boston,  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring  a  mercantile  education. 
Here  he  remained  several  years,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved, 
Mr.  Hodges  retiring;  and  a  new  copartnership  was  formed, 
under  the  style  of  Joseph  Baker  and  Son.  This  firm  was,  after 
a  few  years'  continuance,  dissolved;  and  the  subject  of  this  notice 
went  to  London,  where  he  established  himself  as  a  merchant. 
He  remained  there  a  little  more  than  two  years,  and  returned  to 
Boston  in  the  autumn  of  1841.  Soon  afterwards,  he  went 
to  New  Orleans,  with  a  view  of  establishing  himself  in  that  city  ; 
but,  not  succeeding  according  to  his  wishes,  he  returned  to  Bos 
ton,  and  became  one  of  the  most  active  and  efficient  persons  in 
establishing  steam  flour-mills  in  East  Boston.  He  was  subse 
quently  treasurer  of  the  Flour-Mills  Company.  It  was  at  this 
period  that  he  exhibited  his  scientific  tastes  ;  and  he  was  led  to 
studies  and  investigations,  that  resulted,  in  1846,  in  the  patent 
of  an  invention,  and  the  issue  of  an  illustrative  pamphlet  entitled 
"Improvement  in  Steam-boiler  Furnaces."  The  value  of  this 
improvement,  whatever  the  strength  of  confidence  with  which 
he  regarded  it,  he  was  willing  that  its  own  intrinsic  merits  and 
practical  experience  should  determine.  A  year  or  two  after 
wards  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk 
in  a  bank,  and  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In 
1853  and  1854,  he  published,  in  two  parts,  a  work  on  "Banks 
and  Banking  in  the  United  States  ; "  which,  to  men  of  busi 
ness,  is  of  intrinsic  and  durable  value.  In  August,  1856, 
he  began  writing  a  series  of  articles,  which  were  published  in 
the  "  Banker's  Magazine,"  in  New  York,  illustrative  of  the 
specific  interests  to  which  that  periodical  is  dedicated.  These 
evidences  of  a  public  nature  establish  the  conclusion,  that,  even 
amid  the  active  and  sensitive  habits  of  mercantile  life,  he  did 


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not  suffer  his  mind  to  be  alienated  from  that  love  of  science  and 
letters  to  which  it  had  been  early  devoted.  He  was  not  an 
inattentive  observer  of  the  course  of  public  affairs  ;  and  he  will 
be  remembered  by  many  of  his  contemporaries  in  Boston  as 
always  in  sympathy  with  principles  of  high  honor  and  of  a 
large  and  generous  patriotism.  The  interests  of  private  virtue 
and  social  improvement  found  in  him  a  friend  and  benefactor. 
He  was  an  early  associate  and  patron  of  the  Young  Men's 
Mercantile-Library  Association  in  Boston,  and  always  watched 
its  success  with  the  interest  of  one  who  had,  in  some  measure, 
been  instrumental  in  its  establishment.  In  1828,  he  was  elected 
commander  of  the  Boston  Independent  Company  of  Cadets ;  a 
post  that  has  ever  been  connected  with  high  and  noble  bearing 
in  the  activities  of  life.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  polished  man 
ners  ;  and,  possessing  rare  colloquial  faculties,  his  acquaintance 
was  much  courted  in  fashionable  society.  He  was  often  called 
upon  to  preside  at  military  dinners  and  on  other  festive  occa 
sions,  which  he  did  with  a  grace  seldom  equalled.  He  married, 
21  November,  1822,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Boit, 
of  Jamaica  Plain,  Roxbury,  Mass.  ;  and  had  two^children,  —  a 
son  and  a  daughter,  —  who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him. 
His  son  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1848.  Of  his  domes 
tic  virtues  and  religious  aspirations,  of  his  firmness  in  trial,  his 
fortitude  in  disappointment,  his  trust  in  God,  and  his  hope  in 
his  Saviour,  it  is  given  to  those  who  were  united  with  him 
in  the  loved  and  loving  experiences  of  home  to  cherish  memories 
into  which  it  were  not  fitting  for  the  present  writer  to  enter. 
After  a  life  of  activity,  varied,  as  most  lives  are,  by  alternate 
elevations  and  depressions,  he  passed  away ;  and  his  grave  is 
found  in  the  quiet  and  beautiful  Spring-Grove  Cemetery,  in  the 
queen-city  of  the  West,  Cincinnati. 

1818.  —  WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS  CAESON  died  at  Sullivan's 
Island,  near  Charleston,  S.C.,  17  August,  1856,  aged  55.  He 
was  son  of  James  and  Eliza  (Neyle)  Carson,  and  was  born 
in  Charleston,  27  November,  1800.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Camden,  S.C.,  and  was  a  merchant  in  Charleston.  His  mother 
was  a  native  of  Exeter,  Eng.  Mr.  Carson  was  prepared  for 


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college,  in  Charleston,  by  an  Irishman  of  the  name  of  Moriarty, 
who  was  a  distinguished  scholar.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  medicine,  but  never  practised  ;  being  entirely  occupied 
with  his  business  as  a  planter.  This,  however,  did  not  exclude 
the  study  of  chemistry,  botany,  astronomy,  and  mechanics  ;  for 
all  which  he  had  a  strong  inclination.  He  married  Miss  Caro 
line  Petigru,  the  accomplished  and  interesting  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  James  Louis  Petigru,  the  special  friend  of  Daniel  Web 
ster,  and  the  head  of  the  Charleston  bar.  He  had  two  sons,  — 
William  and  James  Petigru,  —  who  survive  him,  as  does  also 
his  widow.  Mr.  Carson  always  preserved  the  liveliest  recollec 
tion  of  his  college  life  and  college  friends,  and  frequently  spoke 
of  revisiting  those  scenes  dear  to  his  youth  ;  but  his  devotion  to 
his  business  as  a  planter,  and  intendant  of  Sullivan's  Island, 
always  prevented  him  from  putting  this  wish  into  execution. 

1318.  —  CHARLES  WILLIAM  CUTTER  died  in  Chatfield, 
Minn.  Ter.,  6  August,  1856,  aged  57.  He  was  born  in  Ports 
mouth,  N.H.,  11  June,  1799.  He  studied  law  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  Jeremiah  Mason  (Y.C.  1788)  ;  and,  having  been  ad 
mitted  to  the  bar,  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  the  law  in 
Portsmouth.  For  several  years  he  was  a  contributor  to  the 
"Portsmouth  Journal/'  He  afterwards  entered  upon  the  political 
field;  and,  espousing  the  whig  cause,  was  a  writer  of  much  spirit. 
For  a  year  or  two,  he  became  a  resident  of  Dover,  N.H.  ;  where, 
about  1823,  he  established  the  "Dover  Republican."  From  July, 
1825,  to  January,  1830,  he  was  an  associate  editor  of  the 
"Portsmouth  Journal."  As  a  writer  and  public  speaker  he  was 
always  well  received,  and  enjoyed  a  confidence  which  was  re 
warded  by  the  honors  and  emoluments  of  office.  He  was  aide  to 
Levi  Woodbury  when  the  latter  was  governor  of  New  Hamp 
shire,  and  also  aide  to  Major-Gen.  Upham  for  several  years. 
He  several  times  represented  Portsmouth  in  the  New-Hampshire 
legislature,  held  the  offices  of  clerk  of  the  United-States  District 
and  Circuit  Courts  in  New  Hampshire,  naval  storekeeper  and 
navy-agent.  With  the  heads  of  the  national  government,  en 
joying  the  personal  friendship  of  Daniel  AVebster,  he  at  times 
possessed  an  influence  from  which  others  have  derived  advan- 

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130  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1856-57. 

tage.  But,  although  in  a  degree  successful  in  his  course,  he  ex 
pressed  deep  regrets  that  he  ever  left  his  profession  to  enter  the 
race  in  the  political  arena.  To  a  young  man  who  wished  his 
influence  at  Washington  for  an  office,  he  said,  "  I  would  caution 
every  young  man  to  follow  any  honest  calling  rather  than  rely 
for  support  on  any  public  office."  Well  informed  in  the  litera 
ture  of  the  day,  interested  in  all  that  relates  to  state  histori 
cal  researches,  the  promoter  of  the  interest  of  literary  institu 
tions,  the  ready  public  speaker,  whether  on  the  political  platform, 
at  the  forensic  club,  or  the  desk  at  the  Lyceum,  he  was  ever 
listened  to  with  attention  and  interest,  and  cheered  with  enthu 
siasm.  Though  his  aim  might  be  high  personal  position,  he  was 
ever  noble  and  generous-hearted  to  all;  and,  in  filial  affection, 
none  could  be  more  devoted.  He  was  never  married. 

1818. — Dr.  JOSHUA  HENSHAW  HAYWARD  died  in  Boston, 
2  December,  1856,  aged  59.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Dr. 
Lemuel  Hayward  (H.C.  1768),  and  was  born  in  Boston,  6 
February,  1797.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Boston  by  the 
celebrated  Ebenezer  Pemberton,  and  graduated  with  high 
honors.  On  leaving  college,  he  chose  the  medical  profession ; 
and,  having  completed  the  regular  course  of  studies,  was  admit 
ted  to  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1821.  He  then  went  to  Europe 
for  the  purpose  of  more  thoroughly  qualifying  himself  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  remained  in  Europe  three  years, 
and  embarked  at  Havre  for  New  York  on  board  the  packet-ship 
"Cadmus,"  Capt.  Allyn,  in  the  summer  of  1824  ;  being  a  fellow- 
passenger  with  Lafayette,  when  he  visited  the  United  States  as 
the  nation's  guest.  He  opened  an  office  in  Boston,  and  pursued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  a  few  years  ;  when  he  relinquished 
it,  and  became  a  partner  in  the  house  of  Fletcher  and  Hayward, 
wholesale  druggists.  Possessing  a  taste  for  the  fine  arts,  he,  a 
few  years  afterwards,  devoted  himself  to  portrait-painting,  which 
he  followed  for  some  time  with  good  success.  In  1849,  he  was 
appointed  a  weigher  in  the  Boston  custom-house  ;  which  office  he 
held  until  his  death.  He  was  a  gentleman  widely  known,  and 
universally  respected ;  of  an  amiable  disposition,  modest  and 
unobtrusive  in  manners,  and  unblemished  moral  character.  He 


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married  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  John  McLean,  of  Ohio,  judge 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Her  early  and 
sudden  death,  after  a  few  years  of  happy  union,  made  a  deep 
impression  upon  him,  which  was  never  effaced.  She  left  two 
children,  —  a  son  and  a  daughter ;  both  of  whom  survived  their 
father. 

1819.  —  Hon.  STEPHEN  CLARENDON  PHILLIPS,  of  Salem, 
Mass.,  was  lost  by  the  burning  of  the  steamboat  "Montreal,"  in 
the  river  St.  Lawrence,  on  the  passage  from  Quebec  to  Mon 
treal,  26  June,  1857.  He  was  the  only  child  of  Capt.  Stephen 
Phillips,  an  active  and  enterprising  shipmaster  and  merchant ; 
and  was  born  in  Salem,  4  November,  1801.  He  graduated 
with  high  honors  at  the  early  age  of  18.  After  leaving  college, 
he  began  the  study  of  law  ;  but  soon  relinquished  it,  and  entered 
upon  his  father's  business  as  a  merchant,  in  which  he  engaged 
with  great  energy  and  success.  While  yet  quite  young,  he  was 
called  into  the  public  service.  In  1824,  he  was  elected  a  repre 
sentative  for  Salem  to  the  state  legislature ;  which  office  he  held, 
by  successive  re-elections,  until  1830,  when  he  was  chosen  to  the 
senate,  where  he  remained  two  years  ;  and,  in  1832  and  1833,  he 
was  again  a  member  of  the  house  of  representatives.  In  1834, 
he  was  elected  a  representative  in  Congress  from  the  Essex  South 
District  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Hon. 
Rufus  Choate ;  and  continued  to  occupy  that  post  until  the 
autumn  of  1838,  when  he  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  Hon. 
Leverett  Saltonstall.  On  the  5th  December,  1838,  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Salem  ;  and  remained  in  office  until  March, 
1842,  when  he  voluntarily  retired,  giving  the  whole  of  his  three 
years'  salary,  amounting  to  twenty-four  hundred  dollars,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  public  schools  of  Salem.  In  1840,  he  was  one  of 
the  presidential-electors  for  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education  of  Massachusetts  from  1843  to  1852,  and 
a  trustee  of  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital  from  1844  to  1850.  Of 
positions  of  less  prominence,  which  he  filled  with  honor,  were 
those  of  president  of  the  Salem  Young-Men's  Temperance*  Socie 
ty,  organized  15  February,  1832  ;  trustee  and  president  of  the 
Bible  Society  of  Salem  and  vicinity ;  president  of  the  Salem 


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Moral  Society  ;  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Salem  Dispensary, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Salem  Savings-Bank.  In  1848,  he  left 
the  whig  party,  and  engaged  actively  in  the  free-soil  movement, 
in  the  success  of  which  his  sympathies  were  thoroughly  enlisted. 
He  was  the  candidate  of  that  party  for  governor  of  Massachu 
setts  in  that  and  the  following  year,  but  failed  of  an  election. 
From  that  time  he  withdrew  from  political  life.  In  private  life 
he  was  a  man  of  genial  disposition,  a  devoted  husband  and  fond 
parent ;  as  a  man  of  business  he  was  prompt  and  energetic  ; 
as  a  Christian  he  was  above  reproach.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Barton-square  Unitarian  Church,  where  he  was  a  constant 
attendant  for  thirty-six  years.  He  was  eminently  a  friend  of 
youth,  and  contributed  largely  to  the  support  of  the  Sunday- 
school.  Through  his  munificence  a  chapel  was  built ;  and  the 
church  and  society,  in  his  death,  lost  a  valued  friend  and 
member.  He  married,  first,  Jane  Appleton,  daughter  of  Wil- 
lard  Peele,  of  Salem  (H.C.  1792)  :  she  dying,  he  married, 
3  September,  1838,  Margaret  M.,  sister  of  his  former  wife. 
The  fruits  of  these  marriages  are  ten  children,  —  six  sons  and 
four  daughters.  Three  of  his  sons,  Stephen  Henry,  George 
William,  and  Charles  Appleton,  are  graduates  of  Harvard  Col 
lege  in  1842,  1847,  and  1860,  respectively. 

1820. — Rev.  WILLIAM  LAWRENCE  STEARNS  died  in  Chico- 
pee,  Mass.,  28  May,  1857,  aged  63.  He  was  son  of  Rev. 
Charles  (H.C.  1773)  and  Susanna  (Cowdry)  Stearns,  and  was 
born  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  30  October,  1793.  His  twin-brother, 
Daniel  Munroe  Stearns,  graduated  at  Brown  University  in 
1822.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father.  After  grad 
uating,  he  studied  divinity  under  his  father's  instruction,  and 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  1823.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
Unitarian  church  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  21  November,  1827. 
His  pastoral  relation  with  this  society  was  dissolved  30  March, 
1831.  He  wras  installed  at  Rowe,  Mass.,  30  January,  1833; 
where  he  labored  as  a  diligent  and  faithful  pastor  until  31  De 
cember,  1849,  when  he  was  dismissed,  and,  1  January,  1850, 
was  settled  over  the  Unitarian  church  in  Pembroke,  Mass.  He 
continued  Ins  labors  in  this  place  until  a  few  months  before  his 


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death,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  pastoral 
charge;  and  he  removed  to  Chicopee,  where  he  resided  in  the 
family  of  his  son  until  death  closed  his  earthly  career.  He  was 
married,  5  June,  1828,  to  Mary  Monroe,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Grace  (Bigelow)  Monroe,  of  Lincoln ;  and  had  four  chil 
dren,  three  sons  and  one  daughter,  of  whom  the  daughter  and 
one  son  died  before  their  father.  Mr.  Stearns  was  emphatically 
a  good  man,  an  honest,  worthy  Christian.  He  never  aimed  at 
eminence  or  sought  popularity,  but  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his 
way,  laboring  diligently  in  the  vocation  to  which  he  was  called, 
and  no  doubt  made  his  calling  and  election  sure.  His  religious 
sentiments,  and  his  views  of  the  course  a  minister  of  the  gospel 
ought  to  pursue,  are  well  expressed  in  the  following  extract  of  a 
letter  written  by  him  about  five  years  before  his  death  :  "  I  have 
good  reason  to  believe  my  ministerial  services  have  been  as  profit 
able,  in  a  moral  and  religious  point  of  view,  as  those  of  my 
brethren  who  have  had  larger  salaries  and  obtained  notoriety. 
All  kinds  and  degrees  of  transcendentalism  and  Germanism  I 
have  detested,  and  held  on  in  the  good  old  ways  of  evangelical 
preaching,  for  which  I  have  somewhat  lost  caste,  and  been  con 
sidered  a  little  old-fashioned ;  but  I  have  the  consolation  to 
think  I  have  in  no  way  been  accessory  to  infidelity,  come- 
outism,  and  the  other  abominations  in  which  the  times  abound. 
I  wish  we  had  in  our  denomination  fewer  of  what  are  called 
smart  preachers,  and  more  of  those  who  teach  for  doctrine  the 
commands  of  God,  and  the  simplicity  of  the  truth  by  Jesus 
Christ." 

1#22.  —  SAMUEL  MAXNIXG  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  16  May, 
1857,  aged  54.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (H.C.  1797)  and 
Lucy  (Cogswell)  Manning,  and  was  born  in  Westford,  Mass., 
6  July,  1802  ;  but,  from  the  age  of  eight  years  until  he  entered 
college,  had  his  home  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  was  fitted  for 
admission  at  Lancaster  Academy  under  the  instruction  of  Pres. 
Jared  Sparks  (II.  C.  1815)  ;  but  on  account  of  his  youth, 
being  then  only  fifteen  years  of  age,  he  remained  one  year  longer 
at  the  academy  under  Mr.  Sparks's  successor,  George  Barrell 
Emerson  (H.C.  1817),  and  entered  in  1818.  In  his  freshman 


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year,  he  taught  a  school  in  Lancaster ;  and,  in  the  winter  of  his 
senior  year,  in  Leominster.  He  was  captain  of  the  college 
company ;  and,  at  that  time,  Capt.  Shaw,  of  the  United-States 
navy,  was  under  suspension.  It  was  intimated  to  the  company 
that  it  would  be  agreeable  to  Capt.  Shaw  to  see  them.  Manning 
asked  Pres.  Kirkland's  permission.  The  president  inquired 
whether  they  intended  to  visit  Capt.  Shaw  as  an  officer,  or  as 
a  private  citizen.  Manning  replied,  "As  a  private  citizen." 
The  company  went,  and  saluted  Shaw  as  had  always  been  the 
custom  of  saluting  their  hosts.  This  gave  great  offence  to 
the  officers  of  the  court-martial,  among  whom  was  Com.  Hull  ; 
and,  shortly  afterwards,  Hull  published  a  communication  in  a 
newspaper,  asking  to  what  literary  institution  they  were  indebted 
for  the  insult  they  had  received.  The  consequence  was,  Man 
ning  was  deprived  of  a  part  he  was  to  have  performed  at  Com 
mencement.  It  was  his  intention,  through  college,  to  study 
medicine  with  his  father ;  and,  accordingly,  he  attended  the 
medical  lectures  in  Boston  the  first  winter  after  he  graduated. 
But  his  father  died  11  October,  1822  ;  and  he  relinquished  the 
plan  of  pursuing  the  medical  profession.  In  1823,  he  went  to 
Maryland,  and  taught  a  school  of  twenty  or  thirty  scholars 
in  Baltimore  County,  about  eight  miles  from  the  city  of  Balti 
more,  for  two  years.  During  the  winter  of  1825—6,  he  studied 
Spanish  under  Cubi  y  Soler  ;  and,  the  following  spring,  went  to 
Mexico,  about  eighty  miles  from  the  city,  to  Timascaltapec, 
as  agent  for  a  silver-mining  company.  In  the  summer  of  1827, 
he  sailed  from  Vera  Cruz  in  a  schooner  for  Philadelphia,  and  the 
voyage  occupied  sixty-five  days.  They  were  twenty  days 
becalmed  in  the  Gulf.  The  vessel  had  neither  quadrant  nor 
compass  ;  and,  for  twenty  days,  all  on  board  were  reduced  to  an 
allowance  of  one  biscuit  and  one  pint  of  water  each  a  day.  The 
vessel,  too,  was  leaky;  and  all  were  obliged  to  take  their  turns 
at  the  pumps  fifteen  minutes  successively,  until  they  got  into 
Tampa  Bay.  He  lost  his  hat  soon  after  leaving  Vera  Cruz,  and 
had  only  a  paper  one,  which  he  made  to  keep  off  the  heat  of 
the  tropical  climate.  In  the  spring  of  1829,  he  returned  to  Bal 
timore,  and  on  the  10th  of  June,  the  same  year,  was  married  to 


1856-57.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  135 

Miss  Susan  Shepard,  of  Baltimore  ;  and  they  passed  the  summer 
at  Cambridge,  Mass.  In  October,  he,  with  his  wife,  went  to 
Mexico,  and  returned  the  following  spring.  A  few  months 
afterwards,  he  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Baltimore,  having  attended 
to  the  study  of  law  at  such  intervals  as  he  had  after  first  going  to 
that  city.  He  wras  quite  successful  in  the  profession,  and  con 
tinued  in  practice  until  the  spring  of  1838,  when  he  removed  to 
a  farm  a  few  miles  from  Palmyra  in  Missouri.  The  first  ground 
broken  on  his  farm  was  to  bury  one  of  his  five  children.  He 
intended  to  practise  law ;  but  he  lost  his  law-books  on  the  way 
out.  The  Ohio  was  low,  and  he  had  the  promise  that  his  books 
should  go  by  the  next  boat ;  but  the  last  he  heard  of  them  was 
that  the  boxes  on  which  his  name  was  marked  were  seen  floatin^ 

o 
in  the  river.      Then  he  lost  several  hundred  dollars'  worth  of 

fencing  by  prairie  fire,  and  other  misfortunes  followed.  Subse- 
sequently  he  lived  for  a  time  at  St.  Louis,  where  he  was  still 
unsuccessful.  About  1843,  he  returned  to  Baltimore,  where  he 
remained  until  his  death.  For  some  time,  he  was  in  the  office 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company  ;  and  afterwards  in 
the  coal  and  iron  business,  as  one  of  the  firm  of  Manning, 
Stimpson,  and  Co.  Latterly  he  was  in  the  hardware  business  with 
his  brother  Joseph,  at  the  Avalon  Iron-works.  For  the  last 
year,  he  felt  that  he  had  a  heart  disease,  and  often  said  that 
he  should  die  suddenly.  About  four  weeks  before  his  death,  he 
was  taken  with  hemorrhage  from  the  stomach,  which  con 
fined  him  for  several  days.  He  recovered,  and  went  daily  to 
the  iron- works.  On  the  15th  of  May,  on  the  way  to  the 
cars,  on  his  return,  he  was  taken  with  fainting,  which  was 
immediately  followed  by  paralysis ;  and  he  died  about  one 
o'clock  on  the  following  morning.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  fine 
personal  appearance,  great  suavity  of  manner,  and  of  unblem 
ished  integrity. 

1823.  — Rev.  WILLIAM  PARSONS  LUNT,  of  Quincy,  Mass., 
died  at  Akabah,  a  town  in  Arabia  Petraea,  21  March,  1857,  aged 
51.  He  left  Boston  on  the  31st  December  last  to  make  the  tour 
of  Europe,  intending  to  return  in  July  following ;  and  was  on  a 
journey  to  visit  some  of  the  spots  memorable  in  sacred  history, 


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with  the  intention  of  proceeding  to  Jerusalem.  He  was  attacked, 
while  in  the  desert,  with  an  illness  which  seemed  to  be  a  sharp 
seizure  of  rheumatism  ;  and  it  was  with  some  difficulty  that  he 
could  reach  Akabah.  Here  his  disorder  increased  in  violence  ; 
assumed  a  more  distinct  febrile  type  :  delirium  supervened,  and 
death  closed  the  scene.  His  last  moments  were  soothed  by  the 
kindness  and  attention  of  two  English  gentlemen  —  one  of  them 
a  clergyman — with  whom  he  had  for  some  time  been  travelling  ; 
and  one  of  his  own  countrymen, — Rev.  Mr.  Dowdney,  of  New 
York,  — who  was  at  Akabah,  performed  the  last  sacred  office  to 
his  remains.  He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Greene)  Lunt, 
and  was  born  in  Newburyport,  21  April,  1805.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Milton  Academy,  and  graduated  with  high  honors. 
On  leaving  college,  it  was  his  intention  to  have  pursued  the  pro 
fession  of  law ;  and  accordingly  he  entered,  as  a  student,  the 
office  of  Charles  Pelham  Curtis  (H.C.  1811) ,  of  Boston.  After 
studying  one  year,  he  changed  his  mind,  relinquished  the  study 
of  law,  and  entered  the  Theological  School  at  Cambridge  for 
the  purpose  of  studying  for  the  ministry.  After  completing  his 
studies,  he  was  invited  to  take  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Second 
Unitarian  Church  (now  the  Church  of  the  Messiah)  in  the  city 
of  New  York.  This  invitation  he  accepted,  and  was  accord 
ingly  ordained  19  June,  1828.  His  pastoral  relation  with  that 
church  was  dissolved  19  November,  1833  ;  and  he  was  installed 
over  the  Unitarian  church  in  Quincy,  3  June,  1835,  where  he 
faithfully  labored  until  his  death,  — a  period  of  nearly  twenty- 
two  years.  He  married,  14  May,  1829,  Ellen  Hobart,  daugh 
ter  of  Barnabas  Hedge  (H.C.  1783),  of  Plymouth,  Mass., 
and  had  seven  children,  —  four  daughters  and  two  sons, — of 
whom  six,  with  their  mother,  survived  him  :  one  child  died  in 
infancy.  Dr.  Lunt  was  one  of  the  most  popular  and  eloquent 
divines  of  the  day,  and  was  greatly  beloved  by  the  society  among 
whom  he  had  labored  so  long.  His  writings,  both  in  prose  and 
poetry,  display  a  singularly  pure  taste  and  classic  refinement,  and 
have  been  much  admired.  Quiet,  unobtrusive,  and  refined  in  his 
manners,  he  sought  rather  to  do  good  than  to  court  popularity. 
He  was  a  learned  and  accurate  historian,  and  was  a  member  of 


1856-57.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  137 

the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  In  1850,  the  honorary 
degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Har 
vard  College. 

1823.  —  Dr.  JOHN  MARSH,  of  Contra  Costa,  Cal.,  was 
murdered  about  two  miles  from  Martinez,  Cal.,  by  two  Span 
iards,  named  Jose  Antonio  Olivas  and  Felipe  Morena,  on  the 
evening  of  24  September,  1856.  He  was  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Marsh,  and  was  born  in  that  part  of  Danvers, 
Mass.,  which  is  comprised  within  the  limits  of  South  Danvers, 
5  June,  1799.  His  great-grandfather's  name  was  Ezekiel.  He 
died  the  same  year  that  John  was  born.  The  paternal  estate 
was  given  by  will  to  John's  father.  It  has  been  in  the  Marsh 
family  for  more  than  one  hundred  years.  The  subject  of  this 
notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in  Lancaster,  Mass. 
When  a  boy,  he  was  more  remarkable  for  active  exercises  than 
for  abstruse  studies.  The  groves  and  the  brooks  around  will  bear 
testimony  to  his  adroitness  in  capturing  their  tenants.  No  fox, 
squirrel,  or  muskrat,  could  live  in  peace  where  John  wandered. 
Shortly  after  he  graduated,  he  went  to  the  Western  coun 
try,  where  he  secured  employment  as  Indian  agent  at  one  of 
the  government  stations  on  the  Upper  Mississippi.  While  in 
this  region,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  a  physician 
who  died  before  the  regular  course  was  completed,  and  he 
did  not  finisji  the  usual  term.  He  then  removed  across  the 
country  to  California,  where  he  established  himself  as  a  physi 
cian.  His  personal  appearance  was  commanding ;  his  adroit 
ness  as  a  manager  by  no  means  wanting.  He  had  the  good 
fortune  to  obtain  from  the  Mexican  Government  a  grant  of  land 
on  and  about  Monte  Diablo,  and  settled  thereon  in  the  business 
of  rearing  cattle ;  and  his  herds  became  as  numerous  as  those  of 
the  patriarch  of  old.  When  the  gold  fever  began  to  rage,  Dr. 
Marsh's  lands  began  to  advance  in  worth,  and  it  is  not  now  easy 
to  estimate  their  value.  The  title  to  a  large  part  of  his  claim 
was  confirmed  to  him  since  the  United  States  came  in  possession 
of  the  territory.  On  all  hands,  it  is  admitted  that  his  posses 
sions  are  large  and  valuable.  He  was  married  in  California,  in 
June,  1851,  to  Miss  Abba  Tuck,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  who 

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went  thence  to  seek  her  fortune  as  an  instructress.  She  died 
before  the  doctor,  leaving  one  daughter,  four  years  old,  as  his 
only  legal  heir.  Dr.  Marsh  had  four  brothers  and  two  sisters. 
The  standing  of  the  family  has  ever  been  that  of  substantial, 
respectable  farmers.  His  father  survived  him,  a  vigorous  old 
gentleman  of  the  age  of  eighty  years.  He  had  one  brother  who 
graduated  at  Yale,  and  was  educated  for  the  ministry,  but  died 
young. 

The  following  additional  particulars  of  Dr.  Marsh's  life  and 
character  are  extracted  from  a  letter  written  by  a  gentleman 
formerly  of  Salem,  but  who  has  for  some  years  past  been  a  resi 
dent  of  California.  It  is  dated  San  Francisco,  Dec.  11,  1856. 

"  He  [Dr.  Marsh]  had  seen  much  of  life  ;  was  a  keen  observer 
of  men  and  things  ;  had  much  general  information  ;  read  much, 
and  was  very  ready  and  willing  to  communicate  of  his  knowledge 
to  others.  He  was  a  very  thorough  Spanish  and  French 
scholar,  speaking  and  writing  both  languages  with  great  fluency 
and  correctness.  In  his  residence  for  several  years  in  the 
Western  states  as  an  Indian  agent,  he  obtained  a  more  perfect 
knowledge  of  the  habits,  manners,  and  dialects  of  the  various 
Indian  tribes  than  any  other  person,  I  suspect,  except  Mr. 
Schoolcraft.  His  mind  was  a  sound  and  logical  one,  capable  of 
thoroughly  discussing  and  fully  comprehending  most  subjects. 
His  good  judgment,  together  with  his  resolute  and  adventurous 
spirit,  would,  I  think,  have  made  him  distinguished  as  a  soldier. 
I  am  not  aware  that  he  saw  more  service  than  while  in  com 
mand  of  a  company  of  rangers  in  the  Black-Hawk  war,  under 
Gen.  Atkinson.  All  his  qualities  of  mind,  and  experiences  of  life, 
made  him  a  most  entertaining  and  instructive  companion.  His 
long  residence  in  California,  and  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
history  of  the  country  in  early  times,  induced  Mr.  Larkin  and 
other  pioneers  in  the  settlement  of  the  state  often  to  urge  him  to 
write  an  account  of  the  most  important  portions  of  its  history. 
For  such  a  work  he  was  eminently  qualified  ;  but  his  own  affairs 
had  too  many  claims  upon  his  time  and  thoughts  to  allow  him 
to  do  so.  He  came  to  this  state  in  1836,  and  spent  six  months 
after  his  arrival  in  exploring  the  state,  to  select  a  location.  The 


1836-57.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  139 

one  upon  which  he  finally  decided  is  situated  beyond  the  coast 
range  of  mountains,  and  at  the  foot  of  Monte  Diablo,  a  high  moun 
tain  across  the  bay,  and  in  full  view  from  Stfn  Francisco.  At  the 
time  he  came  here,  land  had  not  much  value  ;  and  he  purchased 
the  estate  of  Signor  Norriega,  a  native  of  California,  for  almost 
a  nominal  sum.  There  are  about  fifty  thousand  acres  of  land 
included  in  the  estate.  Much  of  it  is  excellent  for  cultivation  ; 
but  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  business  of  cattle-raising, 
gradually  increasing  his  stock,  till  he  had,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  some  four  or  five  thousand  head.  He  lived  for  many 
years  in  an  adobe  house,  which  he  built  with  the  assistance  of 
Indians  hired  for  the  purpose.  He  was  twice  plundered  in  early 
times  by  gangs  of  thieves,  to  which  his  almost  solitary  mode  of  life 
exposed  him.  When  the  gold-fever  broke  out  in  this  state,  all 
the  persons  in  his  employment  left  him,  and  went  to  the  mines. 
He  went  there  likewise,  and  \vas  tolerably  successful ;  but  fell 
sick  in  a  short  time,  and  returned  to  his  rancho.  The  growth 
of  San  Francisco  and  other  cities  and  towns  has  of  late  greatly 
increased  the  value  of  his  property,  as  it  has  opened  a  market 
for  cattle,  which  of  course,  in  early  times,  did  not  exist.  He 
had  just  completed  a  beautiful  house,  and  was  making  arrange 
ments  for  that  comfort  and  enjoyment  which  he  had  for  many 
years  denied  himself.  But  he  was  not  permitted  to  carry  out  his 
plans,  and  to  spend  the  evening  of  his  life  in  ease  and  enjoyment, 
as  he  had  contemplated.  He  was  doomed  to  death  by  felon  hands 
at  the  very  time  when  all  life's  projects  seemed  to  be  accom 
plished,  and  the  burden  and  heat  of  the  day  was  to  be  succeeded 
by  rest  and  enjoyment.  Truly  the  ways  of  Providence  are 
inscrutable  ! " 

The  writer  of  the  above  extract  states  previously  that  he  had 
received  a  letter  from  the  doctor  the  day  but  one  before  his  death, 
requesting  him  to  go  with  the  bearer  of  the  note  to  give  evidence 
against  some  cattle-thieves,  who  had  committed  many  depreda 
tions  on  his  property.  The  doctor  intended  to  visit  San  Fran 
cisco  on  the  day  of  his  assassination.  He  started  about  noon  in 
his  buggy  for  Martinez,  about  twenty  miles  from  his  residence, 
where  he  would  take  water  conveyance  to  San  Francisco  ;  and 


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about  dark,  when  two  miles  from  Martinez,  he  was  met  by  the  two 
wretches,  who,  it  is  supposed,  threw  a  lasso  over  him,  and  then 
dirked  him.  He  never  could  be  induced  to  go  armed,  although 
so  exposed  to  peril  in  consequence  of  plunderers  of  his  timber 
and  cattle,  against  whom  he  had  instituted  legal  proceedings. 
The  two  murderers,  however,  were  not  among  this  class  of  per 
sons.  The}7  were  men  who  had  been  in  his  employ,  and  who 
knew  his  habits.  It  is  conjectured  that  they  knew  of  his  having 
four  hundred  dollars  about  his  person,  which,  together  with  the 
gold  watch,  were  taken.  Dr.  Marsh  retained  a  warm  attach 
ment  for  his  friends,  and  was  intending  to  visit  his  native  town 
the  following  spring. 

1825. — Dr.  JOHN  GOODHUE  TREADWELL  died  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  6  August,  1856,  aged  51.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  John 
Dexter  Treadwell  (H.C.  1788)  and  Dorothy  (Goodhue) 
Treadwell ;  was  born  in  Salem,  1  August,  1805  ;  and  was  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Latin  School  in  Salem.  He  held  a  high  rank 
as  a  scholar  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinguished 
honors.  Immediately  after  graduation,  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  William  Johnson  Walker, 
of  Charlestown  (H.C.  1810).  He  attended  two  courses  of 
medical  lectures  in  Boston,  one  in  New  York,  and  spent  one  sea 
son  in  a  dissecting-room  in  Baltimore.  Having  completed  his 
medical  studies,  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1828.  In 
August,  1829,  he  went  to  London ;  in  the  spring  of  1830,  to 
Dublin  ;  and  the  following  summer  to  Paris,  at  the  time  of  the 
revolution,  the  scenes  of  which  he  saw.  Thence  he  went  again 
to  London,  and  returned  home  in  November,  1830.  He  then 
established  himself  as  a  physician  in  Salem,  when  he  rose  rapid 
ly  to  distinction,  and  in  a  few  years  stood  at  the  head  of  the 
medical  profession  in  his  native  city.  When  thus  in  the  full 
tide  of  a  successful  and  lucrative  practice,  in  November,  1839, 
he  made  a  post-mortem  examination  of  a  child  which  had  died 
of  scarlet  fever  ;  and,  through  a  slight  sore  on  one  of  his  fingers, 
the  virus  became  infused  into  his  system,  which  affected  him 
severely,  although  he  continued  his  practice  until  March,  1841, 
when  he  was  obliged  to  give  up,  and  did  nothing  for  two  or 


1856-57.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  141 

three  years.  He  subsequently,  however,  so  far  recovered,  that 
he  was  consulted  at  home,  and  occasionally  visited  some  of  his 
patients.  His  father  died  6  June,  1833,  at  the  age  of  65  ;  and 
he  lived  with  his  mother,  who  survived  him.  He  was  never  mar 
ried.  He  was  somewhat  eccentric,  but  was  enthusiastically  fond 
of  his  profession,  ignored  almost  every  thing  but  that,  and  read 
scarcely  any  work  that  did  not  pertain  to  it.  By  his  will  he  made 
several  valuable  public  bequests.  The  principal  one,  amounting 
to  nearly  fifty  thousand  dollars,  was  to  Harvard  College,  for  the 
establishment  of  a  free  course  of  medical  lectures.  The  property 
appropriated  for  this  purpose  was  given  to  the  college  after  the 
decease  of  his  mother,  who  was  then  about  eighty  years  of  age. 
The  principal  conditions  of  this  bequest  are,  that  the  money  is 
to  be  appropriated  to  the  establishment  of  professorships  of  anat 
omy  and  physiology.  The  candidates  for  these  offices  are  to  be 
examined,  before  appointment,  by  a  commission  of  experienced 
men,  after  the  custom  of  the  French  university.  If  the  income 
of  the  funds  appropriated  should  not  be  sufficient  for  the  support 
of  the  professors,  then  they  are  to  be  allowed  to  lecture  before  pri 
vate  classes,  but  not  to  the  Lowell  Institute  or  to  public  lyceums. 
His  valuable  library,  containing  all  the  latest  medical  European 
publications,  was  left  to  the  college  under  certain  conditions.  In 
case  the  college  authorities  should  not  accede  to  the  conditions  of 
the  will,  the  whole  amount,  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  goes 
to  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  without  conditions.  A 
valuable  theological  library  he  bequeathed  to  the  Barton-square 
Church,  in  Salem,  for  the  use  of  the  pastor.  A  fine  farm  of 
seventy  acres,  situated  in  Topsfield,  Mass.,  he  left  to  the  Essex 
Agricultural  Society,  for  the  purposes  of  an  experimental  farm. 
1828.  — HENRY  SWASEY  McKEAN  died  in  Boston,  17  May, 
1857,  aged  47.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  (H.C.  1794) 
and  Amy  (Swasey)  McKean,  and  wras  born  in  Boston,  9  Feb 
ruary,  1810.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Latin  School  in 
Boston,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  In  the  winter  of  his 
senior  year,  he  kept  school  at  Nine-acre  Corner,  in  Concord, 
Mass.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he  was  employed  as  as 
sistant  in  the  private  school  of  Charles  Winston  Greene  (H.C. 


142  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1856-57. 

1802),  at  Jamaica  Plain  ;  but  was  taken  sick  a  few  weeks  after 
wards,  and  left.  He  next  taught  a  school  a  short  time  in  Cam 
bridge.  In  January,  1830,  he  entered  the  Law  School  in  Cam 
bridge,  where  he  remained  about  six  months  ;  when,  on  the  18th 
of  August  the  same  year,  he  was  appointed  tutor  in  Latin  in 
Harvard  College  ;  which  office  he  held  until  August,  1835,  when 
he  resigned,  and  began  the  study  of  engineering  under  Loammi 
Baldwin  (H.C.  1800),  of  Charlestown,  and  continued  in  this 
profession,  with  some  intervals,  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
For  this  occupation  he  had  peculiar  qualifications,  as  he  was  an 
excellent  mathematician,  and  wras  thoroughly  versed  in  the  theo 
retical  part  of  the  profession.  He  had  an  accurate  eye,  was  an 
excellent  draughtsman,  and  performed  with  great  neatness  all  the 
mechanical  work  which  his  duties  required.  During  part  of 
1842,  he  was  engaged  in  instruction  in  Georgia,  and  in  1845-6 
in  New  Jersey.  From  July,  1842,  until  May,  1845,  he  was 
librarian  of  the  Mercantile-Library  Association  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  during  which  time  he  made  the  catalogue  of  the 
library.  From  July,  1846,  to  October,  1848,  he  was  employed 
as  assistant  engineer  of  the  second  division  of  the  Boston  Water 
works,  residing  at  Newton  Lower  Falls  ;  his  friend  Mr.  Ches- 
borough  being  the  official  chief.  Here  he  labored  with  great 
assiduity  and  skill,  and  earned  the  praise  and  confidence  of  those 
who  were  intrusted  with  the  supervision  and  responsibility  of 
that  enterprise.  Two  of  the  works  constructed  under  his  imme 
diate  charge  —  abridge  across  the  river  Charles,  and  an  em 
bankment  over  which  the  aqueduct  is  carried,  and  under  which 
the  county  road  goes  —  have  been  mentioned  as  works  reflecting 
great  credit  on  his  skill  and  science.  He  continued  in  the  ser 
vice  of  the  city  so  long  as  Mr.  Chesborough  was  chief  engineer ; 
and,  upon  that  gentleman's  removal  from  the  city,  Mr.  McKean 
resigned  his  place,  and  opened  an  office  as  engineer  on  his  own 
account.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  meditating  a  change 
of  occupation,  and  proposing  to  engage  in  some  literary  em 
ployment.  He  married,  3  November,  1851,  Anna  H.  Hosmer, 
of  Camden,  Me.,  and  had  one  child.  His  life  was  eminently 
pure,  honorable,  and  faithful.  He  had  excellent  capacities, 


1856-57.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  143 

trained  by  thorough  and  careful  preparation  ;  and  vet  his  success 
in  life  was  not  commensurate  with  his  gifts  and  accomplishments. 
No  man  was  less  zealous  to  set  forth  his  own  claims,  or  more 
inclined  to  recognize  the  claims  of  others.  His  health  was  not 
robust.  His  temperament  was  sensitive,  and  inclined  to  melan 
choly,  which  affected  him  to  such  a  degree,  as  to  induce,  occa 
sionally,  mental  alienation,  in  a  paroxysm  of  which  he  ended  his 
life  with  his  own  hand.  He  was  a  man  of  warm  domestic  and 
social  affections  ;  and  in  his  relations  of  friend,  son,  brother, 
husband,  and  father,  he  tasted  the  purest  joys  of  which  the  heart 
is  capable.  He  was  often  tried,  alike  by  external  disappoint 
ments  and  by  struggles  with  his  own  peculiar  temperament ; 
but  he  never  lost  his  sense  of  the  paternal  relations  of  God,  and 
never  murmured  at  any  dispensation  of  his  providence. 

1830.  —  Hon.  THOMAS  HOPKINSON  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  17  November,  1856,  aged  52.  He  was  son  of  Theo- 
philus  and  Susanna  (Allen)  Hopkinson,  and  was  born  in  New 
Sharon,  Me.,  25  August,  1804.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
the  academy  in  Farmington,  Me.,  and  graduated  with  the 
highest  honors  of  his  class.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied 
law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Luther  Lawrence  (H.C. 
1801)  ;  and,  on  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  became  his  partner, 
and  began  to  practise  in  Lowell.  He  was  married,  1  Novem 
ber,  1836,  to  Corinna  Aldrich  Prentiss,  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
and  Diantha  (Aldrich)  Prentiss,  of  Keene,  N.H.  ;  with  whom 
he  lived  in  uninterrupted  harmony  and  happiness  for  twenty 
years.  In  his  profession,  he  soon  rose  to  an  eminent  rank  ;  and 
was  extensively  known  as  an  able  lawyer  and  safe  counsellor.  He 
was  elected  a  representative  from  Lowell  to  the  state  legislature 
in  1838  and  1845  ;  and,  in  1846,  he  was  chosen  senator  from 
Middlesex  District.  He  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  rail 
roads  at  a  time  when  the  situation  was  one  of  great  importance. 
In  1848,  he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  ; 
but  resigned  his  seat  on  the  bench  the  following  year,  having 
been  elected  president  of  the  Boston  and  Worcester  Eailroad  Cor 
poration.  When  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  as 
president,  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  lived  until  the  autumn 


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of  1855  ;  when  he  removed  to  Cambridge,  and  there  resided 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  convention  called  in 
1853  for  revising  the  constitution  of  the  state.  In  the  discharge 
of  his  duties,  he  was  conscientious,  judicious,  and  indefatigable  ; 
and  entered  into  the  various  details  so  minutely,  that  the  labor 
and  anxiety,  in  connection,  perhaps,  with  organic  tendencies  to 
disease,  seriously  impaired  his  health.  In  May,  1856,  he  went 
to  Europe ;  travelled  in  England,  Scotland,  France,  Germany, 
Holland,  the  upper  part  of  Italy ;  and  spent  some  time  in  Swit 
zerland.  On  his  return,  he  was  not  able  to  resume  his  duties, 
but  rapidly  sank  away,  until  death  terminated  his  severe  suf 
ferings. 

1831.  — Rev.  NATHANIEL  TUCKER  BENT  died  in  Worcester, 
Mass.,  4  November,  1856,  aged  46.  He  was  son  of  Josiahand 
Susannah  Bent,  and  was  born  in  Milton,  Mass.,  30  July,  1810. 
He  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  admission  to  college  under 
the  instruction  of  his  brother,  Rev.  Josiah  Bent,  of  Weymouth 
(H.C.  1822),  and  completed  them  at  Phillips  Academy  in  An- 
dover.  He  held  a  distinguished  rank  in  college,  and  graduated 
with  high  honors.  After  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of 
divinity  at  the  Episcopal  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York  ;  and 
finished  his  studies,  under  the  instruction  of  Bishop  Alexander 
Viets  Griswold,  at  Salem.  He  was  ordained  as  deacon  at 
Salem,  and  was  afterwards  instituted  as  rector  over  the  follow 
ing  churches  :  viz.,  Grace  Church,  in  New  Bedford,  where  he 
remained  five  years  ;  St.  John's,  in  Charlestown,  two  years  ; 
St.  Thomas's,  in  Taunton,  five  years  ;  St.  John's,  in  Bangor, 
Me.,  two  and  a  half  years  ;  All  Saints',  in  Worcester,  two  and 
a  half  years  ;  and  Grace  Church,  again,  in  New  Bedford,  a  few 
months.  He  retired  from  the  ministry  in  1853,  and  removed  to 
Worcester,  where  he  taught  a  private  school  for  young  ladies, 
which  he  continued  until  his  death.  He  married,  18  June, 
1834,  Catharine  E.  D.  Metcalf,  eldest  daughter  of  Col.  Eliab 
W.  Metcalf,  of  Cambridge  ;  and  had  four  children  by  birth,  and 
one  by  adoption  ;  three  of  whom,  including  the  adopted  one,  are 
now  living.  Mr.  Bent  was  a  man  of  rare  abilities,  and,  when 
engaged  in  the  active  duties  of  the  ministry,  was  very  popular 


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and  efficient  as  rector.  Much  might  be  said  truly  in  praise  of 
his  fidelity  to  all  the  details  of  parochial  duty,  the  interest  he 
took  in  promoting  musical  taste  in  its  sacred  department,  his 
zeal  in  missionary  enterprises,  and  the  genial  flow  which  he 
manifested  in  social  life.  Not  a  few  of  his  former  parishioners 
an4  friends  will  long  cherish  a  most  kindly  remembrance  of  him 
as  a  beloved  and  respected  pastor. 

The  mortality  of  the  class  of  1831,  of  which  Rev.  Mr.  Bent 
was  a  member,  was  very  great  during  the  first  twenty  years 
after  graduation  ;  twenty-four  of  the  sixty-five  members  of  the 
class  having  died  before  the  systematic  publication  of  the  obituary 
notices  commenced  in  the  year  1852.  The  following  list  com 
prises  a  brief  notice  of  these  twenty-four  :  William  Austin, 
jun.,  a  school-teacher,  son  of  Hon.  William  and  Charlotte  (Wil 
liams)  Austin,  born  in  Charlestown,  15  September,  1811  ;  died 
of  typhus  fever,  in  Groton,  8  January,  1835  ;  never  married. 
Rufus  Bigelow,  son  of  Tyler  and  Clarissa  (Bigelow)  Bigelow, 
born  in  Watertown,  3  June,  1809  ;  died  of  consumption,  in 
Watertovvn,  6  July,  1832 ;  never  married.  Robert  Adams 
Coker,  a  school-teacher,  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Adams) 
Coker,  born  in  Newbury,  19  March,  1807  ;  died  of  consump 
tion,  in  West  Newbury,  30  March,  1833  ;  unmarried.  George 
Clinton  Coombs,  a  lawyer,  born  in  1810  ;  died  of  consumption, 
in  New  Bedford,  16  March,  1835  ;  unmarried.  Edward  Cruft, 
jun.,  a  lawyer,  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Storer)  Cruft, 
born  in  Boston,  7  May,  1811  ;  died  of  hemorrhage  from  the 
lungs,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  23  April,  1846;  unmarried.  Jere 
miah  George  Fitch,  a  lawyer,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Rand) 
Fitch,  born  in  Boston,  19  February,  1810  ;  died  of  dropsy  at 
Orono,  Me.,  25  February,  184'5  ;  unmarried.  John  Giles,  jun., 
a  lawyer,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Adams)  Giles,  born  in  Towns- 
end,  3  March,  1806  ;  died  of  consumption,  at  Townsend,  14 
June,  1838  ;  unmarried.  William  Cabot  Gorham,  a  merchant, 
son  of  Hon.  Benjamin  and  Susan  (Lowell)  Gorham,  born  in 
Boston,  in  the  year  1814  ;  died  of  typhus  fever,  in  Boston, 
18  April,  1843  ;  unmarried.  Robert  Habersham,  jun.,  a  stu 
dent  of  law,  son  of  Robert  Habersham,  of  Savannah,  Ga.  ;  died 

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of  typhus  fever,  at  Savannah,  30  August,  1832,  aged  twenty 
years  ;  unmarried.  Charles  George  Clinton  Hale,  son  of  Moses 
and  Mary  Hale,  born  in  Winchenden,  August,  1812  ;  died  of 
consumption,  in  New  York,  6  May,  1832  ;  unmarried.  John 
George  McKean,  a  lawyer,  son  of  Rev.  Prof.  Joseph  and  Amy 
(Swasey)  McKean,  born  in  Cambridge,  1  December,  1811  ; 
died  of  spinal  disease,  in  Cambridge,  31  January,  1851  ;  un 
married.  Benjamin  Franklin  Parker,  a  physician,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Eusebia  Parker,  born  in  Roxbury,  21  November, 
1810;  died  of  consumption,  in  Roxbury,  27  February,  1844; 
unmarried.  John  Peters,  a  merchant,  son  of  John  and  Char 
lotte  (Langdon)  Peters,  of  Boston;  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y., 
17  July,  1846  ;  unmarried.  Francis  James  Russell,  a  merchant, 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Martha  (Le  Baron)  Russell,  born  in  Ply 
mouth,  11  September,  1811  ;  died  in  Plymouth,  of  typhus 
fever,  6  September,  1833  ;  unmarried.  Francis  Henry  Silsbee, 
who  studied  law,  and  subsequently  became  a  bank-officer,  son  of 
Zachariah  F.  and  Sarah  (Boardman)  Silsbee,  born  in  Salem, 
6  September,  1811  ;  died  of  marasmus,  in  Salem,  19  Novem 
ber,  1848  ;  unmarried.  William  Hammatt  Simmons,  a  teacher 
of  elocution,  and  law-student,  son  of  Judge  William  and  Pris- 
cilla  (Hammatt)  Simmons,  born  in  Boston,  11  May,  1812  ; 
married  at  Roxbury,  24  June,  1840,  Josephine  Matilda  Fel- 
lowes,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Aglaie  (de  Chambellan) 
Fellowes  ;  died  of  fever,  in  Boston,  10  August,  1841.  Henry 
Cheever  Simonds,  a  lawyer,  son  of  Shepherd  and  Joanna  Thayer 
(Gool)  Simonds,  born  in  Boston,  3  June,  1810  ;  died  in 
Charlestown,  of  disease  of  the  brain,  3  April,  1840  ;  unmarried. 
Charles  Henry  Tilghman,  a  planter,  son  of  William  G.  Tilgh- 
man,  of  Talbot  County,  Md.  ;  died  in  Talbot  County,  Md.,  18 
September,  1842  ;  unmarried.  Abner  Bennett  Wheeler,  a  phy 
sician,  son  of  Abner  and  Mary  (Swift)  Wheeler,  born  in  Fra- 
mingham,  2  February,  1812  ;  married  at  Boston,  26  October, 
1836,  Caroline  Harris  Summer ;  died  at  Somerville,  of  dis 
ease  of  the  brain,  8  December,  1847.  Alexander  Whitney, 
a  school-teacher,  son  of  Nathaniel  Ruggles  and  Sally  (Stone) 
Whitney,  born  in  Watertown,  12  March,  1810;  died  of  con- 


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sumption,  in  East  Cambridge,  13  May,  1842  ;  unmarried. 
Samuel  Wiggles  worth,  a  physician,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
(Norton)  Wigglesworth,  born  in  Boston,  16  December,  1811  ; 
married  at  Boston,  7  December,  1841,  Louisa  G.  Davenport, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Davenport ;  died  of  disease  of  the 
spine,  7  April,  1847,  at  Boston.  Frederick  Wright,  a  lawyer, 
son  of  Theodore  and  Mary  (Dickinson)  Wright,  born  in  North 
ampton,  6  July,  1811  ;  married  at  Willoughby,  O.,  10  Novem 
ber,  1841,  Helen  Irene  Wilson,  daughter  of  Samuel  Wilson; 
died  in  Manhattan,  O.,  10  April,  1846.  Hartley  Hezekiah 
Wright,  a  lawyer,  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Charlotte  (Sewall) 
Wright,  born  in  Boston,  22  December,  1812  ;  died  in  Boston, 
8  March,  1840  ;  unmarried. 

1833. — FREDERICK  PARKER  died  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  29 
January,  1857,  aged  43.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  and  Olive 
(Bailey)  Parker,  and  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Mass.,  2  September, 
1813.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  adjoining  towns.  After 
graduating,  he  taught  school  in  Gloucester  and  Billerica,  Mass., 
and  in  Hallowell,  Me.  In  the  autumn  of  1838,  he  began  the 
study  of  law  with  Hon.  Samuel  Wells,  of  Hallowell.  In  Sep 
tember,  1839,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where 
he  completed  his  legal  studies,  and  received  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
in  1841.  He  then  established  himself  in  Lowell.  After  spend 
ing  a  short  time  in  the  office  of  Joel  Adams,  Esq.,  of  that  city 
(II. C.  1805),  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  October,  1844, 
he  married  Harriet  M.  Kimball.  In  1845,  he  experienced 
a  long  and  severe  illness,  the  effects  of  which  never  left  him  ; 
and,  from  that  time  forward,  he  was  forced  to  struggle  with  ill 
health.  In  the  same  year  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  school  com 
mittee,  and  held  that  office  during  four  successive  years.  The 
cause  of  education  always  interested  him  ;  and,  during  his  term  of 
office,  he  suggested  several  important  changes  in  the  arrangements 
of  the  Lowell  schools.  In  1849,  he  was  instrumental  in  forming 
the  Howard  Fire-insurance  Company,  of  which,  for  several 
years,  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer.  In  1852,  he  opened  a 
book  and  print  store  in  Lowell,  and,  soon  afterwards,  another 
in  Boston.  The  former  was  soon  closed,  and  he  devoted  his 


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energies  to  the  latter.  In  this  employment  he  manifested  great 
taste  and  enterprise.  In  the  summer  of  1856,  his  health  failed  ; 
and  he  gave  up  his  interest  in  his  business  in  Boston,  and  retired 
to  Lowell.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year,  he  had  repeated  attacks 
of  hemorrhages,  and  died  of  consumption.  He  kept  up  his  lite 
rary  tastes  in  a  greater  degree  than  is  usual  with  men  of  busi 
ness.  In  character  he  was  grave  and  earnest.  He  encountered 
reverses  ;  but  maintained,  through  them  all,  unsullied  integrity. 
No  misfortune  had  power  to  diminish  the  energy  of  his  spirit,  or 
to  mar  his  Christian  temper. 

1834.  —  Dr.  WILLIAM  PUTNAM  RICHARDSON  died  in  Ken 
dall,  111.,  27  March,  1857,  aged  41.  He  was  son  of  Capt. 
William  P.  and  Deborah  (Lang)  Richardson,  and  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  15  August,  1815.  He  wras  fitted  for  college  at 
the  Latin  School  in  Salem.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Abel  Lawrence  Peirson,  of  Salem  (H.C.  1812)  ;  and  in  1837 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.,  when  he  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Salem,  where  he  continued  until  1846,  when 
he  removed  to  Kendall.  There  he  was  chiefly  engaged  in  horti 
cultural  and  agricultural  pursuits,  for  which  his  fine  tastes,  and 
love  of  natural  history,  peculiarly  fitted  him.  While  in  Salem, 
he  was  an  active  and  useful  citizen,  interested  in  whatever 
tended  to  elevate  and  improve  the  community.  He  was  a  valu 
able  member  of  the  school-committee,  and  a  pattern  and  co- 
worker  in  various  public  institutions.  He  was  unmarried. 

1837.  —  GALES  SEATON  died  in  Washington,  D.C.,  9 
February,  1857,  aged  39.  He  was  son  of  William  W. 
Seaton,  and  was  born  in  Washington,  27  July,  1817.  He 
passed  through  his  preparatory  studies  for  admission  into  Har 
vard  College  under  the  instruction  of  the  faculty  of  Georgetown 
College.  On  graduating,  he  selected  the  law  as  his  profession  ; 
and  repaired  to  the  University  of  Virginia,  where  he  prosecuted 
his  legal  studies  with  assiduity  and  success.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  but  was  not  long  in  discovering  that  he  had  given 
his  nights  and  his  days  to  the  study  of  that,  as  a  science,  which 
his  mental  habitudes  and  literary  tastes  rendered  distasteful  as  a 
pursuit ;  and,  abandoning  the  profession  of  the  law,  he  became 


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the  proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Raleigh  (N.C.)  "Register,"  in 
which  station  he  continued  several  years.  He  afterwards  went 
to  Europe,  where  he  resided  some  time.  While  there,  he  was 
intrusted  by  the  administration  of  President  Taylor  with  a 
confidential  commission,  which  he  discharged  in  a  manner  highly 
creditable  to  himself,  and  satisfactory  to  the  Secretary  of  State, 
—  the  late  John  M.  Clayton.  Of  polished  manners  and  com 
manding  presence,  without  fear  and  without  reproach,  shrinking 
instinctively  from  all  that  was  base  in  act  or  indecorous  in 
thought  and  word^  he  was,  in  all  respects,  a  true  gentleman.  In 
every  relation  of  life,  he  was  remarkable  for  a  singular  combina 
tion  of  modesty  and  self-reliance.  To  the  inevitable  ills  of  life 
he  opposed  the  firmness  of  manhood  with  the  submission  enjoined 
by  Christianity  ;  and,  amid  the  consolations  and  hopes  of  the 
latter,  his  mortal  life  slowly  and  calmly  ebbed  away,  until 
the  waiting  spirit  dropped  the  tabernacle  of  the  flesh  to  take  on 
the  robes  of  immortality. 

1838.  —  CHARLES  DELANO  BOWMAN  died  in  Oxford,  Mass., 
19  January,  1857,  aged  40.  He  w^as  the  youngest  son  of 
Joseph  and  Sally  (Penniman)  Bowman,  and  was  born  in  New 
Braintree,  Mass.,  12  December,  1816.  He  pursued  his  prepara 
tory  studies  at  Leicester  Academy,  and  entered  Amherst  College, 
where  he  remained  one  year,  and  then  entered  Harvard.  After 
leaving  college,  he  went  to  Georgia,  where  he  was  instructor  in 
private  schools  and  families,  about  three  years,  at  Richmond  Fac 
tory,  Richmond  County,  at  Athens,  and  at  Augusta.  In  1842, 
he  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  Emory  Washburn  (W.C.  1817), 
at  Worcester,  Mass.,  as  a  student-at-law.  In  March,  1845, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar ;  and  began  practice  in  Oxford, 
22  April,  1845,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  decease. 
He  had,  considering  his  experience,  a  good  knowledge  of  law  ; 
was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  promise,  and  of  considerable 
literary  taste.  He  had  a  valuable  legal  and  miscellaneous 
library.  The  legal  part  he  gave  to  the  Worcester-County  Law 
yers'  Literary  Association,  and  the  other  part  to  some  literary 
institution  in  Worcester. 

He   married,    24  November,    1846,   Almira  Louise  Jones, 


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daughter  of  Elnathan  and  Almira   (Jencks)  Jones,  of  Enfield, 
Mass. 

1838. — WILLIAM  ABIJAH  WHITE  died  in  Mihvaukie,  Wis., 
10  October,  185(),  aged  38.  He  was  son  of  Abijah  and  Anne 
Maria  (Howard)  White,  and  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass., 
2  September,  1818.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Kipley  (H.C.  1804),  of  Waltham,  Mass.  Hav 
ing  chosen  the  profession  of  law,  he,  immediately  after  graduat 
ing,  entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  where  he  pursued  his 
professional  studies  for  a  year,  and  completed  them  in  the  office 
of  Messrs.  Charles  P.  and  Benjamin  R.  Curtis  (H.C.  1811  and 
1829)  in  Boston.  He  never,  however,  devoted  himself  to  the 
practice  of  his  profession  ;  but,  becoming  very  much  interested 
in  the  antislavery  and  temperance  movements,  he  devoted  much 
of  his  time  to  lecturing  on  these  subjects,  and,  in  1843,  spent 
several  months  in  travelling  through  Ohio  and  Indiana,  holding 
antislavery  meetings  in  company  with  Frederick  Douglass  and 
George  Bradburn.  In  the  course  of  this  tour,  their  meetings 
were  frequently  broken  up  by  mobs  ;  and  both  White  and  Doug 
lass  were,  on  one  occasion,  severely  wounded  by  stones.  After 
his  return,  he  took  a  farm  in  Watertown,  which  he  cultivated 
until  his  father's  death  in  1845  ;  for  two  or  three  years  after 
which,  he  was  engaged  in  settling  his  estate.  He  then  engaged 
in  manufacturing,  and  for  some  time  edited  a  temperance  news 
paper  in  Boston.  In  1853,  he  removed  to  Madison,  Wis.  The 
circumstances  of  his  death  were  peculiar.  On  the  7th  of  Octo 
ber,  1856,  he  went  from  Madison  to  Milwaukie  for  the  purpose 
of  attending  the  state  fair.  On  the  evening  of  the  8th,  he  went 
to  Chicago  by  steamboat,  and  returned  to  Milwaukie  on  the 
evening  of  the  9th.  On  the  morning  of  the  10th,  he  left  the 
hotel,  intending  to  return  in  a  few  hours,  and  was  recognized  by 
a  person  on  the  street  shortly  afterwards.  From  that  time, 
nothing  was  seen  or  heard  of  him,  although  every  exertion  was 
made  to  find  him,  until  the  first  day  of  May  following,  when  his 
body  was  found  near  the  Lake  Shore,  above  North  Point,  in  Mil 
waukie.  It  was  so  much  decayed,  that  it  was  identified  only  by 
the  clothing,  watch,  and  a  peculiar  watch-key.  By  what  means 


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he  came  to  his  death,  remains  a  mystery.  He  married  first, 
7  May,  1846,  Harriet  T.  Sturgis,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  It. 
Sturgis,  of  Boston  :  she  died  18  March,  1850.  On  the  15th 
of  May,  1855,  he  married  Ada  A.  Buttcrfield,  daughter  of 
Justin  Butterfield,  of  Chicago,  111.  His  children  were,  by  his 
first  wife,  William  Howard  White,  born  21  February,  1847  ; 
Amy,  born  25  September,  1848  :  by  his  second  wife,  Justin 
Sydney,  born  19  April,  1856;  died  5  February,  1857.  Mr. 
White  possessed  fine  natural  abilities.  He  was  a  fluent  and  im 
pressive  speaker,  and  wrote  with  ease  and  pungency.  He  had  a 
keen  wit  and  a  strong  sense  of  humor,  which  frequently  did  him 
good  service  in  the  hot  debates  in  which  he  was  engaged  as  an 
antislavery  and  temperance  orator.  He  was  incapable  of  a  mean 
or  selfish  act ;  and  his  first  and  only  rule  of  action  was  to  do 
what  was  right,  without  regard  to  whether  it  was  expedient.  As 
an  eminently  brave,  sincere,  and  honest  man,  who  earnestly 
sought  to  do  his  duty,  and  to  benefit  his  fellow-men  at  the  cost 
of  much  personal  sacrifice  to  himself,  he  will  long  be  remem 
bered  with  affection  and  respect  by  an  unusually  extensive  circle 
of  friends  and  acquaintances. 

1842. — Dr.  HENRY  WHITING  died  in  Lowell,  Mass., 
23  June,  1857,  aged  35.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Phineas 
and  Sarah  (Coburn)  Whiting,  and  was  born  in  that  part  of 
Chelmsford  which  is  now  Lowell,  19  February,  1822.  He  was 
prepared  for  college  partly  in  Lowell ;  partly  in  Boston ,  under 
the  instruction  of  Mr.  Tilly  Brown  Hayward  (H.C.  1820)  ; 
and  partly  in  Deny,  N.H.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Oil 
man  Kimball,  of  Lowell ;  Dr.  Marshall  S.  Perry,  of  Boston  ;  at 
Jefferson  College,  Penn.  ;  and  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School. 
He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Jefferson  College  in  1845, 
and  immediately  afterwards  went  to  Paris,  where  he  passed  one 
year  in  completing  his  professional  studies  ;  and,  in  the  succeed 
ing  year,  travelled  over  various  portions  of  the  continent.  On 
his  return,  he  began  practice  in  the  city  of  Lowell.  He  held  a 
good  rank  among  the  profession  ;  was  of  a  frank,  noble  disposi 
tion  ;  and  was  popular  with  all  classes.  He  was  never  married. 
During  the  last  two  years  of  his  life,  he  was  confined  to  the 


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house  by  sickness  ;  did  not  see  any  person  except  his  nearest 
relatives  ;  and,  after  this  long  and  painful  confinement,  gladly 
welcomed  death  as  a  relief  from  his  sufferings. 

1843.  —  CHARLES  FREDERICK  ADAMS  died  in  Boston, 
30  December,  1856,  aged  32.  He  was  son  of  Charles  Fred 
erick  and  Caroline  Hesselrigge  (Walter)  Adams  ;  was  born  in 
Boston,  3  February,  1824;  and  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Bos 
ton  Latin  School.  On  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  Law  School 
at  Cambridge,  where  he  remained  one  year  ;  and  completed  his 
legal  studies  in  the  office  of  Charles  Greely  Loring,  of  Boston 
(H.C.  1812).  Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an 
office  in  Boston.  The  profession,  however,  being  crowded, 
afforded  but  little  encouragement  for  one  of  so  modest  and  re 
tiring  habits  as  Mr.  Adams  ;  and  he,  after  a  few  years,  deter 
mined  to  seek  a  new  field  for  practice,  and,  in  1849,  sailed  for 
California,  via  Cape  Horn  ;  but,  on  the  passage,  he  was  attacked 
with  pleurisy-fever,  and  arrived  at  the  end  of  his  long  voyage 
in  a  feeble  state  of  health.  After  remaining  a  few  weeks  in  San 
Francisco,  by  the  advice  of  friends  he  proceeded  to  the  Sand 
wich  Islands  ;  but,  on  his  arrival  there,  he  found  the  accom 
modations  for  invalids  very  scanty  and  undesirable,  and  he 
shortly  afterwards  sailed  for  China.  But  this  voyage  was  of 
little  benefit  to  him  ;  and  he  returned  home  after  an  absence  of 
about  thirteen  months,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profes 
sion  in  Boston.  His  health,  however,  was  never  fully  restored  ; 
and  that  insidious  disease,  consumption,  closed  his  mortal  career 
while  in  the  prime  of  life.  Exemplary  in  all  the  duties  of  private 
life,  he  showed  a  diligence,  exactness,  and  fidelity  in  his  profes 
sion,  which,  had  his  life  been  prolonged,  would  have  insured 
success,  and  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  community.  He 
had  a  taste  for  archaeological  and  genealogical  studies.  An 
interesting  paper,  entitled  "Notices  of  the  Walter  Family,"  fur 
nished  by  him,  was  published  in  the  "  Historical  and  Genealogi 
cal  Register"  for  July,  1854.  He  died  full  of  Christian  hope 
and  resignation,  leaving  many  devoted  friends  to  mourn  his 
early  death. 

1844. — ROBERT  LEMMON  died  atPatuxent,  Md.,  24  Decem- 


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ber,  1856,  aged  31.  He  was  son  of  Richard  and  S.  A.  Lem- 
mon,  and  was  born  in  Baltimore,  25  September,  1825.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  the  late  Judge 
Glenn,  and  practised  his  profession  in  Baltimore  until  1848  ; 
when  he  relinquished  it  to  pursue  the  business  of  an  iron-master 
at  the  Patuxent  Furnaces  in  Anne  Arundel  County,  Md.  He 
married,  in  the  autumn  of  1854,  Fannie  C.,  daughter  of  Henry 
A.  Hull,  of  West  River,  Md.  They  had  two  children,  — sons, 
—  who,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1848. — JOHN  EDSOX  died  in  New-York  City,  29  April, 
1857,  aged  29.  He  was  born  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  27  June, 
1827.  While  very  young,  he  removed  with  his  father's  family 
to  Bridgewater,  where  he  was  fitted  for  college.  In  September, 
1844,  he  was  admitted  to  the  freshman  class  in  Trinity  College, 
Hartford.  There  he  remained  not  quite  five  months ;  and  in 
February,  1845,  entered  Columbia  College,  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  He  was  in  this  institution  one  year  and  a  half,  until  the 
close  of  the  sophomore  year;  and  in  August,  1846,  he  was 
admitted  into  the  junior  class  at  Cambridge.  After  graduating 
in  1848,  he  spent  the  remainder  of  that  year  and  the  following 
year  in  Troy,  N.Y.,  in  the  study  of  engineering.  He  then 
went  to  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  studied  architecture ; 
and  afterwards  established  himself  there  as  an  architect,  which 
profession  he  pursued  until  his  death. 

1849. — Rev.  JULIUS  WALKER  STUART  died  in  Beaufort, 
S.C.,  30  October,  1856,  aged  28.  He  was  born  in  Beaufort, 
30  September,  1828.  After  graduating,  he  went  through  a 
course  of  theological  studies,  preparatory  to  becoming  an  Epis 
copal  clergyman ;  and  was  ordained  in  Beaufort,  as  assistant- 
pastor  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pinckney,  of  Grace  Church,  in  Charles 
ton,  S.C.  :  but  his  labors  in  his  sacred  calling  were  destined  to 
be  snort.  He  left  Charleston  on  a  visit  to  Beaufort ;  and,  a 
few  days  after  his  arrival  there,  he  was  taken  with  yellow  fever, 
of  which  he  died,  after  an  illness  of  seven  days.  The  editor  of 
the  "  Charleston  Mercury,"  who  was  his  classmate,  in  announ 
cing  his  death,  says,  "  He  had  just  begun  a  career  in  the  minis 
try  of  the  Episcopal  church,  which  opened  the  highest  prospects 

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of  future  usefulness.  Knowing  him  from  his  early  boyhood, 
we  can  say  that  we  have  never  known  a  human  being  more 
thoroughly  blameless.  Nor  were  his  virtues  of  the  negative 
sort ;  he  was  earnest,  conscientious,  firm  in  his  convictions,  and 
courageous  in  their  maintenance  and  defence  :  but  all  his  manly 
qualities  were  pervaded  with  a  gentleness  and  unselfishness  that 
never  allowed  them  to  give  offence  ;  and  we  do  not  believe,  that, 
in  the  whole  course  of  his  life,  he  ever  made  an  enemy,  or  has 
left  a  solitary  spark  of  human  unkindness  to  be  extinguished  on 
his  grave." 

1850.  —  WILLIAM  LOWELL  STONE  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  9  January,  1857,  aged  27.  He  was  son  of  William 
Fiske  and  Harriet  (Brigham)  Stone,  and  was  born  24  June, 
1829,  during  the  temporary  residence  of  his  mother  at  West- 
borough,  Mass.,  while  his  parents  were  inhabitants  of  East 
Cambridge.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  High  School 
in  East  Cambridge,  under  Justin  Allen  Jacobs  (H.C.  1839). 
He  maintained,  during  the  whole  of  his  academic  career,  the 
same  conscientious  industry,  and  steady  excellence  of  deport 
ment,  which  distinguished  him  in  his  earlier  years  at  home  and 
at  school ;  and  graduated  with  the  esteem  of  his  instructors, 
and  an  honorable  rank  in  his  class.  During  the  latter  part  of 
his  college  course,  symptoms  of  failing  health  began  to  show 
themselves,  and  it  was  with  difficulty  that  he  performed  his 
commencement  part.  For  nearly  two  years  after  he  graduated, 
he  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the  register  of  deeds  in 
Middlesex  county.  In  the  mean  time,  by  the  advice  of  his 
friends,  he  concluded  to  study  law,  not  with  a  view  to  practice 
in  the  profession,  but  to  enable  him  to  pursue  successfully,  at 
the  offices  in  East  Cambridge,  the  business  of  examining  land 
titles,  —  a  business  well  suited  to  his  quiet  tastes  and  habits. 
Accordingly,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
took  his  degree  in  1854.  By  this  time,  his  health  was  so  much 
impaired,  that  he  abandoned  his  purpose ;  and,  confined  mostly 
to  his  father's  house,  he  experienced  great  mental  depression  and 
physical  suffering,  until  he  was  relieved  by  death.  He  was  a 
young  man  of  great  purity  and  delicacy  of  mind ;  of  unspotted 


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integrity  and  truthfulness  ;  of  conscientious  fidelity  to  the  studies 
he  pursued,  and  the  work,  whatever  it  might  be,  that  he  under 
took  :  but  he  was  one  of  those  who  are  ill  fitted  for  the  rough 
conflicts  of  life,  or  for  making  their  way  to  worldly  distinction 
and  worldly  success.  He  had  a  morbid  sensitiveness  of  tem 
perament,  an  extreme  humility  and  self-distrust,  a  constitutional 
shyness  and  reserve,  that  shrank  from  all  publicity,  and  some 
times  made  him  unjust  to  himself.  His  abilities  and  merits 
could  be  known  only  by  the  few  who  had  opportunity  to  pass 
beyond  the  barrier  of  his  natural  reserve,  and  to  see  the  ster 
ling  excellence  behind. 

1852.  —  JOHN  SYLVESTER  GARDINER  died  in  Boston, 
25  July,  1856,  aged  25.  He  was  son  of  William  Howard 
Gardiner  (H.C.  1816)  and  Caroline  (Perkins)  Gardiner,  and 
was  born  in  Boston,  5  October,  1833.  After  finishing  his  col 
legiate  course,  he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  passed  a  year  or 
two.  After  his  return,  before  he  had  fixed  upon  any  profession, 
he  was  suddenly  cut  down  in  the  bloom  of  life,  and  his  earthly 
career  terminated  by  the  inscrutable  decree  of  an  all-wise  Prov 
idence. 

1852.  —  Dr.  JAMES  SENECA  HILL  died  in  Sacramento, 
Cal.,  21  April,  1857,  aged  32.  He  was  son  of  George 
Washington  and  Sallie  (Albee)  Hill,  and  was  born  in  Paw- 
tucket,  Mass.,  3  March,  1825.  His  father,  who  was  the  son 
of  Samuel  (commonly  called  Judge)  Hill,  was  a  native  of 
Smithfield,  R.I.,  and  died  about  1832.  When  about  five  years 
of  age,  he  moved  with  his  father  (who  was  in  feeble  health) 
to  his  grandfather's  in  Smithfield.  After  his  father's  death,  he, 
with  his  mother,  went  to  Willimantic,  Conn.  ;  his  uncle  being 
appointed  his  guardian.  Soon  afterwards,  he  went  to  school  at 
Windham,  Conn.,  and  lived  with  James  Wilson.  There  he 
remained  three  or  four  years,  occasionally  residing  a  while  at 
Willimantic.  Being  then  eleven  or  twelve  years  old,  he  went  to 
Willimantic,  residing  with  his  uncle  ;  assisting  him  occasionally 
on  his  farm  in  summer,  but  most  of  the  time  attending  school. 
About  1837,  he  went  to  Holliston  Academy,  then  under  the 
charge  of  Rev.  Gardner  Rice.  About  two  years  and  a  half 


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afterwards,  he  went  to  the  Colchester  (Conn.)  Academy  one 
winter,  where  his  mother  then  lived.  He  then  went  to  Chaplin, 
Conn.,  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  carpenter.  After  working  at  the 
trade  two  years,  he  went  to  Northampton,  Mass.,  whither  his 
mother  and  guardian  had  removed.  The  following  year,  he 
built  a  small  house  for  his  mother.  He  afterwards  built  several 
small  houses,  having  two  or  more  hired  men  under  him  ;  always, 
after  the  first  winter,  attending  the  academy  at  Easthampton. 
He  also  built  four  barns  ;  and,  in  1846,  assisted  his  elder  broth 
er,  George  A.  Hill,  in  building  the  wood-work  to  a  stone  dam. 
Working  very  hard  on  the  dam,  worn  down  and  fatigued,  it 
occurred  to  him,  one  day,  to  go  to  college  ;  and,  about  the  1st 
of  December,  he  entered  T\rilliston  Seminary  at  Easthampton, 
where  he  was  fitted,  and  entered  the  freshman  class  at  Amherst 
College  in  1848,  and  took  the  first  prize  there,  as  a  speaker, 
in  1850.  He  remained  in  Amherst  three  years;  and,  in  the 
autumn  of  1851,  he  left,  and  entered  the  senior  class  at  Harvard 
College.  He  taught  school,  in  his  junior  year,  at  East  Doug 
lass,  and  at  Duxbury  in  his  senior  year.  After  graduating, 
he  studied  medicine  at  the  Boylston  Medical  School  in  Boston ; 
and  received  his  degree  of  M.D.,  18  July,  1855.  Shortly 
afterwards,  he  was  appointed  physician  to  the  state  alms- 
house  in  Tewksbury,  where  he  remained  a  year  and  a  half; 
when  he  concluded  to  go  to  .California,  and  left  New  York  for 
that  place  on  the  21st  of  January  last.  During  his  stay  in 
Tewksbury,  he  had  some  twenty-five  hundred  patients  under  his 
charge,  and  performed  many  difficult  surgical  operations  with 
great  success.  By  his  uniform  kindness  and  gentlemanly  bear 
ing,  he  endeared  himself  to  all.  By  nature,  as  well  as  by  early 
education,  he  was  eminently  qualified  to  be  a  surgeon  of  the 
highest  order ;  and  there  is  no  doubt  in  the  minds  of  those  who 
knew  him,  that  such  would  have  been  the  case  had  his  life  been 
spared.  While  at  Tewksbury,  many  a  poor  creature  had  cause 
to  bless  him,  not  only  for  his  medical  and  surgical  skill,  but 
also  for  his  ingenious  contrivances  to  alleviate  their  misery  ;  such 
as  easy  -  chairs  for  those  unable  to  walk ;  padded  crutches 
for  the  lame.  Being  no  respecter  of  persons,  he  treated  the 


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poor  and  unfortunate,  whatever  their  color  or  country,  with  the 
same  kind  care  and  attention  bestowed  upon  the  more  favored 
ones.  He  was  a  man  of  rare  genius,  and  could  make  almost 
any  thing,  however  complicated,  to  which  he  turned  his  atten 
tion.  Life-saving  articles  he  was  considerably  interested  in  ; 
being  the  inventor  of  a  life-boat,  and  also  of  a  safety-lamp. 
He  sometimes  wrote  poetry  ;  and  a  few  of  his  compositions  were 
set  to  music,  and  arranged  for  the  piano-forte.  His  poetical 
writings,  while  in  Amherst  College,  gave  him  a  high  rank 
among  his  fellow-students.  Early  in  April,  after  his  arrival  in 
California,  he  was  taken  sick  of  typhoid  fever  at  the  residence 
of  his  brother  in  Sacramento  ;  and,  after  an  illness  of  two  weeks, 
he  died.  Thus,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-two,  when  a  new 
field  of  enterprise  was  open  before  him,  with  flattering  pros 
pects  of  success,  he  was  cut  off,  far  from  the  land  of  his  birth, 
deeply  lamented  by  his  relatives  and  by  his  classmates,  to  whom 
he  had  endeared  himself  by  his  amiable  disposition,  his  social 
habits,  and  his  unblemished  moral  character. 

1852. — EDWARD  HORATIO  NEAL  died  at  Newton  Lower 
Falls,  Mass.,  24  August,  1856,  aged  23.  He  was  son  of  Ben 
jamin  and  Eunice  (Daniell)  Neal,  and  was  born  at  Newton, 
23  October,  1832.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  private 
school  of  Mr.  William  Hathorne  Brooks,  of  Boston  (H.C. 
1827)  ;  going  from  Newton  Falls,  and  returning  daily  in  the 
cars,  from  February,  1846,  till  he  entered  college,  at  the  begin 
ning  of  the  sophomore  year,  in  1849.  He  soon  became  a 
prominent  and  valued  member  of  his  class.  While  an  under 
graduate,  he  was  not  ambitious,  but  he  was  conscientious  and 
diligent ;  and  it  is  a  remarkable  fact,  that,  during  his  whole 
collegiate  course,  he  was  not  absent  from  one  recitation.  After 
graduation,  he  studied  law  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1854.  After  leav 
ing  the  Law  School  early  in  that  year,  he  pursued  his  studies 
with  his  brother,  George  Benjamin  Neal,  of  Charlestown  (H.C. 
1846).  He  was  distinguished  from  childhood  for  moral  worth  ; 
and,  while  a  resident  in  Charlestown,  connected  himself  with  the 
Episcopal  church  in  that  place.  In  the  autumn  of  1854,  in 


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consequence  of  ill  health,  he  travelled  in  the  Southern  States, 
visiting  New  Orleans,  Savannah,  Charleston,  and  other  places, 
and  returned  the  following  summer ;  after  which  he  resided  at 
Newton  Lower  Falls  until  his  death. 

1852. — GEORGE  WALTER  NORRIS  died  in  Mobile,  Ala., 
21  January,  1857,  aged  25.  He  was  son  of  Shepherd  Haynes 
Norris,  then  of  Boston,  but  now  a  resident  of  Milvvaukie,  Wis.  ; 
was  born  in  Boston,  21  November,  1831  ;  pursued  his  studies, 
preparatory  to  his  admission  into  college,  at  the  Boston  Latin 
School.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he  went  to  New  York, 
and  pursued  the  study  of  law  one  year  in  the  office  of  John 
Cleveland,  an  eminent  attorney  of  that  city ;  another  year  in 
the  office  of  N.  F.  Waring,  counsellor  to  the  corporation  of  the 
city  of  Brooklyn  ;  and  there  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profes 
sion.  Soon  afterwards,  however,  he  opened  an  office,  with 
William  Henry  Waring  (H.C.  1852),  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  In  October,  1855,  he  was  seized  with  hemorrhage  of 
the  lungs,  an  hereditary  disease  ;  and,  from  that  time,  fell  away 
rapidly  in  consumption.  In  the  summer  of  1856,  he  removed 
to  Milwaukie  to  reside,  in  hopes  that  a  change  of  climate  might 
save  him ;  but  his  physicians  soon  discovered  that  his  case  was 
hopeless,  and,  as  soon  as  cold  w^eather  came,  sent  him  to  Mo 
bile,  where  he  died.  He  possessed  a  mind  of  quick  conception, 
and  with  talents  which,  had  his  life  been  spared  to  a  more 
mature  age,  would  have  enabled  him  to  take  an  elevated  rank 
in  his  profession.  Of  a  mild,  amiable,  and  social  disposition, 
he  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  classmates  and  friends  ;  and  his 
premature  death  is  deeply  deplored  by  his  relatives  and  the 
community  in  which  he  was  known. 

1853.  —  WILLIAM  HENRY  WHITTEMORE  died  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  9  February,  1857,  aged  23.  He  was  son  of  Thomas 
Jefferson  and  Susanna  Frances  (Boardman)  Whittemore  ;  was 
born  in  Boston,  10  October,  1833  ;  and  moved  with  his  father's 
family  to  Cambridge  in  July,  1837.  In  1842,  he  entered  the 
Hopkins  Classical  School  in  Cambridge,  under  Edmund  Burke 
Whitman  (H.C.  1838);  and  remained  there  seven  years,  until 
he  entered  the  freshman  class  in  1849.  In  August,  1851,  he 


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was  on  board  the  steamer  "  Governor  "  when  she  struck  a  rock 
near  Owl's  Head  in  Maine,  and  the  lives  of  the  passengers  were 
imperilled.  Part  of  the  winter  vacation  of  1851—2  he  spent  in 
Washington.  In  .his  senior  year,  his  eyesight  began  to  fail ; 
and,  instead  of  studying  a  profession  as  he  had  proposed,  he  made 
arrangements  to  engage  in  mercantile  business.  His  sight  not 
improving,  in  the  September  after  graduating,  he  sailed  for  Eio 
Janeiro,  and  returned  in  March  of  the  following  year.  In  the 
summer  of  1854,  he  had  an  attack  of  hemorrhage,  which  was 
followed  by  two  or  three  others  about  a  year  afterwards.  A 
cough  followed ;  and  he  finally  died,  at  the  residence  of  his 
father,  greatly  lamented  by  his  class-mates,  relatives,  and 
friends. 

1855. — WARREN  BROOKS  died  in  Townsend,  Mass.,  4 
February,  1857,  aged  25.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Campbell)  Brooks,  and  was  born  in  Townsend,  15  February, 
1831.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  1850;  but,  hav 
ing  always  had  a  desire  to  obtain  a  liberal  education,  in  May  of 
that  year  he  entered  the  academy  of  New  Ipswich,  N.H.,  to 
prepare  for  college.  After  staying  there  two  terms,  he  left  New 
Ipswich  in  the  autumn,  and  entered  Meriden  Academy  in  Con 
necticut,  where  he  remained  six  months,  and  then  entered  Yale 
College.  He  remained  at  Yale  two  years  ;  when,  having,  as  he 
states  in  the  class-book,  a  desire  to  study  the  modern  languages, 
he  left  New  Haven,  and  entered  the  junior  class  at  Harvard  in 
1853.  While  at  Yale,  he  gained  a  prize,  during  the  freshman 
year,  for  Greek  composition.  He  supported  himself  almost 
entirely,  while  in  college,  by  teaching  school  in  the  winter  vaca 
tions  ;  working  on  a  farm  and  at  the  coopering  business  in  the 
summer.  In  the  September  following  his  graduation,  he 
entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover  :  but  his  health 
failing,  obliged  him,  in  1856,  to  relinquish  his  studies  ;  and, 
leaving  the  seminary,  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Townsend. 
He  himself  supposed  that  the  consumption  of  which  he  died 
was  induced  by  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever  in  August,  1856  ; 
but  his  physicians  thought  it  might  be  traced  further  back.  He 
was  even  told,  while  studying  at  Cambridge,  that  his  lungs  were 


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diseased ;  but  his  desire  to  complete  his  theological  studies  made 
him  disregard  medical  advice.  His  strength  failed  so  gradually, 
that  he  was  not  aware  of  his  near  approach  to  death  until  a  few 
hours  before  his  departure.  His  whole  scholastic  career  was 
embarrassed  by  pecuniary  troubles.  While  few,  perhaps,  of  his 
classmates  knew  much  of  his  personal  history  or  his  pecuniary 
difficulties,  no  one  could  help  respecting  him  as  an  honest,  inde 
pendent  man,  who  met  his  duties  resolutely,  and  did  his  best  to 
be  faithful  to  them.  His  whole  bearing  showed  a  man  of  fine 
principle,  and  would  have  commanded  the  confidence  even  of  a 


stranger. 


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1857-58. 


1786. — Eev.  JACOB  NORTON  died  in  Billerica,  Mass., 
17  January,  1858,  aged  93.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  Norton, 
and  was  born  in  Abington,  Mass.,  12  February,  1764.  He  was 
prepared  for  college  partly  at  Hingham  Academy,  and  partly  by 
Rev.  James  Briggs,  of  Cummington,  Mass.  (Y.C.  1775).  He 
held  a  high  rank  as  a  scholar  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with 
distinction.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  the  oldest  surviv 
ing  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  After  passing  a  brief  time 
in  the  study  of  divinity  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Perez 
Fobes,  of  Raynham  (H.C.  1762),  he  was  ordained  over  the 
Congregational  church  in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  10  October,  1787  ; 
where  he  continued  his  pastoral  labors  until  4  July,  1824,  when 
he  resigned  his  charge,  and  a  few  years  afterwards  removed  to 
Billerica,  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  long  life. 
He  was  much  esteemed  as  a  preacher,  and  was  particularly 
known  as  a  polemical  writer.  The  following  are  his  principal 
publications  :  — 

1.  Sermon  preached  in  Weymouth,  and  in  several  other  places  in 
the  vicinity,  illustrating  the  Duty  of  Impenitent  Sinners.  8vo.  Bos 
ton,  1803.  2.  The  Will  of  God  respecting  the  Salvation  of  all  Men; 
illustrated.  A  Sermon  at  Weymouth,  18  December,  1808.  8vo. 
Boston,  1809.  3.  Remarks  on  an  Address  from  the  Berean  Society 
of  Universalists  in  Boston  to  the  Congregation  of  the  First  Church  in 
Weymouth,  in  Answer  to  a  Sermon  delivered  there  18  December, 
1808,  &c.  8vo.  Boston,  1809.  4.  Sermon  before  the  Massachu 
setts  Missionary  Society,  May  29,  1810.  8vo.  Boston,  1810. 
5.  Discourse  at  Weymouth,  3  February,  1811,  on  the  Death  of  his 
Wife.  8vo.  Boston,  1811.  6.  Seasonable  and  Candid  Thoughts  on 
Human  Creeds,  or  Articles  of  Faith,  as  Religious  Tests,  connected 
with  an  Humble  Attempt  to  ascertain  the  true  Character  of  Jesus 

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102  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

Christ,  &c.,  by  an  Orthodox  Clergyman  of  Massachusetts.  8vo. 
Boston,  1813.  [Published  anonymously.]  7.  Things  set  in  a  Proper 
Light ;  in  Answer  to  a  Letter  from  T.  A.  to  a  Friend,  by  an  Ortho 
dox  Clergyman  of  Massachusetts.  8vo.  Boston,  1814.  [Published 
anonymously.]  8.  Things  as  they  are  ;  or,  Trinitarianism  Devel 
oped  ;  in  Answer  to  a  Letter  of  the  Rev.  Daniel  Thomas,  of  Abington  ; 
with  Strictures  on  the  Sentiments  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Hopkins. 
8vo.  Boston,  1815.  9.  The  same.  Second  Part.  In  Reply  to  a 
Letter  written  in  February,  1815,  to  the  Rev.  Jacob  Norton,  by 
Daniel  Thomas.  8vo.  Boston,  1815.  10.  "A  Short  and  Easy 
Method"  with  a  late  Writer,  arrogating  to  himself  the  Title  of  "  Or 
thodox  Clergyman,"  in  a  Letter  to  a  young  Gentleman  just  entered 
on  a  Course  of  Theological  Studies,  with  a  View  to  the  Christian 
Ministry.  By  an  Aged  Clergyman  of  Massachusetts.  8vo.  Bos 
ton,  1815.  11.  Sermon  at  the  Interment  of  Hon.  Cotton  Tufts.  8vo. 
Boston,  1816.  12.  A  Candid  and  Conciliatory  Review  of  the  late 
Correspondence  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Worcester  with  the  Rev.  W.  E. 
Chanuing  on  the  Subject  of  Unitarianism.  By  a  Serious  Inquirer. 
8vo.  Boston,  1817.  [Published  anonymously.]  13.  An  Humble 
Attempt  to  ascertain  the  Scripture  Doctrine  of  the  Father,  Son,  and 
Holy  Spirit.  In  Three  Discourses.  To  which  is  added  "  The  Awa- 
kener,"  delivered  in  the  Months  of  January  and  February,  1819,  be 
fore  the  First  Religious  Society  in  Weymouth.  8vo.  Boston,  1819. 
14.  Dispassionate  Thoughts  on  the  Subjects  and  Mode  of  Christian 
Baptism.  8vo.  Boston,  1821.  15.  The  Duty  of  Religious  Tolera 
tion,  Mutual  Sympathy,  and  Fellowship,  among  different  Denomina 
tions,  exhibited  in  a  Sermon  delivered  in  the  South  Meeting-house  in 
Weymouth,  8  November,  1821,  on  a  peculiarly  interesting  and  im 
portant  Occasion.  8vo.  Boston,  1822.  16.  Valedictory  Discourse 
delivered  before  the  First  Religious  Society  in  Weymouth,  in  Two 
Parts,  on  the  morning  and  afternoon  of  Lord's  Day,  July  4,  1824. 
8vo.  Boston,  1824.  17.  "  Dialogue  between  a  Minister  and  a  Par 
ishioner  on  the  Trinity,"  begun  in  the  "  Boston  Observer"  in  1835, 
and  continued  for  several  months  in  that  paper  and  the  "  Christian 
Register." 

Mr.  Norton  married,  11  February,  1789,  Elizabeth  Cranch, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Hon.  Richard  Cranch,  of  Braintree  (now 
Quincy)  ;  sister  of  the  late  Judge  William  Cranch  (H.C.  1787), 
of  Washington,  D.C.  ;  and  niece  of  the  wife  of  President  John 
Adams ;  by  whom  he  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters.  His 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  163 

wife  died  25  January,  1811,  aged  46.  He  was  married  again, 
by  Rev.  Henry  Cumings,  D.D.,  7  May,  1813,  to  Hannah 
Bowers,  daughter  of  Josiah  Bowers,  of  Billerica.  She  died 
26  March,  1842,  aged  76  years.  He  left  two  daughters,  eleven 
grandchildren,  and  eleven  great-grandchildren.  He  outlived 
five  sons  and  one  daughter.  Two  of  his  sons,  Richard  Cranch 
Norton  and  William  Smith  Norton,  graduated  at  Harvard  Col 
lege  in  1808  and  1812  respectively.  He  retained  his  mental 
and  physical  powers  to  a  remarkable  degree  until  past  the  age 
of  ninety.  For  the  last  year  or  two  of  his  life,  he  spent  most 
of  his  time  during  the  day  reading,  without  glasses,  which  he 
never  used,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  time,  and  then  laid 
them  aside  as  useless. 

1791. — Hon.  CHARLES  PORTER  PHELPS  died  in  Hadley, 
Mass.,  22  December,  1857,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of  Charles 
and  Elizabeth  (Porter)  Phelps,  and  was  born  in  Hadley, 
8  August,  1772.  His  name,  originally,  was  Moses  Porter 
Phelps  ;  which  was  changed  by  act  of  the  legislature,  15  Febru 
ary,  1796.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Joseph  Lyman, 
D.D.,  of  Hatfield,  Mass.  (Y.C.  1767),  and  graduated  with 
high  honors  ;  the  salutatory  oration  in  Latin  having  been  as 
signed  to  him  at  Commencement.  Having  selected  the  profes 
sion  of  the  law,  he  pursued  his  legal  studies  under  the  instruction 
of  Hon.  Theophilus  Parsons,  of  Xewburyport  (H.C.  1769). 
On  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1795,  he  established  himself 
in  Boston,  where  he  resided  twenty-two  years,  and  attained  a 
high  rank  in  his  profession.  In  1816,  he  was  chosen  a  repre 
sentative  from  Boston  to  the  state  legislature.  In  1816  and 
1817,  he  was  commander  of  the  celebrated  company  of  cavalry, 
well  remembered  by  the  elder  portion  of  this  community  as 
the  Hussars ;  being  the  immediate  successor  in  command  to  the 
Hon.  Josiah  Quincy.  This  company  was  probably  the  most 
splendid  one  that  ever  existed  in  this  state.  Every  member  of 
it  was  required  to  own  the  horse  upon  which  he  appeared  in 
parade  ;  and  the  expense  of  equipment  to  each  man,  including 
his  horse,  was  not  less  than  fifteen  hundred  dollars.  The  com 
pany  paraded  for  the  last  time  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of 


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President  Monroe  to  Boston  in  June,  1817  ;  and  was  soon 
afterwards  disbanded.  In  1816,  Mr.  Phelps  was  appointed 
cashier  of  the  Massachusetts  Bank  in  Boston.  This  office  he 
resigned  the  following  year,  when  he  returned  to  his  nativre 
place,  Hadley,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  long  life, 
beloved  and  respected  by  the  community,  who  manifested  their 
regard  for  him  by  repeatedly  electing  him  to  offices  of  honor 
and  trust.  He  represented  the  town  of  Hadley  in  the  state 
legislature  in  1821,  1822,  1823,  1825,  1830,  and  1832;  and, 
in  1828,  he  .was  elected  senator  from  the  district  of  Hampshire. 
There  were  two  religious  societies  in  Hadley,  and  it  sometimes 
happened  that  they  could  not  agree  upon  a  candidate  for  repre 
sentative.  When  this  was  the  case,  so  popular  was  Mr.  Phelps, 
that  they  would  compromise  the  matter  by  electing  him.  When, 
therefore,  the  legislature  assembled,  and  Mr.  Phelps  appeared 
as  the  representative  from  Hadley,  it  was  at  once  said  that 
there  had  been  a  quarrel  between  the  societies  about  the  choice 
of  a  person  to  represent  the  town.  Mr.  Phelps  married,  in 
January,  1800,  Sarah  Davenport  Parsons,  daughter  of  Moses 
Parsons,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.  (H.C.  1765).  She  died  October, 
1817  ;  and  he  married,  November,  1820,  Charlotte  Parsons, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Theophilus  Parsons.  His  second  wife  died 
in  July,  1830.  In  1833,  he  married,  for  his  third  wife,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  C.  Judkins,  who  survived  him.  He  had  fourteen 
children,  of  whom  ten  survived  him. 

1792. — HENDERSON  INCHES  died  in  Boston,  9  September, 
1857,  aged  83.  He  was  son  of  Henderson  and  Elizabeth 
(Brimmer)  Inches,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  7  February,  1774. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Andover  Academy.  Soon  after 
graduating,  he  entered  the  counting-house  of  Hon.  Thomas 
Russell,  of  Boston,  where  he  received  his  mercantile  education  ; 
and,  on  the  termination  of  his  apprenticeship,  he  began  business 
in  Boston,  at  No.  47,  Long  Wharf,  where  he  remained  several 
years.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Russell,  he  purchased  Russell's 
(now  known  as  Russia)  Wharf;  whither  he  removed,  and  where 
he  retained  an  office  until  his  decease.  He  married,  Septem 
ber,  1802,  Miss  Susan  Brimmer,  daughter  of  Martin  Brimmer, 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  165 

Esq.,  of  Boston.  They  had  ten  children,  of  whom  seven  are 
now  living*.  Mrs.  Inches  died  21  September,  1823,  aged  40 
years.  Mr.  Inches  was  long  and  favorably  known  as  an 
honorable  and  upright  merchant.  He  was,  in  every  sense,  a 
gentleman  :  intelligent,  affable,  of  a  genial,  social  disposition, 
he  was  a  welcome  guest  wherever  he  went ;  beloved  at  home 
as  a  kind  husband  and  affectionate  father,  and  respected  by  the 
community  as  an  estimable  and  valued  citizen. 

1796.  —  Rev.  LUTHER  WRIGHT  died  in  Woburn,  Mass., 
21  June,  1858,  aged  88.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Rachel 
Wright,  and  was  born  in  Acton,  Mass.,  19  April,  1770.  As 
he  was  afflicted  with  severe  lameness  in  1781,  which  became 
permanent,  and  rendered  him  incapable  of  manual  labor,  he  was 
designed  for  college  by  his  parents,  as  well  as  by  his  own  incli 
nation.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  partly  at  New  Ips 
wich,  N.H.,  under  the  instruction  of  John  Hubbard  (D.C. 
1785),  the  preceptor  of  the  academy  in  that  town,  and  partly 
under  the  tuition  of  Rev.  Moses  Adams,  of  Acton  (H.C.  1771). 
After  leaving  college,  he  taught  school  five  months  in  Water- 
town,  and  three  months  in  Cambridge,  near  the  college,  studying 
divinity  at  the  same  time  ;  and,  a  few  months  after  relinquishing 
those  schools,  he  placed  himself  under  the  instruction  of  Rev. 
David  Tappan  (H.C.  1771),  professor  of  theology  in  Harvard 
College.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Marlborough  Asso 
ciation,  April,  1797.  The  first  society  to  which  he  preached 
as  a  candidate  for  settlement  was  at  Medway,  where  he  was 
ordained  13  June,  1798  ;  and  over  which  he  continued  his 
pastoral  labors  for  nearly  eighteen  years,  on  a  salary  of  eighty 
pounds  per  annum,  and  the  use  of  a  wood-lot  from  which  he 
obtained  his  wood.  By  frequent  and  kind  presents  from  his 
people,  and  by  taking  into  his  family  lads  and  youth  from  Bos 
ton,  and  other  towns  in  this  and  other  states,  to  board,  and  fit 
for  college,  and  to  study  English  branches,  he  was  enabled  to 
supply  the  deficiency  of  his  salary,  and  to  accumulate  something 
for  his  support  in  the  decline  of  life.  In  September,  1815,  he 
asked  and  received  a  dismission  from  his  church  and  society. 
He  immediately  began  preaching  as  a  candidate  for  re-settlement, 


166  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

and  received  invitations  to  settle  in  Dunstable,  and  the  upper 
parish  in  Beverly,  Mass.  ;  in  Raymond,  N.H.  ;  and  Barrington, 
R.I.  At  the  last-named  place,  he  accepted  the  call,  and  was 
installed  as  their  pastor,  17  January,  1817,  over  a  feeble  church 
and  parish,  and  on  feeble  support.  As  the  society  was  small, 
its  means  for  competent  support  scanty,  and  unhappy  divisions 
existed  in  the  church  and  society,  he  expected  his  mission  would 
be  short ;  and  so  it  proved.  After  a  residence  of  about  four  and 
a  half  years,  he  requested  a  dismission.  His  request  was  granted, 
5  July,  1821.  In  May,  1825,  he  was  installed  over  the  church 
in  Tiverton,  R.I.,  where  he  continued  until  24  May,  1828, 
when  he  was  dismissed  ;  and,  his  health  being  feeble,  he  felt  it 
Ins  duty  not  to  resettle  again  in  the  ministry.  He,  however, 
continued  to  preach  in  different  places,  —  about  six  months  in 
Dartmouth,  Mass.  ;  three  years  in  Carver ;  one  year  in  Bille- 
rica ;  seven  months  in  South  Weymouth ;  several  weeks  in 
Plymouth,  Middleborough,  and  Lynnfield ;  besides  occasionally 
in  a  few  other  places  for  short  periods.  About  eight  years  be 
fore  his  death,  he  relinquished  his  clerical  labors  entirely,  and 
resided  in  Woburn.  His  only  publications  were  (1)  A  Ser 
mon,  occasioned  by  the  Death  of  Capt.  Cyrus  Bullard,  preached 
25  May,  1806.  8vo.  Dedham,  April,  1807.  (2)  A  Sermon 
delivered  at  Medway,  4  November,  1813,  on  the  Close  of  a  Cen 
tury  since  the  Incorporation  of  the  Town.  8vo.  Dedham,  1814. 
He  married,  23  December,  1799,  Anna  Bridge,  second  daughter 
of  Rev.  Josiah  Bridge  (H.C.  1758),  of  East  Sudbury,  now 
Wayland  ;  but  had  no  children.  His  wife  survived  him.  By 
prudence  and  good  management  he  accumulated  considerable 
property,  which  he  bequeathed,  after  the  death  of  his  widow, 
to  the  Congregational  Board  of  Publication,  the  Massachusetts 
Home-Missionary  Society,  the  American  Missionary  Association, 
and  the  New-England  Female  Medical  College. 

1797. — Hon.  JAMES  RICHARDSON  died  in  Dedham,  Mass., 
7  June,  1858,  aged  86.  He  was  son  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Clapp)  Richardson,  and  was  born  in  Medfield,  Mass.,  6  Octo 
ber,  1771.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Thomas  Prentiss, 
D.D.,  of  Medfield  (H.C.  1766).  He  held  a  high  rank  in  his 


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class  as  a  scholar,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  He  pursued 
his  professional  studies  with  the  Hon.  Fisher  Ames,  of  Dedham 
(II. C.  1774)  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  autumn  of  1800  ; 
and  began  the  practice  of  the  law  in  Dedham,  where  he  continued 
it  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  decease.  He  was  for  some 
time  a  law-partner  with  Mr.  Ames,  and  was  ever  a  great  favorite 
of  that  eminent  statesman.  He  attained  to  a  hi<rh  rank  as  a 

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lawyer ;  and,  for  many  years,  was  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  bar  in  Norfolk  county.  His  connection  with  Mr.  Ames 
was  dissolved,  by  the  death  of  the  latter,  the  4th  of  July,  1808. 
He  was  but  little  in  public  life ;  for,  being  in  political  principles 
an  ultra -federalist,  a  majority  of  the  voters  of  the  town,  as 
well  as  of  the  county,  in  which  he  resided,  were  of  opposite 
politics.  These  principles  he  retained  through  life,  although  he 
acted  with  new  parties  as  new  times  demanded.  He  was  elected 
a  senator  in  the  state  legislature  in  1813  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
convention,  in  1820,  for  revising  the  state  constitution  ;  and  was 
a  member  of  the  executive -council  in  1834  and  1835.  He 
was  also  a  master-in-chancery,  and  a  trial-justice,  in  connection 
with  his  professional  practice.  He  was  much  interested  in  mea 
sures  designed  for  public  improvement,  such  as  the  construction 
of  turnpikes  and  the  establishment  of  manufactures.  He  was  at 
one  time  a  considerable  owner  in  manufactories,  although  he 
never  abandoned  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  one 
of  the  projectors  of  the  Dedham  Bank,  and  was  president  of 
the  Norfolk  Mutual  Fire-Insurance  Company  from  1833  until 
April,  1857.  He  delivered  a  poem  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society,  at  Cambridge ;  a  Fourth-of-July  oration,  at  Dedham, 
in  1808,  being  the  day  of  the  death  of  Fisher  Ames,  to  which 
event  the  oration  contains  an  allusion  ;  and  an  address  before 
the  Norfolk  bar,  at  their  request,  in  1837,  upon  the  profession 
and  practice  of  the  law.  All  these  were  printed.  As  a  lawyer, 
he  had  a  clear  and  discriminating  judgment,  and  an  ample 
knowledge  of  legal  principles  derived  from  the  very  fountains 
of  jurisprudence.  He  was  president  of  the  Norfolk  bar,  and 
held  that  position  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of 
fine  sensibilities,  fond  of  letters,  especially  of  the  classics  and 


168  NECROLOGY   OF    ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

of  early  English  poetry  ;  of  elevated  views  of  life  and  character, 
especially  as  applicable  to  his  own  profession.  He  married, 
December,  1813,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Richards, 
of  Dedham  ;  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  two  sons  and  one 
daughter.  One  son  died  in  infancy  in  1820.  His  other  children 
survive  him.  The  son  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1837. 
His  wife  died  October,  1820.  His  peculiarly  tender  attachment 
to  her  prevented  his  ever  forming  a  second  marriage  connection, 
although  his  children  were  young.  Indeed,  for  many  years 
after  her  death,  the  very  mention  of  her  name  affected  him  even 
to  tears. 

1798. — Dr.  ANDREW  CROSWELL  died  in  Mercer,  Me., 
4  June,  1858,  aged  80.  He  was  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah 
(Palmer)  Croswell,  and  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  9  April, 
1778.  When  in  college,  he  was  remarked  for  his  amiable  dis 
position,  and,  withal,  for  his  diffidence  and  retired  habits  ;  and  he 
seldom  mingled  in  the  pastimes  of  his  classmates.  He  studied 
medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Zaccheus  Bartlett,  of  Ply 
mouth  (H.C.  1789).  On  completing  his  professional  studies, 
he  settled  as  a  physician  in  the  town  of  Fayette,  Me.  ;  and 
subsequently  removed  to  Mercer,  which  was  afterwards  his  per 
manent  residence.  He  acquired  an  extensive  practice  ;  and,  by 
his  skill  and  success,  he  gained  the  entire  confidence  not  onlv  of 
the  people  of  the  town  in  which  he  resided,  but  of  all  the  neigh 
boring  towns  ;  and  was  frequently  called  to  go  long  distances  for 
consultation  in  critical  cases.  He  was  a  man  of  the  kindest 
feelings  ;  and  to  the  indigent  he  was  ever  prompt  to  render  his 
best  services,  without  expectation  of  reward  other  than  the 
consciousness  of  having  relieved,  as  far  as  was  in  his  power, 
the  sufferings  of  a  fellow-being.  He  was  justly  entitled  to  the 
appellation  the  apostle  bestowed  upon  St.  Luke ;  namely, 
"  the  beloved  physician." 

He  married  Susan  Church,  of  Farmington,  and  had  six 
children,  —  four  sons  and  two  daughters.  His  widow,  and  all 
his  children,  excepting  one  daughter,  survived  him.  He  was  a 
kind  and  affectionate  husband  and  father,  greatly  beloved  by  his 
family,  and  respected  by  all  his  acquaintances. 


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1798.  — Dr.  HENRY  GARDNER  died  in  Boston,  19  June, 
1858,  aged  78.     He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Clap) 
Gardner,  and  was  born  in  the  old  Province-House,   in  Boston, 
2  August,  1779.     His   father,   Henry  Gardner   (H.C.  1750), 
was  born  in  Stow,   Mass.,    14  November,   1731.     He  was  a 
member  of  the  Middlesex   Convention  in   1774;    also   of   the 
Provincial  Congress,  which  met  7   October,  1774,  and  in  Feb 
ruary  and  May,  1775.     He  was  judge  of  the  Court  of  Com 
mon  Pleas  for  Middlesex.     In  December,  1774,  he  was  chosen 
first  state  treasurer;  when  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  occupied 
the  Province-House,  where  were  vaults  for  the  safe  keeping  of 
the   provincial  revenues.     He  held  this  office  until  his  death. 
He  was   a  member  of  the   American   Academy  of  Arts    and 
Sciences,  and  had  the  character  of  a  learned  man.     He  was  a 
sincere  patriot,  and  rendered  very  important  service  to  the  pro 
vince  by  his  diligence  and  fidelity.     He  died  8  October,  1782, 
aged    50.      Dr.    Gardner's    grandfather,   Rev.    John    Gardner. 
(H.C.  1715),  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  22  July,  1695  ; 
was   ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Stow, 
26  November,   1718  ;   and  died   10  January,  1775,   aged  79. 
Dr.   Gardner  was   fitted   for   college   in  Andover,  Mass.      He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.   John  Warren,   of  Boston,    (H.C. 
1771),  who,  at  the  death  of  Dr.  Gardner's  father,  had  been 
appointed  his  guardian  ;  and  received  his  first  medical  degree  in 
1801,  but  never  practised.     According  to  the  laws  of  primogeni 
ture  then  existing,  he,  being  the  eldest  son,  inherited  a  double 
portion  of  his  father's  estate ;    and  he  was  thus  placed  above  the 
necessity  of  engaging  in  any  stated  business.     He  employed 
himself  in  the   care   of  his    property,   which    increased  under 
his   judicious    management.     He   resided  many  years  in  Dor 
chester,  Mass.,  where  he  was  highly  esteemed  by  the  people  of 
that  ancient  town,  who  elected  him  a  representative  to  the  legis 
lature  in   1822,  1823,   and  1824.     He  was  chosen  a  senator 
from  Norfolk  District  in  1825,  1826,  and  1827.     He  was  also, 
in  1820,  a  member  from  Dorchester  of  the  convention  for  revis 
ing  the  constitution  of  the  state.     He  was,  for  a  number  of  years, 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  State  Lunatic-Hospital  at  Worcester. 

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170  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

Of  late  years,  he  declined  all  public  offices,  preferring  the  quiet  of 
private  life.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  strict  integrity,  and  was 
highly  respected  in  the  community.  He  married,  first,  17  May, 
1803,  Joanna  Bird  Everett,  daughter  of  Rev.  Moses  Everett,  of 
Dorchester  (H.C.  1771)  :  she  died  7  February,  1807,  leaving 
one  daughter,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Daniel  Denny,  Esq.,  of 
Boston.  He  married,  second,  20  March,  1810,  Clarissa  Hoi- 
brook,  daughter  of  Dr.  Amos  Holbrook,  of  Milton,  Mass.  ;  by 
whom  he  had  three  children, — two  daughters  and  a  son;  of 
whom  only  the  son,  Hon.  Henry  Joseph  Gardner,  late  gov 
ernor  of  Massachusetts,  is  living.  His  second  wife  survived 
him. 

1799.  — Hon.  JOSEPH  DANE  died  in  Kennebunk,  Me., 
1  May,  1858,  aged  79.  He  was  son  of  John  and  Jemima 
(Fellows)  Dane,  and  was  born  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  25  October, 
1778.  He  was  a  descendant  of  John  Dane,  who  emigrated 
.from  England,  and  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  about  the  year 
1648.  Both  his  parents  were  natives  of  Ipswich.  They  died 
in  Beverly,  where  they  lived  :  the  father,  5  March,  1829,  in  his 
eightieth  year;  and  the  mother,  April,  1827,  aged  76  years. 
Mr.  Dane  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Ando- 
ver,  and  graduated  with  the  second  honors  of  his  class.  After 
leaving  college,  he  pursued  his  legal  studies  in  the  office  and 
under  the  instruction  of  his  uncle,  Hon.  Nathan  Dane,  of 
Beverly  (H.C.  1778)  ;  and,  having  completed  his  term  of  study, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Essex  county  in  July,  1802. 
He  was  thoroughly  prepared  for  usefulness  and  distinction  in  the 
honorable  profession  he  had  chosen.  Besides  the  advantages  to 
be  derived  from  the  large  experience,  exact  and  varied  learning, 
and  practical  good  sense,  of  his  immediate  instructor,  he  could 
not  fail  to  be  benefited  by  the  intimate  association  of  the  latter 
with  Prescott,  Jackson,  Putnam,  and  Story,  who  were  then 
beginning  to  be  distinguished  for  professional  excellence,  and 
became  the  ornaments  of  the  bar  and  the  bench.  After  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  Mr.  Dane  immediately  began  the  practice 
of  law  in  Kennebunk,  at  that  time  a  part  of  the  town  of  Wells  ; 
where  he  soon  became  distinguished  as  an  able  lawyer,  an 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  171 

upright  and  safe  counsellor.  lie  continued  in  active  practice  in 
the  profession  until  1837,  when  he  retired.  As  a  practitioner, 
he  was  courteous,  faithful,  and  honest ;  and  sought,  by  the 
influence  of  his  own  example,  to  elevate  the  character  of  the  pro 
fession  for  integrity  and  moral  excellence.  "He  concerned 
himself  with  the  beginnings  of  controversies,  not  to  inflame,  but 
to  extinguish  them.  He  felt  that  he  owed  a  duty  to  the  com 
munity  in  which  he  lived,  and  whose  peace  he  was  bound  to 
preserve.  He  was  eminently  a  peacemaker,  a  composer  of  dis 
sensions,  and  constantly  aimed  to  prevent  the  mischiefs  which 
follow  in  the  train  of  litigation."  To  him  may  very  justly  be 
applied  the  language  used  in  regard  to  another  :  "  That  he  cast 
honor  upon  his  honorable  profession,  and  sought  dignity,  not 
from  the  ermine  or  the  mace,  but  from  a  straight  path  and  a 
spotless  life." 

He  was  the  last  survivor  of  those  who  were  members  of  the 
bar  of  York  when  he  began  practice ;  among  whom  were, 
the  honored  names  of  Mellen,  King,  Holmes,  Hubbard,  and 
Wallingford.  He  was  often  selected  by  his  fellow-citizens  for 
places  of  trust  and  responsibility.  In  1816,  he  was  chosen  one 
of  the  delegates  from  the  town  of  Wells  to  the  Brunswick  con 
vention  for  forming  a  constitution  for  Maine,  which  then  failed 
to  accomplish  its  object ;  the  popular  majority  required  to  author 
ize  it  not  having  been  obtained.  In  1818,  he  was  elected  by  the 
legislature  of  Massachusetts  one  of  the  executive-council ;  but 
declined  to  accept  the  office,  on  account  of  professional  engage 
ments.  In  1819,  he  was  a  member  of  the  convention  which 
framed  the  constitution  of  Maine,  and  took  an  active  part  in  its 
proceedings  and  deliberations  ;  and  was  one  of  the  committee 
which  draughted  the  constitution,  Mr.  Holmes  being  chairman. 
Associated  with  him  in  this  important  committee,  among  others, 
were  Chief- Justice  Whitman,  Generals  Wingate  and  Chandler, 
Judges  Bridge,  Dana,  and  Parris.  On  the  admission  of  Maine 
into  the  Union  in  1820,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  sixteenth 
Congress,  from  the  first  district,  to  complete  the  unexpired  term 
made  vacant  by  the  election  of  Mr.  Holmes  to  the  Senate,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  seventeenth  Congress.  Subsequently  he 


172  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

was  in  the  state  legislature,  as  a  member  of  the  House,  in  the 
years  1824,  1825,  1832,  1833,  1839,  and  1840;  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Senate  in  1829.  In  1841,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  executive-council  of  Maine,  but  declined  to 
accept  the  office.  He  fulfilled  the  duties  of  the  various  and 
important  public  trusts  confided  to  him  with  acknowledged  abil 
ity,  great  singleness  of  purpose,  and  with  an  earnest,  patriotic 
desire  to  advance  the  public  interest.  After  his  retirement  from 
the  bar  and  from  public  duties,  he  always  interested  himself 
deeply  in  whatever  was  calculated  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the 
community.  Few  men  have  lived  so  long,  and  enjoyed  so 
largely  and  uniformly  the  confidence,  respect,  and  esteem  of 
their  fellow-citizens. 

He  married,  October,  1808,  Mary  Clark,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Jonas  Clark,  of  Kennebunk,  and  grand-daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Jonas  Clark,  of  Lexington,  Mass.  (H.C.  1752)  ;  a  lady 
of  great  excellence  of  character,  who  survived  him.  He  had 
three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter.  The  sons  survived 
him,  prominent  citizens  of  the  county  of  York, — Hon.  Na 
than  Dane,  of  Alfred  ;  and  Joseph  Dane,  jun.,  of  Kennebunk. 
He  was  happy  in  his  domestic  and  social  relations ;  kind, 
affectionate,  and  benevolent.  His  death  was  deeply  lamented  by 
his  neighbors  and  friends,  who  grieved  most  of  all  that  they 
should  see  his  face  no  more.  He  had  usually  enjoyed  good 
health,  the  "ripe  fruit  of  temperance,  self-control,  and  a  virtuous 
life,"  until  seized  by  the  malady  which  terminated  his  earthly 
existence.  He  sustained  the  suffering  of  his  long  and  painful 
illness  with  characteristic  cheerfulness  and  equanimity,  and  with 
Christian  resignation  ;  and  at  last  calmly  and  serenely  yielded 
up  his  life  in  the  exercise  of  a  reasonable  religious  faith  and  a 
Christian  hope. 

1800.  —  Dr.  SAMUEL  WEED  died  in  Portland,  Me.,  24  No 
vember,  1857,  aged  83.  He  was  born  in  Amesbury,  Mass., 
10  June,  1774.  His  father,  Ephraim  Weed,  was  a  respectable 
farmer.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  17  years 
old ;  when  he  was  sent  to  Exeter  Academy,  where  he  remained 
nearly  a  year.  The  next  four  years  he  spent  alternately  keeping 


1857-58.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  173 

school  in  Amesbury  ind  Bradford  in  winter,  and  working  on  the 
farm  in  summer.  Being  now  desirous  of  obtaining  a  liberal 
education,  he  went  to  Atkinson  Academy,  then  under  the  charge 
of  Stephen  Peabody  (H.C.  1769),  and  prepared  himself  for  col 
lege.  He  entered  college  in  1796,  the  oldest  member  of  his  class. 
A  distinguished  literary  gentleman,  who  was  long  intimately 
acquainted  with  him,  gives  the  following  particulars  of  his  subse 
quent  life  :  "It  was  one  of  the  college  customs  of  that  day,  for 
the  freshmen,  on  the  entry  of  every  class,  to  be  initiated  into 
their  new  life  by  a  wrestling-match.  The  sophomores  chal 
lenged  the  new-comers  to  a  trial  of  strength  in  this  ancient  and 
classical  exercise.  The  senior  class  was  the  umpire,  and  the 
victors  were  treated  to  a  supper  on  their  invitation.  In  the  con 
test  in  1796,  after  a  hard  and  manly  struggle,  the  freshmen 
came  off  victorious,  leaving  three  of  their  champions  ready  to 
continue  the  contest :  of  these,  Weed  was  one.  The  Monday 
after,  the  juniors,  not  easy  under  this  defeat,  challenged  the 
freshmen  to  a  new  contest  with  them.  This  was  accepted,  and 
Weed  was  the  first  to  enter  the  list  :  he  threw  successively  six 
of  the  juniors,  the  first  of  whom  was  the  late  Judge  Fay,  of 
Cambridge.  Reeking  with  perspiration,  and  nearly  exhausted, 
he  was  required  to  renew  the  struggle  with  a  fresh  competitor  : 
in  this  struggle  he  was  unfortunately  overcome  ;  the  victor  being 
Ebenezer  Thatcher,  then  of  Cambridge,  but  whose  manhood 
and  age  were  spent  in  Maine,  in  the  discharge  of  many 
important  offices,  and  wrho  died  in  1841.  After  leaving 
college,  Mr.  Weed  took  charge  of  the  academy  at  Framing- 
ham,  where  he  continued  four  years;  when  he  was  invited  to 
unite  with  his  classmate,  Rufus  Hosmer,  in  conducting  a  high- 
school  in  Medford.  In  this  occupation  he  remained  three  years. 
He  then  began  in  earnest  the  study  of  his  profession  under  the 
wise  and  paternal  direction  of  Dr.  John  Brooks,  afterwards  gov 
ernor  of  the  commonwealth ;  the  brave  and  gallant  soldier,  the 
skilful  physician,  the  prudent  statesman,  and  the  accomplished 
gentleman.  Here  he  saw  the  best  practice,  and  improved  his 
admirable  opportunities  to  acquire  an  accurate  knowledge  of  his 
profession.  At  the  same  time,  he  had  the  rare  privilege  of  seeing 


174  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

and  enjoying  the  company  of  many  of  the  most  distinguished 
men  of  the  old  commonwealth,  as  Gore,  Dexter,  Bigelow,  &c.  ; 
and  of  meeting  the  old  physicians,  Danforth,  Dexter,  Lloyd, 
Rand,  the  elder  Warren,  &c.,  who  came  to  Dr.  Brooks  for  con 
sultation  or  as  friendly  visitors.  Here,  too,  he  met  the  eccentric 
and  gifted  Dr.  Osgood,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Medford,  then 
in  the  vigor  of  his  intellect  and  of  his  peculiarities.  From  these 
rich  and  varied  stores  of  instruction,  his  mind  was  imbued  with 
useful  knowledge,  and  pleasant  and  instructive  anecdote,  which 
his  memory  laid  up  for  the  entertainment  of  his  friends  and 
companions  through  the  long  period  of  his  remaining  life.  Dr. 
Weed  went  to  Portland,  and  entered  on  the  practice  of  his  pro 
fession,  in  1810.  The  principal  physicians  then  there  were  Dr. 
Coffin,  who  had  been  forty-four  years  in  the  practice,  and  stood 
at  the  head  of  the  profession,  both  in  medicine  and  surgery ; 
Drs.  Erving,  Thomas,  Cummings,  Harding,  Kittridge,  and  Mor- 
rill.  A  very  healthy  town,  with  a  population  of  only  seven 
thousand,  and  pre-occupied  with  such  a  number  of  the  faculty, 
did  not  afford  a  very  cheering  prospect  to  a  new  aspirant, 
especially  when  the  charge  for  a  medical  visit,  including  medi 
cine,  was  only  fifty  cents.  At  that  time,  it  was  the  custom  for 
physicians  to  prepare  the  medicines  which  they  prescribed  : 
patients  were  unwilling  to  go  to  the  apothecary ;  and  articles 
obtained  there  were  not  always  to  be  relied  on.  It  happened, 
fortunately  for  Dr.  Weed,  that  Dr.  Erving,  that  good  Samari 
tan,  and  a  most  excellent  man,  soon  after  this  moved  to  Bos 
ton.  Two  years  before  Dr.  Weed  came,  Dr.  Kinsman,  one  of 
the  most  learned  and  skilful  practitioners  who  had  ever  pursued 
his  vocation  in  Portland,  had  died ;  so  that  Dr.  Weed  was  en 
abled  early  to  enter  upon  a  remunerating  practice.  He  was 
quite  successful  in  securing  a  goodly  number  of.  first-class 
patients,  which  he  ever  retained,  and  their  families  after  them, 
by  a  calm  judgment,  a  good  knowledge  of  his  profession,  and  a 
uniform  gentlemanly  deportment.  Never  was  a  physician  fur 
ther  removed  than  he  from  cant  and  quackery,  to  which  ignorant 
practitioners  often  resort  to  gain  business  and  popularity.  He 
gained  the  confidence  of  his  patients,  and  secured  their  affection, 


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by  a  safe  and  judicious  application  of  remedies,  by  courteous 
deportment,  and  strict  attention  to  the  wants  of  the  sick-chamber. 
His  great  caution  sometimes  gave  him  the  appearance  of  doubt 
and  hesitation  :  but  he  thought  it  better  to  be  slow  than  to  be 
wrong  ;  that  it  was  better  to  assist  nature,  than  to  prostrate  it  by 
hasty  and  violent  applications.  The  estimation  in  which  he  was 
held  by  his  numerous  friends,  many  of  whom  were  children  of 
parents  who  had  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  his  earlier  services,  was 
manifested  in  a  manner  most  gratifying  to  both  parties.  In  De 
cember,  1852,  Dr.  Weed  fell  upon  the  ice,  and  broke  his  hip- 
joint  ;  a  severe  misfortune,  which  disabled  him  from  future 
practice.  His  friends,  believing  that,  deprived  of  his  usual  re 
sources,  he  must  be  straitened  in  his  means  of  support,  came 
cheerfully  forward,  and  contributed  to  procure  for  him  an  annu 
ity  of  five  hundred  dollars  a  year  during  his  life.  This  at  once 
relieved  his  anxiety,  and  made  him  comfortable  for  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  In  1816,  Dr.  Weed  married  Maria  Condy,  of 
Medford,  an  amiable  and  accomplished  lady,  whose  death  in 
1835  was  a  deep  and  lasting  sorrow,  depriving  him  of  a  wise 
counsellor,  an  admirable  companion,  and  an  unfailing  friend. 
Her  grandfather,  Rev.  Jeremiah  Condy  (H.C.  1726),  was  a 
Baptist  clergyman  in  Boston ;  predecessor,  in  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  of  the  eloquent  Stillman.  By  her  he  had  three  sons  ; 
of  whom  the  only  survivor  is  Edward  Condy,  of  Boston.  From 
his  earliest  life,  Dr.  Weed  was  an  example  of  a  true  philosophi 
cal  and  religious  moderation.  His  whole  conduct  was  regulated 
by  strict  principle.  He  was  never  known  to  deviate  from  the 
paths  of  rectitude  and  honor  :  he  knew  no  guile,  and  was  never 
guilty  of  detraction.  He  had  entire  control  over  himself,  and 
so  was  able  to  apply  to  useful  purposes  the  whole  vigor  of  his 
powers.  As  a  physician,  he  was  not  rapid  in  his  perceptions, 
nor  fertile  in  expedients  ;  but  by  great  caution,  sound  judgment, 
and  natural  experience,  he  arrived  at  just  conclusions  in  the 
diagnosis  of  disease.  By  a  course  so  uniform  and  so  worthy, 
he  conferred  dignity  on  his  honorable  profession,  and  grace  and 
beauty  on  his  daily  life." 

1802.  —  CHARLES  WINSTON  GREENE  died  in  East  Green- 


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wich,  R.I.,  24  December,  1857,  aged  74.  He  was  son  of 
David  Greene  (H.C.  1768),  and  was  born  in  Norwich,  Conn., 
3  July,  1783  ;  but,  when  quite  young,  removed  with  his  father's 
family  to  Boston,  where  he  passed  a  great  portion  of  his  life. 
His  mother's  name  was  Rebecca  Rose ;  and  his  father  married 
her  in  the  island  of  Antigua,  of  which  she  was  a  native.  She 
died  at  the  age  of  forty,  leaving  eight  children.  Mr.  Greene 
was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin 'School,  where  he  won 
a  Franklin  medal  for  his  superior  scholarship.  On  leaving  col 
lege,  he  entered  his  father's  counting-room  for  the  purpose  of 
preparing  himself  for  the  mercantile  profession,  in  which  his 
father  had  long  held  a  prominent  rank.  In  1805  or  1806,  he 
went  to  England,  where  he  remained  a  few  months,  when 
he  returned;  and  on  the  7th  of  December,  1806,  he  was  married 
to  Esther  Ward  Bowen,  daughter  of  Hon.  Pardon  Bo  wen,  of 
Providence,  R.I.,  and  settled  in  New  York.  She  died  in  March, 
1808,  leaving  no  children.  Mr.  Greene  shortly  afterwards  sailed 
for  Europe ;  visited  many  ports  in  the  Mediterranean,  and  went 
as  far  as  Odessa,  in  the  Black  Sea,  in  the  ship  "Calumet," 
which  was  the  first  American  vessel  that  visited  that  port,  and, 
it  is  believed,  was  the  first  that  ever  entered  the  Black  Sea. 
He  remained  in  Europe  five  years ;  during  which  time  he 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  French  language,  which 
he  spoke  as  fluently  as  he  did  his  native  tongue.  He  returned 
in  1813;  and,  on  the  27th  of  September  of  that  year,  he  was 
married  to  Frances  Bowen,  a  sister  of  his  former  wife.  He  then 
established  himself  in  Boston  as  a  merchant ;  but,  meeting  with 
reverses,  he  relinquished  the  mercantile  profession,  and  engaged 
in  the  business  of  teaching,  for  which  he  was  by  nature  peculiar 
ly  fitted.  He  opened  a  private  school  at  Jamaica  Plain  (now 
West  Roxbury),  Mass.,  which  he  continued  for  more  than  thirty 
years  with  eminent  success.  In  1849,  he  removed  to  East  Green 
wich,  R.I.,  where  he  continued  his  school  until  the  13th  of  Feb 
ruary,  1856  ;  when  he  was  seized  with  a  slight  paralytic  affection, 
which  compelled  him  to  relinquish  his  labors.  During  the  time 
he  was  engaged  in  teaching,  more  than  seven  hundred  youth  went 
forth  from  his  school,  many  of  whom  now  fill  high  places,  and 


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have  achieved  deserved  eminence.  Among  those  who  gratefully 
testify  to  the  good  influences  exerted  upon  them,  while  at  his 
school,  may  be  mentioned  George  W.  Curtis,  the  "  Howadji ;  " 
J.  Lothrop  Motley,  the  historian  ;  Frank  B.  Goodrich,  author  of 
the  "Court  of  Napoleon  ;"  Charles  G.  Leland,  and  Fletcher  and 
Edward  Webster.  The  great  feature  of  this  school  consisted 
not  so  much  in  its  educational  advantages,  though  these  were 
undoubted,  as  in  the  excellent  influences  which  were  brought  to 
bear  upon  the  characters  of  the  pupils.  The  boys  were  trained 
to  be  courteous  and  gentlemanly,  with  a  modest  but  manly 
bearing,  and  a  noble  scorn  of  all  that  was  mean  or  ungenerous. 
Himself  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  Mr.  Greene  labored 
earnestly  and  successfully  to  train  up  his  pupils  in  all  the  virtues 
which  belong  to  that  type.  It  was  to  this  moral  training  that 
Mr.  Greene  chiefly  confined  himself.  Though  admirably  quali 
fied,  it  was  his  custom  to  devolve  upon  assistants  the  main 
burden  of  instruction,  under  his  general  supervision.  Those 
who  have  had  familiar  opportunities  to  observe  how  admirably 
he  understood  the  nature  of  boys,  and  how  wisely  and  well  he 
managed  them  —  smoothing  down  their  rough  angularities,  and 
instilling  into  them  gentlemanly  courtesy,  mutual  forbearance, 
and  a  manly  deference  for  their  superiors  in  age  and  acquire 
ments —  during  his  thirty -nine  years'  experience,  will  be 
tempted  to  compare  him,  not  out  of  empty  compliment,  but 
with  full  conviction,  to  the  celebrated  Dr.  Arnold,  the  model 
teacher  of  England.  It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  chronicle 
an  illustration  of  the  high  integrity  which  actuated  Mr.  Greene 
in  his  dealings  with  his  fellow-men.  At  the  close  of  his  mer 
cantile  life,  he  failed  to  the  amount  of  thirty  thousand  dollars, 
—  a  sum  which,  legally,  he  was  not  bound  to  pay ;  but,  with  a 
sense  of  obligation  wholly  independent  of  legal  enactments,  he 
discharged  the  entire  debt  out  of  the  subsequent  profits  of  his 
school.  It  was  many  years  before  he  could  accomplish  it ;  but 
he  steadfastly  persevered  until  every  dollar  was  paid.  Mr. 
Greene  employed  himself  for  some  time  in  writing  a  history  of 
the  country  around  the  Black  Sea,  an  account  of  his  own  voy 
age  and  observations  while  there  and  at  Constantinople,  with 

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178  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

the  intention  of  publishing  them  ;  but,  on  being  applied  to  by 
Gen.  Henry  A.  S.  Dearborn  for  information  on  those  subjects, 
finding  the  latter  was  preparing  a  work  on  the  "  Commerce  of 
the  Black  Sea,"  he  handed  him  his  manuscripts,  desiring  him  to 
make  what  use  of  them  he  might  wish,  and  then  gave  up  all 
thoughts  of  publishing  any  thing  himself. 

Mr.  Greene's  second  wife  survived  him,  but  had  no  children. 

1803.  —Rev.  ASA  EATON  died  in  Boston,  24  March,  1858, 
aged  79.     He  was  born  in  Plaistow,  N.H.,  25  July,  1778  ;  was 
fitted  for  college  by  Rev.   Giles  Merrill,   of  Haverhill,  Mass. 
(H.C.  1759).      After  a  brief  preparatory  course  of  theological 
studies,  he  was  instituted  rector  of  Christ  Church  in  Boston, 
23   October,   1805,   where  he  labored  diligently  and  faithfully 
until  May,  1829,  when  he  resigned  his  rectorship  ;  and,  for  eight 
years  subsequently,  was  employed  as  a  city-missionary,  —  labor 
ing  among  the  destitute  in  Boston,  and  preaching  to  the  poor  in 
a  hall  where  the  seats  were  free.    .From  1837  to  1841,  he  was 
connected  with  a  literary  institution   in   New  Jersey.      For  a 
short  time  previous  to  his  death,  he  was  attached  to  the  Church 
of  the  Advent  in  Boston.      He  was  a  distinguished  member  of 
the  Masonic  Fraternity,  and  at  one  time  held  the  office  of  deputy 
grand-master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts.      He  was 
widely  known  throughout  the  county,  from  his  long  connection 
with  the  Episcopal  church,  his  blameless  life,  and   his   entire 
consecration  to  the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry.     His  tall  and 
commanding  figure,  with  locks   of  snowy  whiteness,   attracted 
attention  wherever  he  went ;    and  his  memory  is  revered  as  a 
beloved  and  faithful  expounder  of  divine  truth.      He  married, 
9  October,  1813,  Susannah  Storer,  youngest  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  Storer,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1747),  and  had  six  children, — 
three  sons  and  three  daughters  ;    of  whom  two  sons  and  one 
daughter  survived  him.     His  wife  died  26  November,  1853,  aged 
71  years. 

1804.  — BENJAMIN  GUILD  died  in  Boston,  30  March,  1858, 
aged   72.     He  was  son  of  Benjamin   (H.C.   1769)   and  Eliza 
(Quincy)  Guild,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  8  May,  1785.      His 
father  was  born  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  28  April,  1749;  was  a 


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tutor  in  Harvard  College  from  1776  to  1780  ;  and  was  a  mem 
ber  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  He  was 
for  some  time  a  preacher  ;  but  subsequently  opened  a  book-store 
in  Cornhill  (now  Washington  Street),  Boston,  which  he  kept  for 
some  years.  He  died  in  October,  1792,  aged  43  years.  The 
'subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Hingham  Academy. 
He  studied  law  with  Hon.  William  Prescott  (H.C.  1783).  On 
his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Boston,  and 
afterwards  became  a  law-partner  with  Mr.  Prescott.  He  was 
subsequently  associated  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  with 
Benjamin  Hand,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1808).  He  married,  31 
March,  1817,  Eliza  Eliot,  daughter  of  Samuel  Eliot,  a  dis 
tinguished  and  wealthy  merchant  of  Boston  ;  and  had  five  chil 
dren, —  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  —  who,  with  his  widow, 
survived  him.  All  his  sons  have  graduated  at  Harvard  College  ; 
viz.,  Samuel  Eliot  in  1839,  Charles  Eliot  in  1840,  and  Edward 
Chipman  in  1853.  Mr.  Guild  was,  for  more  than  thirty  years, 
an  active  and  efficient  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  for 
the  Promotion  of  Agriculture  ;  was  for  some  time  its  recording- 
secretary;  and  was  the  writer  of  many  of  its  annual  reports. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  polished  manners,  of  an  exceedingly 
affable  and  sociable  disposition,  and  was  highly  respected  and 
beloved  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaintance. 

1805. — EPHRAIM  HIXDS  died  in  West  Boylston,  Mass., 
18  June,  1858,  aged  77.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin  and  Tabitha 
(Holland)  Hinds,  and  was  born  in  that  part  of  Shrewsbury 
which  is  now  within  the  limits  of  West  Boylston,  7  November, 
1780.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  town.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Boylston.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  partly  at  Leicester  Academy,  and  partly  by 
Rev.  William  Nash,  of  West  Boylston  (Y.C.  1791).  After 
leaving  college,  he  taught  school  in  Boston,  Watertown, 
Sterling,  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  several  places  in  Vermont. 
After  some  years  spent  in  teaching,  he  entered  upon  the  study 
of  law  under  the  instruction  of  Eleazer  James,  of  Barre,  Mass. 
(H.C.  1778).  On  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  began  the  prac 
tice  of  his  profession  in  Barre,  where  he  resided  a  short  time ; 


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when  he  removed  to  Athol.  From  this  town  he  went  to  Har 
vard,  where  he  remained  about  thirteen  years ;  afterwards  he 
lived  in  Marlborough  from  1833  to  1841 ;  in  South  Brookfield 
from  May,  1841,  to  May,  1845  ;  in  South  Orange  from  May  to 
November,  1845  ;  in  Deerfield  from  November,  1845,  to  May, 
1847  ;  and  in  West  Boylston  from  May,  1847,  until  his  death. 
He  married,  28  April,  1823,  Maria,  daughter  of  Hutchins  Hap- 
good,  of  Petersham.  He  was  greatly  respected  at  the  bar  as  a 
man  of  strict  veracity,  of  unbending  integrity,  sound  judgment, 
and  practical  wisdom.  He  had  been  unable  to  walk  for  more 
than  a  year  before  his  death,  in  consequence  of  a  severe  rheu 
matic  affection  ;  but  was  uniformly  cheerful,  and  entirely  sub 
missive  to  the  Divine  Will.  He  was  remarkable  for  his  habits  of 
punctuality,  systematic  arrangement  of  secular  affairs,  and  rigid 
economy.  His  memory  was  wonderful.  A  few  days  before  his 
death,  his  pastor,  sitting  by  his  bedside,  quoted  a  passage  from 
the  xc.  Psalm  :  "  The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years  and 
ten  ;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  fourscore  years,  yet  is 
their  strength  labor  and  sorrow ;  for  it  is  soon  cut  off,  and  we 
fly  away ;"  and  added,  "I  suppose  your  experience,  Mr.  Hinds, 
confirms  the  truth  of  the  Psalmist's  declaration,  that  it  is  labori 
ous  and  sorrowful  work  to  live."  —  "Yes,"  said  he,  "even  to 
breathe."  He  then  added,  "  That  is  a  brief  but  exact  description 
of  old  age,  and  reminds  me  of  a  passage  in  Virgil."  —  "  Can  you 
repeat  it  ?  "  asked  his  pastor.  "  Yes,"  he  replied  ;  and  did  so,  as 
follows  :  — 

"  Optima  quseque  dies  miseris  mortalibus  aevi 
Prima  fugit :  subeunt  morbi,  tristisque  senectus  : 
Et  labor  et  dura  rapit  inclementia  mortis." 

Georg.,  lib.  iii.  66-8. 

"  From  wretched  mortals  each  best  day  of  life 
First  takes  its  flight.    Diseases  follow  next, 
Old  age  disconsolate,  and  weary  toil ; 
And  death,  relentless,  snatching  them  away." 

Kennedy's  Translation. 

At  the  time  of  his  funeral,  an  old  friend,  who  was  his  con 
temporary  at  college,  and  who  had  been  associated  with  him, 
more  or  less,  for  nearly  seventy  years,  rose,  and  said  with  deep 


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emotion,  "I  have  intimately  known  the  deceased  from  early 
boyhood,  and  have  distinct  and  pleasant  recollections  of  him  for 
more  than  half  a  century.  I  can  truly  say,  that  as  a  com 
panion  in  youthful  days,  as  a  fellow-student  in  the  school,  the 
academy,  and  the  college,  as  an  associate  at  the  bar  and  in  the 
various  relations  of  life,  I  have  never  known  a  man  of  stricter 
integrity,  purer  life  and  manners,  or  more  unblemished  moral 
character,  than  Ephraim  Hinds."  It  was  a  beautiful  and  affect 
ing  tribute  of  respect  and  affection,  spontaneously  given  with 
tears  and  a  broken  utterance. 

Mr.  Hinds  left  three  sons  and  one  daughter ;  she  being  the 
youngest  child,  and  about  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  also 
left  an  ample  estate,  the  fruit  of  his  industry  and  prudence. 

1806.  —  Hon.  WILLIAM  PITT  PREBLE  died  in  Portland, 
Me.,  11  October,  1857,  aged  73.  He  was  born  in  York, 
Me.,  27  November,  1783  ;  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Rose- 
well  Messinger,  of  York  (H.C.  1797),  and  graduated  with 
high  honors.  He  was  distinguished,  when  in  college,  for  his 
skill  in  mathematics,  and  his  powers  of  argumentation.  On 
leaving  college,  he  read  law,  first  with  Hon.  Benjamin  Hasey 
(H.C.  1790),  and  then  with  Hon.  Benjamin  Orr,  of  Tops- 
ham,  Me.  (D.C.  1798).  In  1809,  he  was  appointed  tutor  in 
Harvard  College,  where  he  continued  two  years  ;  and,  while 
tutor,  he  married  a  Miss  Tucker,  of  York,  daughter  of  the 
collector  of  that  port.  On  resigning  his  tutorship',  he  began 
the  practice  of  law  in  his  native  town,  and  rapidly  rose  to  the 
front  rank  in  his  profession.  He  soon  removed  to  Alfred,  Me., 
where  he  remained  in  practice  until  1813  ;  when,  having  been 
appointed  United-States  district-attorney  for  Maine  District,  he 
removed  to  Saco,  and  thence,  in  1818,  to  Portland.  The 
following  sketch  of  his  life  is  principally  derived  from  an  able 
article  published  in  the  "  Portland  State  of  Maine  "  soon  after 
his  death.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  politics  from  early  life  ; 
was  at  first  an  ardent  federalist,  but  subsequently  acted  with  the 
democratic  party,  became  a  leading  advocate  for  the  separation 
of  Maine  from  Massachusetts,  and  wrote  a  pamphlet  in  its 
favor.  He  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of 


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Maine  in  1819,  and  wrote  its  address  to  the  people  of  the  state. 
In  1820,  he  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Maine,  —  associate  with  Hon.  Prentiss  Mellen  (II. C.  1784), 
chief -justice.  This  office  he  resigned  in  1829,  on  being  ap 
pointed,  with  Mr.  Gallatin,  an  agent  to  prepare  the  case  of  the 
United-States  Government  before  the  King  of  the  Netherlands ; 
and  was  finally  appointed,  by  Gen.  Jackson,  minister-plenipo 
tentiary  to  the  Hague.  His  career  as  a  public  man,  for  which  he 
was  most  distinguished,  was  in  connection  with  the  north 
eastern-boundary  question.  His  ability  in  exposing  the  absurd 
ity  of  the  decision  of  the  Dutch  king  was  undoubtedly  chiefly 
instrumental  in  causing  its  defeat  in  the  United-States  Senate. 
He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  of  Maine  in  1832  with  the 
Hon.  Ruel  Williams  and  the  Hon.  Nicholas  Emery,  and  ad 
vised  a  compromise  by  taking  lands  in  Michigan  in  exchange 
for  lands  north  of  the  St.  John  ;  but  the  legislature  of  Maine 
declined  the  offer  to  this  effect  by  the  general  government.  At 
the  close  of  his  foreign  mission,  he  returned  to  the  practice  of 
law  in  Portland.  .He  was  elected  by  the  legislature  as  a 
commissioner  with  Gov.  Kent  and  others,  in  1842,  to  arrange 
the  Treaty  of  Washington ;  and  finally  gave  his  sanction, 
though  reluctantly,  to  the  mode  of  settlement  carried  out  by  the 
Webster-and-Ashburton  Treaty.  This  was  the  last  political 
office  which  he  held.  In  1844,  he  was  called  to  what  he  re 
garded  as  the  most  important  duty  that  had  ever  engaged  his 
attention,  —  the  connecting  by  railway  of  the  waters  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  with  those  of  the  Atlantic.  He  was  slow  to  engage  in 
that  work,  and  his  natural  caution  made  him  at  first  fearful  of 
any  connection  with  that  enterprise  ;  but,  after  mature  reflection, 
he  engaged  in  it  with  all  the  enthusiasm  of  youth,  and  all  the 
vigor  of  early  manhood.  When  his  concurrence  in  the  scheme 
was  known,  it  gave  to  it  the  confidence  of  the  public ;  and  a 
large  share  of  credit  is  due  to  him  for  its  success.  He  was 
the  first  president  of  the  corporation,  and  continued  to  hold  the 
office  until  1848  ;  when  he  declined  a  re-election,  and  retired 
from  public  labors.  He  lived  to  see  the  work  accomplished, 
but  not  to  lose  his  interest  in  its  prosperity.  The  last  article, 


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probably,  which  he  prepared  for  the  press,  was  upon  the  White- 
Mountain  scenery  along  the  route,  and  which  was  published  in 
the  "Portland  Argus"  a  short  time  before  his  death.  All  his 
public  writings  display  the  most  marked  exhibition  of  labor,  and 
care  of  preparation.  He  never  allowed  any  thing  from  his  pen 
to  appear,  without  subjecting  it  to  the  most  elaborate  prepara 
tion.  But  little,  however,  remains  that  will  serve  as  an  endur 
ing  record  of  his  labors.  His  reported  opinions  as  a  judge 
do  not  give  any  adequate  idea  of  his  power  as  a  lawyer.  He 
had  a  reputation  for  intellectual  power  far  beyond  any  measure 
of  success  that  he  obtained ;  and  those  who  knew  him  best  were 
aware  of  his  peculiarities  of  temperament  and  of  temper,  that 
were  a  drawback  to  popular  favor.  He  appeared  to  the  best 
advantage  in  the  oral  argument  of  legal  questions.  He  stated 
legal  propositions  with  a  clearness  and  force  that  were  rarely 
equalled.  When  all  his  faculties  were  raised  into  activity  by 
the  excitement,  of  a  great  occasion,  the  pressure  of  a  crowd,  or 
the  responsibilities  of  a  great  cause,  his  mind  worked  with  the 
greatest  ease;  and  he  was  capable,  on  such  occasions,  of  bring 
ing  out  an  argument,  that  by  its  strength  of  reasoning,  force  of 
illustration,  and  effective  eloquence,  gave  him  the  mastery  over 
others.  In  1829,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  laws  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  Bowdoin  College. 

1807. — Hon.  JOHN  GLEN  KING  died  in  Salem,  Mass., 
26  July,  1857,  aged  70.  He  was  the  second  son  of  James 
King,  Esq.  ;  and  was  born  in  Salem,  19  March,  1787.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Mass. 
He  did  not  graduate  with  his  class,  but,  like  many  others  of 
his  own  and  the  succeeding  class,  left  college  in  May,  1807, 
the  period  of  what  is  known  as  "the  Grand  Commons-Re 
bellion."  His  degree  was  conferred  upon  him  in  1818.  He 
pursued  the  study  of  law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Wil 
liam  Prescott  (H.C.  1783)  and  Hon.  Joseph  Story  (H.C. 
1798)  ;  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Essex  bar;  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Salem,  where  he  continued  during 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  attained  an  eminent  rank,  and 
for  many  years  was  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  bar  in 


184  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  fl857-58. 

Essex  county.  He  was  repeatedly  elected  to  offices  of  honor 
and  trust.  He  was  chosen  a  representative  from  Salem  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1816  and  1821  ;  and  was  a  member  of  the 
senate  from  Essex  District  in  1822,  1823,  and  1826.  He  was 
also  the  first  president  of  the  common-council  of  Salem,  under 
the  city  charter.  Among  his  important  legislative  duties  may 
be  mentioned  his  share  in  the  great  Fresco tt  impeachment  case, 
in  1821.  He,  being  at  that  time  a  member  of  the  house  of 
representatives,  was  appointed  to  make  the  impeachment  at  the 
bar  of  the  senate,  in  the  name  of  the  house  of  representatives 
and  of  the  people  of  Massachusetts  ;  and  afterwards  was  ap- 
appointed  first  of  the  seven  managers  on  the  part  of  the  house 
to  conduct  the  impeachment  before  the  senate,  sitting  as  a 
court ;  the  other  six  being  Levi  Lincoln  (afterwards  governor) , 
William  Baylies,  Warren  Dutton,  Samuel  P.  P.  Fay  (after 
wards  judge),  Lemuel  Shaw  (afterwards  chief-justice  of  the 
Supreme  Judicial  Court),  and  Sherman  Leland  (afterwards 
judge).  Horatio  G.  Newcomb  and  Francis  C.  Gray,  in  the 
course  of  the  proceedings,  were  substituted  for  Messrs.  Lincoln 
and  Baylies.  Mr.  King,  although  younger  than  several  of  the 
gentlemen  comprising  this  eminent  array  of  legal  talent,  bore  a 
distinguished  part  in  the  conduct  of  the  laborious  and  novel  case. 
He  made  the  opening  argument;  and,  at  the  close  of  the. pro 
ceedings,  demanded  judgment  upon  the  articles  on  which  the 
respondent  was  found  guilty.  The  following  eminent  legal  gen 
tlemen  were  the  respondent's  counsel :  William  Prescott,  George 
Blake,  Daniel  Webster,  Samuel  Hoar,  Samuel  Hubbard,  and 
Augustus  Peabody.  Mr.  King  was,  for  many  years,  commis- 
sioner-of-insolvency,  and  held  that  office  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 
He  was  a  wise  and  learned  counsellor,  whose  honor  and  integrity 
were  without  the  suspicion  of  a  stain  ;  whose  counsel  in  the  dis 
tribution  of  estates  was  sought  from  far  and  near ;  and  whose 
association  in  any  deed  of  trust  gave  confidence  to  all  who  were 
interested  in  its  being  honestly  and  judiciously  administered. 
His  mind  was  singularly  acute  and  critical ;  his  spirit,  of  that 
justly  balanced  cast,  which,  while  wisely  conservative  in  all  its 


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tendencies  and  judgments,  was  keenly  alive  to  every  moral  and 
social  wrong,  and  resolute  in  the  maintenance  of  -the  right  and 
the  true,  in  the  face  of  any  weight  of  precedent  or  example  on 
the  other  side.  His  love  of  literature  and  of  books  almost 
amounted  to  a  passion.  His  precious  and  well-selected  library 
was  his  solace  through  many  a  year  of  suffering ;  and  the  sight 
of  it,  around  his  bed  of  mortal  sickness,  cheered  and  enlivened 
the  last  days  of  his  declining  life.  He  was  a  scholar,  and  a  ripe 
and  good  one.  The  ancient  classics  were  his  mental  food  and 
drink.  He  nourished  his  spirit,  too,  on  the  old  English  master 
pieces,  especially  of  the  theologians,  for  whose  range  of  subjects 
his  mind  had  a  natural  affinity ;  but  in  every  stage  of  English 
literature  he  was  at  home,  and  his  fine  and  cultivated  taste  appre 
ciated  all  that  was  truly  worthy.  Mr.  King  married  Susan, 
daughter  of  Major  Frederick  Oilman,  of  Gloucester.  He  had 
six  children,  of  whom  two  died  in  infancy  :  the  others,  with  his 
widow,  survived  him.  One  son,  John  Gallison  King,  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1838. 

1807.  — JAKED  WEED  died  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  6  August, 
1857,  aged  74.  He  was  son  of  Elnathan  and  Lydia  (Bouton) 
Weed,  and  was  born  in  North  Stamford,  Conn.,  5  April,  1783. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  in  North  Salem,  N.Y.,  under  the  in 
struction  of  a  Scotch  pedagogue,  whom  he  used  to  speak  of  as 
"  Old  Johnny  McNess."  He  had  certain  peculiarities  of  expres 
sion  which  he  undoubtedly  contracted  under  this  Scotchman's 
teaching.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  William  Stedman,  of  Lan 
caster,  Ma^s.  (H.C.  1784),  and  Judge  Nathaniel  Paine,  of 
Worcester  (H.C.  1775).  With  Judge  Paine  he  acquired  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  probate  business,  which  he  was  said  to 
transact  remarkably  well,  and  which  he  continued  to  practise 
until  his  death.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Worcester,  and 
in  1813  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Peters 
ham,  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
made  his  first  entries  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  ir  Worces 
ter  County  at  the  November  term  in  1812,  and  continued  after 
that  to  make  entries  at  each  term.  He  was  admitted  an  attor 
ney  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  at  the  September  term  in 

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186  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

1816,  and  a  counsellor  of  the  same  court  at  the  September  term 
in  1818.  He  attained  a  very  respectable  standing  in  his  pro 
fession  ;  was  a  magistrate  in  whom  the  people  had  confidence, 
an  honest  politician,  and  a  most  worthy  and  excellent  man.  He 
was,  for  several  years,  chairman  of  the  board  of  county-com 
missioners  ;  and  filled  other  offices  of  honor  and  trust  which  were 
bestowed  upon  him  by  his  fellow-townsmen  and  the  citizens  of 
his  county,  with  credit  to  himself,  and  satisfaction  to  his  con 
stituents.  He  married,  30  April,  1821,  Eliza  Prentiss,  of 
Petersham,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Lydia  Prentiss  (singular 
coincidence  with  the  names  of  his  parents).  He  had  three 
daughters,  —  Elizabeth  Otis,  born  1822  ;  Lydia  Pennoyer,  born 
1823  ;  and  Mary  Jane,  born  1827,  —  the  eldest  of  whom  only 
survived  him  :  the  others  died  within  six  years  of  the  death  of 
their  father.  His  widow  survived  him.  He  was  a  kind  and 
indulgent  husband  and  father,  thoughtful  for  others,  and  exhib 
ited  wonderful  patience  during  the  last  five  weary  years  of  his 
life  while  suffering  from  a  severe  attack  of  paralysis.  His 
mother  always  said,  "  Jared  was  a  good  boy  at  home,  —  her  best 
child ;  "  and  she  had  a  large  family.  He  was  too  forgetful  of 
his  own  interests  for  his  worldly  prosperity ;  but  his  generous, 
kind  heart  is  remembered  by  his  friends. 

Mr.  Weed  was  descended,  on  the  mother's  side,  from  a 
family  by  the  name  of  Pennoyer  ;  one  of  whom,  William  Penn 
oyer,  many  years  ago,  left  a  legacy  to  Harvard  College  on  condi 
tion  of  the  awarding  of  certain  benefits  to  such  of  his  descendants 
as  should  be  educated  there,  of  which  Mr.  Weed  Imd  a  share. 
William  Pennoyer  never  came  to  this  country,  but  lived  and 
died  in  England.  It  is  his  brother  Kobert's  descendants  who  have 
lived  in  the  United  States. 

1811. — Rev.  SAMUEL  OILMAN,  of  Charleston,  S.C.,  died 
at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Rev.  Charles  J.  Bo  wen,  in 
Kingston,  Mass.,  9  February,  1858,  aged  66.  He  was  son  of 
Frederick  and  Abigail  H.  (Somes)  Oilman,  and  was  born 
in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  16  February,  1791.  His  father  had 
been  a  very  successful  merchant  in  Gloucester,  but  died  insolvent 
more  than  sixty  years  ago  ;  his  insolvency  having  been  caused 


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,by  the  capture  of  several  of  his  vessels  by  the  French  in  the  war 
of  1798.  He  left  a  youthful  widow  and  four  male  children; 
and,  when  Samuel  was  about  seven  years  old,  his  mother  took 
him  to  Atkinson,  N.H.,  to  be  educated  in  the  academy  there, 
under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Stephen  Peabody  (H.C.  1769),  whose 
quaint,  primitive  ways  are  described  with  inimitable  humor  in  a 
biographical  sketch  by  Dr.  Oilman,  published  in  the  *'  Christian 
Examiner"  in  1847.  Not  long  subsequently,  the  family  re 
moved  to  Salem,  Mass.  ;  and  Samuel  was  for  some  time  em 
ployed  as  a  clerk  in  the  old  Essex  Bank.  He  graduated  with 
high  honors  in  a  class  remarkable  for  eminent  talent.  A  poem, 
which  he  delivered  on  his  graduation,  "  On  the  Pleasures  and 
Pains  of  a  Student,"  was  replete  with  humor,  and  elicited  raptu 
rous  applause  from  a  crowded  audience.  This  poem  he  repeated 
on  the  evening  of  commencement-day,  in  1852,  at  the  residence 
of  Hon.  Edward  Everett,  in  Boston,  whither  the  class  had  been 
invited  to  celebrate  the  forty-first  anniversary  of  their  gradua 
tion  ;  and  added  a  sequel,  in  which  he  gave  a  retrospect  of  the 
time  from  their  graduation  to  that  period,  paying  a  brief  and 
beautiful  tribute  to  the  memory  of  those  of  the  class  who  had 
deceased.  The  poem  concluded  with  the  following  fine  compli 
ment  to  their  host,  the  Hon.  Mr.  Everett :  — 

"  Stay  yet,  dear  Mends  !  the  minstrel  bids  you  toast, 
In  pure,  bright  water,  our  accomplished  host ; 
Who  gives,  one  need  not  say,  our  class  its  name, 
Tinged  with  the  lustre  of  his  well-earned  fame. 
Health  for  his  labors,  for  his  cares  relief, 
To  him,  our  first  and  last  unenvied  chief!  " 

These  two  poems  were  printed  immediately  afterwards  for  dis 
tribution  to  the  surviving  members  of  the  class. 

Among  the  various  pursuits  which  offered  themselves  to  Dr. 
Oilman's  choice,  was  that  to  which,  by  character  and  endow 
ments,  he  was  best  adapted  ;  and  it  was  the  profession  which  was 
the  choice  of  his  heart.  He  soon  began  the  study  of  theology 
under  the  supervision  of  Drs.  Ware  and  Kirkland,  who  then 
constituted  the  theological  faculty.  Fortunately  for  him,  he  was 
not  hurried,  like  most  young  Americans,  immediately  and  pre- 


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maturely  into  professional  life.  He  lingered  long  under  the  roof 
of  his  Alma  Mater,  maturing  his  mind,  extending  his  knowledge, 
and  laying  up  those  intellectual  and  literary  treasures  which  his 
future  isolation  rendered  so  important.  In  1817,  he  was  ap 
pointed  tutor  in  mathematics  at  Harvard  College ;  which  office 
he  held  two  years.  Early  in  1819,  he  went  to  Charleston,  S.C. , 
where  he  received  a  pastoral  call  as  successor  to  the  Rev.  An 
thony  M.  Foster  ;  and,  after  a  few  months  of  probationary  service, 
he  was  ordained,  1  December,  1819,  as  pastor  of  the  Unitarian 
or  Second  Independent  church  in  that  city.  The  ordination- 
sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Joseph  Tuckerman,  D.D.,  of 
Chelsea,  Mass.  (H.C.  1798).  Here  he  labored  faithfully  and 
acceptably  until  his  last  sickness.  He  was  universally  respected 
by  the  people  of  the  city  of  his  residence,  and  his  influence  ex 
tended  far  beyond  the  limits  of  the  religious  denomination  with 
which  he  was  connected.  He  was  the  life  and  soul  of  the  New- 
England  society  of  South  Carolina,  and  was  always  hospitable 
to  all  visitors  from  the  North.  During  his  residence  in  Cam 
bridge,  he  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  "North-American 
Review,"  in  which  periodical  his  papers  are  marked  by  their 
polished  elegance  of  diction,  the  grace  and  felicity  of  their  illus 
trations,  and  their  racy  humor.  Among  his  contributions  were 
a  series  of  able  papers  on  the  philosophical  lectures  of  Dr.  Tho 
mas  Brown,  and  translations  of  several  of  the  satires  of  Boileau. 
One  of  his  most  noted  essays  was  on  "  The  Influence  of  One 
National  Literature  upon  Another."  He  also  wrote  a  fine  paper 
on  "  The  Writings  of  Edward  Everett,"  his  classmate  and  warm 
personal  friend.  After  his  removal  to  Charleston,  he  continued 
to  write  for  different  periodicals  ;  his  contributions  embracing  a 
wide  range  of  subjects,  from  profound  philosophical  discussions 
to  sparkling  satirical  essays.  A  selection  of  these  was  published 
in  a  volume  a  few  years  since,  under  the  title  of  "  Contributions  to 
American  Literature,  descriptive,  critical,  humorous,  brigraphi- 
cal,  philosophical,  and  poetical."  Among  his  productions,  the 
"Recollections  of  a  New-England  Village  Choir"  has,  perhaps, 
become  the  most  generally  popular.  For  apt  local  description, 
a  keen  sense  of  the  ludicrous,  and  a  happy  intuition  of  charac- 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  189 

teristic  peculiarities,  it  has  seldom  been  matched  in  the  humorous 
literature  of  this  country.  Dr.  Gilman  possessed  the  gift  of 
poetry,  which  he  cultivated  with  no  inconsiderable  success.  He 
had  a  luxuriant  fancy,  an  excellent  command  of  natural  imagery, 
and  great  fluency  of  expression.  As  a  pulpit-orator,  he  was 
affectionate  and  persuasive  ;  equally  removed  from  languor  and 
vehemence ;  never  boisterous,  but  always  in  earnest ;  loving 
the  sphere  of  universal  ethics  rather  than  the  subtleties  of  secta 
rian  doctrine  ;  and  commending  the  great  lessons  he  taught  by 
the  shining  and  noble  example  of  his  private  life. 

Dr.  Gilman  married,  14  October,  1819,  Miss  Caroline 
Howard,  daughter  of  Samuel  Howard,  a  shipwright  of  Bos 
ton  ;  a  lady  of  remarkable  talents  and  acquirements.  She  is 
the  author  of  several  excellent  books:  viz.,  "Oracles  from  the 
Poets  ;  "  "  Recollections  of  a  New  -  England  Housekeeper  ;  " 
"  New-England  Bride,  and  Southern  Matron  ;  "  "  Poetry  of 
Travelling  in  the  United  States;"  "  Tales  and  Ballads  ;"  and 
others. 

Dr.  Gilman  had  four  daughters,  who  survived  him  :  viz., 
Abby  Louisa,  wife  of  Francis  J.  Porcher,  merchant,  of 
Charleston;  Caroline  H.,  widow  of  William  Glover,  planter, 
of  South  Carolina;  Eliza  W.,  wife  of  Pickering  Dodge,  Esq., 
of  Salem  ;  Anna,  wife  of  Rev.  Charles  J.  Bowen,  of  Kings 
ton,  Mass.  He  had  also  a  son,  who  died  young.  His  widow 
survives  him.  His  occasioned  visits  to  the  home  of  his  youth 
kept  his  ancient  intimacies  unbroken ;  old  associations  were 
preserved  amid  the  excitement  of  novel  scenes  and  fresh  in 
terests  ;  and,  now  that  he  has  passed  away,  his  memory  will 
be  tenderly  cherished,  both  by  those  to  whom  he  devoted  the 
maturity  of  his  strength,  and  those  among  whom  he  has  found 
a  grave. 

1812. — Hon.  FRANKLIN  DEXTER  died  in  Beverly,  Mass., 
14  August,  1857,  aged  63.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Samuel 
(H.C.  1781)  and  Catharine  (Gordon)  Dexter,  and  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  5  November,  1793.  He  held  a  high 
rank  in  college,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  He  studied 
law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  Samuel  Hubbard  (Y.C. 


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1802),  and  was  admitted  in  regular  course  to  practice  in  Suf 
folk  County.  He  established  himself  in  Boston,  where  he  soon 
rose  to  distinction  at  the  bar,  which  could  boast,  during  his 
connection  with  it,  the  names  of  Otis,  Jackson,  Prescott,  Web 
ster,  Mason,  and  Hubbard.  Among  such  rivals,  he  took  rank 
as  a  leader.  Several  of  his  competitors,  undoubtedly,  were 
more  successful ;  that  is,  they  had  more  cases  on  their  dockets, 
and  much  larger  incomes  by  their  profession  :  but  he  was  one 
of  the  first  to  be  sought  in  important  cases,  or  when  great  legal 
points  were  to  be  discussed,  or  large  interests  disposed  of. 
This  position  he  held,  with  continually  increasing  reputa 
tion,  until  his  retirement  from  practice  in  1845.  He  was  for 
some  years  a  partner  of  Hon.  Charles  Greely  Loring  (H.C. 
1812)  ;  afterwards  of  Hon.  William  Prescott  (H.C.  1783)  ; 
and,  still  later,  of  William  Howard  Gardiner  (H.C.  1816) 
and  George  William  Phillips  (H.C.  1829).  He  was  employed 
as  counsel  for  the  Knapps,  in  their  trial  for  the  murder  of  Capt. 
White,  at  Salem,  in  1830  ;  and  exhibited  great  skill 'and  logical 
acuteness  in  their  defence  against  the  gigantic  powers  of  Daniel 
Webster,  who  was  employed  in  behalf  of  the  government. 
He  was  afterwards  engaged  in  the  defence  of  Mrs.  Kinney, 
who  was  acquitted  on  a  charge  of  poisoning  her  husband  in 
Lowell.  He  held  many  public  stations,  which  he  filled  with 
honor  to  himself,  and  advantage  to  the  community.  On  the 
4th  of  July,  1819,  by  appointment  of  the  authorities  of  the  town 
of  Boston,  he  delivered  the  oration  on  the  anniversary  of  the  Dec 
laration  of  Independence.  He  was  elected  a  representative  from 
Boston  to  the  state  legislature  in  1825,  1826,  and  1840  ;  in 

1835,  he  was  chosen   senator    from    Suffolk  District;    and  in 

1836,  as  one  of  the    select  committee,  he   rendered  valuable 
and  important  service  in  shaping  and    improving  the   Revised 
Statutes.     He  was  a  member  of  the  city-council  in  1825.     He 
took  much  interest  in  military  affairs,  and  was  for  some  time 
commander    of  the    New-England  Guards.       He    had    a    rare 
taste  for  the  fine  arts,   and  was  a  warm  friend  and  admirer  of 
Washington  Allston.      His    beautiful    criticism    on    landscape- 
painting,  in  an  extended  article  in  the  "  North- American  Ee- 


1857-58.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  191 

view,"  attests  his  information  on  this  subject.  "  In  political 
life,"  says  his  classmate,  the  lion.  Charles  G.  Loring,  "Mr. 
Dexter  exhibited  the  same  love  of  truth,  and  contempt  of  arti 
fice,  the  same  gentlemanly  bearing,  and  marked  ability  for 
debate,  which  distinguished  him  at  the  bar.  Eminently  faithful 
to  his  convictions  of  duty  to  his  country,  he  never  sacrificed  or 
compromised  them  at  the  behest  of  a  party,  or  under  the  more 
insidious  and  dangerous  influences  of  private  friendship  or 
social  influence.  An  enlightened  and  fervent  lover  of  her  in 
stitutions,  he  was  not  lost  in  blind  or  extravagant  admiration  to 
their  peculiar  weaknesses  and  dangers ;  and  contemned  the 
appeals  to  that  infatuation,  so  generally  characteristic  of  popular 
addresses,  and  so  often  the  cloak  of  basely  selfish  hypocrisy. 
It  was  perhaps  in  this  sphere  of  duty,  more  than  in  any  other, 
that  his  resolution  and  intrepidity  were  displayed.  In  the  great 
struggle  of  1850,  his  convictions  upon  the  great  questions  which 
divided  the  country  impelled  him  into  painful  opposition  to  the 
principles  avowed,  and  measures  advocated,  by  the  great 
champion  of  the  party  with  which  he  had  hitherto  united  himself 
and  his  associates,  which  drew  upon  him,  not  merely  the  re 
proaches  and  suspicions  of  the  zealous  partisans,  and  many  of 
the  public  prints  of  the  day,  which  he  could  patiently  and 
calmly  endure,  but  alienated  many  whom  he  had  been  accus 
tomed  to  look  upon  as  personal  friends,  who  turned  from  him 
in  coldness,  or  indulged  in  censure  of  his  course;  thus  adding 
another  victim  to  that  lamentable  intolerance  in  public  opinion, 
by  which  our  community  has  been  too  long  and  unhappily  dis 
tinguished,  and  which  seems  in  strange  contrast  with  its  claims 
to  intellectual  position  and  advancement.  But  no  desertion  of 
friends,  no  blandishment  or  persecution,  could  damp  his  courage, 
or  shake  his  consistency.  He  never  ceased  to  maintain,  and 
press  upon  the  public  mind,  the  views  he  entertained ;  and  hap 
pily  lived  long  enough  at  last  to  enjoy  the  satisfaction  of  seeing 
them  become  those  of  the  great  mass  of  his  fellow-citizens, 
though  his  sensitive  mind  never  recovered  from  the  wounds  thus 
ungenerously  inflicted,  which,  to  use  his  own  expressive  lan 
guage,  were  'blows  upon  the  heart.'"  In  1841,  Mr.  Dexter 


192  NECROLOGY   OP  ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

accepted  from  President  Harrison  the  office  of  district-attorney 
of  the  United  States  for  the  district  of  Massachusetts.  To  his 
conduct  in  office,  his  friend,  who  presides  over  the  court  in 
which  his  practice  necessarily  lay,  bore  ample  and  just  testi 
mony.  Judge  Sprague  said,  "His  official  duties  lay  mostly  in 
the  court  in  which  I  presided ;  and  I  can  bear  witness  that  they 
were  performed  with  consummate  ability,  fidelity,  and  discre 
tion.  Vigilant  and  firm  in  the  detection  and  punishment  of 
crime,  it  was  always  with  that  considerate  calmness  which 
became  the  representative  of  a  mild  and  paternal  government. 
While  he  effectually  repelled  and  exposed  every  effort,  however 
bold  or  artful,  to  turn  aside  the  course  of  justice,  no  amount  of 
opposition  in  a  trial,  whatever  its  force  or  character,  could 
convert  it,  on  his  part,  into  a  contest  for  victory,  or  an  occasion 
of  self-exhibition.  He  had  the  most  exact  appreciation  of  the 
duties  of  his  station,  and  every  qualification  for  their  perform 
ance.  Indeed,  no  man  could  come  nearer  to  the  ideal  of  a 
perfect  public-prosecutor."  Mr.  Dexter  married,  28  Septem 
ber,  1819,  Catherine  Elizabeth  Fresco tt,  daughter  of  Hon. 
William  Prescott.  He  had  five  children.  One  died  in  infan 
cy  :  the  others,  with  his  widow,  survived  him.  For  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  he  resided  permanently  in  Beverly.  In  1857, 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  Harvard  College. 

1818. — JAMES  B ARBOUR  died  in  Barboursville,  Orange 
County,  Ya.,  7  November,  1857,  aged  58.  He  was  the  eldest 
son  of  the  late  Governor  James  Barbour,  of  Virginia,  from 
whom  he  inherited  talents  that  would  have  distinguished  him 
in  any  walk  of  public  life,  but  for  a  constitutional  modesty, 
which  kept  him  in  retirement.  He  was  born  in  Orange  county, 
Va.,  22  December,  1798.  He  graduated  with  distinction  in  a 
class  which  exceeded  in  numbers  any  previous  one  which  had 
ever  left  the  walls  of  Harvard.  With  strong  literary  tastes, 
and  a  mind  enlarged  and  improved  by  foreign  travel,  he  pursued 
the  cultivation  of  polite  learning  in  the  intervals  of  leisure  af 
forded  him  in  the  management  of  a  large  plantation  ;  and  there 
were  few  men  of  wider  information  or  sounder  scholarship  in 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  193 

the  state.  In  1828,  he  accompanied  his  father  to  England, 
where  the  late  Gov.  Barbour  was  sent  as  minister  to  that 
country  ;  and  served  as  secretary-of-legation  to  the  court  of 
George  IV.  Old  enough  to  have  seen  some  of  the  greatest 
men  in  Virginia,  in  the  unreserve  of  social  intercourse,  around 
his  father's  fireside,  his  conversation  was  rich  in  reminiscences 
of  political  and  literary  celebrities  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  embraced  personal  anecdotes  of  Mr.  Jefferson,  Mr.  Madi 
son,  Mr.  Monroe,  Lafayette,  Sir  Walter  Scott,  and  others  :  but 
he  never  talked  for  effect ;  and  so  little  pretension  was  there  in 
his  manner,  that  a  careless  observer  might  have  passed  him  by 
as  a  person  of  ordinary  powers.  But,  as  soon  as  he  engaged 
with  zest  in  the  conversation  of  the  moment,  it  was  impossible 
not  to  perceive  that  he  was  a  very  uncommon  man.  A  volume 
of  his  recollections  would  have  been  a  great  addition  to  the 
department  of  literature  which  embraces  the  ana  of  distin 
guished  people. 

1821. — Dr.  OLIVER  HUNTER  BLOOD  died  in  Worcester, 
Mass.,  8  April,  1858,  aged  57.  He  was  son  of  Thomas 
Howard  and  Polly  (Sawyer)  Blood,  and  was  born  in  Sterling, 
Mass.,  31  May,  1800.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Eev. 
Lemuel  Capen,  of  Sterling  (H.C.  1810).  On  leaving  college, 
he  determined  to  become  a  physician,  and  pursued  his  profes 
sional  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  John  Green,  of  Wor 
cester  (B.U.  1804).  Having  received  his  degree  of  M.D. 
in  1826,  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  two  years.  He  then  removed 
to  Worcester,  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  married  Ellen  Blake,  daughter  of  Hon.  Francis  Blake,  of 
Worcester  (H.C.  1789),  and  had  eight  children, — four  sons 
and  four  daughters.  One  son  died  at  the  age  of  four  years  :  his 
other  children,  with  his  widow,  survived  him.  He  was  a  man  of 
small  stature,  but  of  great  physical  strength  ;  and,  on  this  account, 
when  in  college  he  became  the  possessor  of  the  huge  herculean 
club,  which  bore  the  significant  name  of  the  "Thundering 
Bolus  ;  "  a  weapon  of  formidable  size,  which,  for  many  years, 
was  transmitted  from  class  to  class  to  the  strongest  member  in 

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194  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

each.  Dr.  Blood  was  a  man  of  social  and  genial  disposition. 
With  a  fund  of  ready  wit  always  at  command,  he  was  ever  a 
welcome  guest  at  the  festive  board.  His  name,  originally,  was 
Oliver  Blood  :  but,  a  short  time  before  he  entered  college,  he, 
with  some  juvenile  companions,  went  on  a  hunting  expedition, 
which  was  attended  with  but  indifferent  success  ;  and  on  their 
return,  merely  out  of  sport,  he  assumed  the  name  of  Hunter, — 
quasi  lucus  a  non  lucendo,  —  which  he  ever  after  retained.  Pos 
sessed  of  the  kindest  feelings,  and  of  a  most  obliging  disposi 
tion,  he  was  greatly  beloved,  not  only  by  his  family,  but  by  the 
community  among  whom  he  had  so  long  lived. 

1821. — WILLIAM  FOSTER  OTIS,  of  Boston,  died  in  Ver 
sailles,  France,  29  May,  1858,  aged  56.  His  disease  was 
"  syncope  of  the  heart."  His  death  was  very  sudden,  he  having 
been  in  perfect  health  until  about  fifteen  minutes  before  he 
breathed  his  last.  He  left  Boston  on  the  17th  of  June,  1857, 
for  Liverpool,  and  had  been  travelling  in  England  and  on  the 
Continent.  The  last  winter  he  spent  in  Paris,  and  had  been 
about  two  weeks  in  Versailles  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  the  third  son  of  Hon.  Harrison  Gray  (H.C.  1783)  and 
Sally  (Foster)  Otis  ;  and  was  born  in  Boston,  1  December, 
1801.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Public  Latin  School  in 
Boston.  Having  chosen  the  profession  of  law,  he  pursued 
his  legal  studies  with  his  eldest  brother,  Harrison  Gray  Otis, 
jun.  (H.C.  1811),  and  Augustus  Peabody  (D.C.  1803),  of 
Boston.  On  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  established  himself 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston.  In  early  life  he 
took  an  active  part  in  political  and  military  affairs.  He  was  an 
officer  in  the  New-England  Guards  ;  was  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  in  1828  ;  and  was 
commissioned  as  a  major  in  the  Boston  regiment.  He  was 
elected  a  representative  to  the  legislature  in  1830,  and  was  re- 
elected  the  two  following  years.  On  the  4th  of  July,  1831,  he 
delivered  an  oration  before  the  young  men  of  Boston,  which 
excited  much  attention  from  the  spirit  of  "Young  America" 
which  he  displayed  in  it ;  and  which  at  that  time,  among  the 
older  class,  was  deemed  to  be  too  much  in  advance  of  the  age. 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  195 

He  early  retired  from  public  life  and  from  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  preferring  the  quiet  of  private  life  to  political  strifes 
and  forensic  contests.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  polished  manners, 
affable  in  his  deportment,  and  of  unblemished  moral  character. 
He  was,  for  several  years,  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Temperance  Society  ;  was  an  active  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Advent  in  Boston,  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  support,  and, 
at  the  time  he  left  for  Europe,  was  its  senior  warden.  He 
married,  18  May,  1831,  Emily,  daughter  of  Josiah  Marshall, 
Esq.,  a  merchant  of  Boston.  She  was  a  lady  of  remarkable 
personal  beauty  and  accomplishments,  which  were  exceeded 
only  by  the  goodness  of  her  heart  and  the  loveliness  of  her  life. 
She  died,  17  August,  1836,  at  the  early  age  of  29.  Her  death 
was  a  severe  affliction  to  her  husband,  from  which  he  seemed 
never  to  recover.  He  left  two  daughters.  His  only  son  died 
24  October,  1848,  at  the  age  of  12  years. 

1828.  — FREDERIC  DABNEY  died  in  Fayal,  Azores,  29  De 
cember,  1857,  aged  48.  He  was  son  of  John  Bass  and  Roxa 
(Lewis)  Dabney,  and  was  born  in  Fayal  (where  his  father  resided 
as  United-States  consul  for  many  years),  2  August,  1809.  He 
was  fitted  for  college,  partly  by  Rev.  Henry  Colman  (D.C.  1805) 
at  Brookline,  and  partly  by  Jacob  Newman  Knapp  (H.C.  1802) 
at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.  He  was  one  of  the  youngest  in  his 
class,  and  one  of  the  most  juvenile  in  appearance ;  he  had 
however,  a  manly  deportment,  which  won  from  his  associates 
the  love  given  to  a  younger  brother,  and  the  respect  paid  to  an 
equal.  He  entered  with  great  earnestness  into  the  athletic 
sports  of  the  gymnasium  (which  were  introduced  during  his 
collegiate  course)  ;  and  was  one  of  the  most  graceful  and  skil 
ful  performers,  especially  in  those  exercises  which  require  agility 
rather  than  strength.  He  was  not  ambitious  of  college  distinc 
tions,  but  was  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  ;  held  a 
respectable  rank  in  every  department  of  study,  and  enjoyed  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  teachers.  Immediately  after 
leaving  college,  he  returned  to  Fayal,  and  engaged  in  the  mer 
cantile  business  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  which  his  father  was 
the  senior  member.  There  was  his  permanent  residence ;  and 


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he  led  an  active,  useful,  and  happy  life.  He  visited  Boston  a 
few  times,  and  spent  some  time  in  Europe,  seeking  the  restora 
tion  of  impaired  health.  In  1835,  while  in  England,  he  mar 
ried  Roxana  Stackpole,  of  Boston.  His  business,  the  duties 
of  a  wide  hospitality,  his  books,  and  his  family,  filled,  up  his 
time  pleasantly  and  profitably.  His  classmates,  at  their  period 
ical  meetings,  occasionally  received  an  aiFectionate  letter  from 
him,  in  which  tenderness  of  feeling  that  comes  with  growing 
years  was  in  touching  contrast  with  the  boyish  light-heartedness 
of  his  college-life.  He  was  greatly  esteemed  and  valued  in  the 
community  in  which  he  dwelt ;  and  the  general  sense  of  the 
loss  sustained  by  his  death  was  expressed  in  the  most  emphatic 
manner,  alike  by  native  and  foreign  residents,  by  Catholics  and 
Protestants.  He  died  of  disease  of  the  lungs.  He  had  long 
been  in  failing  health,  and  was  watched  with  much  anxiety  by 
his  family  and  friends ;  but  his  summons  was  at  last  sudden. 
He  took  part  in  the  Christmas  festivities  of  his  household,  and 
even  dined  with  his  family  the  day  before  his  death ;  but,  in  his 
enfeebled  condition,  a  few  hours  of  suffering  sufficed  to  release 
his  spirit.  He  had  ten  children  ;  five  of  whom,  with  his  widow, 
survived  him. 

1828.  —  Hon.  JOHN  JAMES  GILCHEIST,  of  Charlestown, 
N.H.,  died  in  Washington,  D.C.,  29  April,  1858,  aged  49. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Capt.  James  and  Susan  (Wyman) 
Gilchrist,  and  was  born  in  Medford,  Mass.,  16  February,  1809. 
His  father  was  an  active  and  enterprising  shipmaster,  sailing  for 
many  years  from  the  ports  of  Boston  and  Salem,  in  the  China 
and  East-India  trade ;  until,  having  acquired  an  ample  compe 
tence,  he  retired  from  a  seafaring  life,  and  removed  with  his 
family  from  Medford,  in  February,  1822,  to  Charlestown, 
N.H.,  where  he  had  purchased  a  farm  ;  and  devoted  himself  to 
agriculture  until  his  death,  which  occurred  15  June,  1826.  The 
subject  of  this  notice  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  college 
under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Jaazaniah  Crosby,  D.D.,  of 
Charlestown  (H.C.  1804).  He  was  afterwards  sent  to  Med 
ford,  and  placed  in  the  private  academy  of  Mr.  John  Angier 
(H.C.  1821),  where  he  made  such  rapid  progress,  that, 


1857-58.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  197 

although  not  intending,  when  he  went  there,  to  enter  to  an 
advanced  standing,  he  was  enabled  to  pass  a  satisfactory  exami 
nation,  and  was  admitted  in  1825  to  the  sophomore  class. 
His  conduct,  while  in  college,  was  exemplary,  and  his  character 
unblemished.  He  was  not  ambitious  for  distinction,  and  his 
course  of  studies  was  rather  general  than  confined  to  the 
requirements  of  a  collegiate  course  ;  and  therefore  his  rank  in 
his  class,  although  always  respectable,  was  not  so  high  as  he 
might  hare  attained.  After  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study 
of  the  law  under  the  instruction  of  the  late  William  Briggs,  of 
Charlestown  (D.C.  1799),  and  completed  his  legal  studies  at 
the  Law  School  in  Cambridge.  On  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Charlestown.  He  rapidly 
rose  to  distinction,  and  soon  formed  a  business  connection  with 
the  late  Gov.  Henry  Hubbard  (D.C.  1803).  He  took  a  pro 
minent  part  in  politics,  and  was  early  elected  to  offices  of  trust 
and  importance.  He  repeatedly  represented  Charlestown  in  the 
legislature  of  New  Hampshire,  and  was  also  elected  solicitor  of 
Sullivan  county.  In  March,  1840,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty- 
one,  he  was  appointed  an  associate-justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Hampshire.  The  ability  with  which  he  discharged 
the  duties  of  this  high  station  developed  the  eminent  qualifica 
tions  he  possessed  for  the  post  to  which  he  had  been  elevated ; 
and  when,  on  the  retirement  of  the  Hon.  Joel  Parker  (D.C.' 
1811)  from  the  office  of  chief-justice,  in  June,  1848,  he  was 
at  once  appointed  his  successor.  This  office  he  held  until 
March,  1855  ;  when  he  resigned  it  to  accept  that  of  judge 
of  the  United-States  Court  of  Claims,  to  which  he  had  been 
appointed  by  President  Pierce,  and  which  he  held  at  the  time 
of  his  death. 

Judge  Gilchrist  was  a  man  of  ample  and  varied  learning ;  a 
clear  and  good  reasoner ;  and,  as  a  judge,  quick,  attentive,  and 
courteous.  Apart  from  his  judicial  sphere,  he  was  a  great 
lover  of  literature,  and  was  thoroughly  versed  in  the  standard 
works  of  England  and  his  own  country.  In  private  life,  he 
was  possessed  of  a  genial,  social,  and  cordial  disposition,  sea 
soned  with  a  fine  sense  of  humor,  and  a  keen  perception  of  the 


198  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1857-58. 

ludicrous,  which  rendered  him  an  agreeable  and  entertaining 
companion.  He  married,  25  August,  1836,  Sarah  Dean  Hub- 
bard,  daughter  of  the  late  Gov.  Hubbard,  by  whom  he  had 
two  children,  —  a  son  and  a  daughter, — who,  with  their 
mother,  survived  him  ;  his  son  being  then  a  student  of  Har 
vard  College. 

In  his  domestic  relations,  as  a  son,  husband,  father,  and 
brother,  he  was  all  that  could  be  wished.  His  house  was  the 
home  of  hospitality ;  and  his  many  friends  who  have  been  wel 
comed  at  his  board  will  recall  with  pleasure  the  many  happy 
hours  passed  in  his  society,  with  a  melancholy  regret  "that  they 
shall  see  his  face  no  more." 

1832.  — Hon.  ALBERT  HOBART  NELSON,  of  Woburn,  died 
at  the  McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  27  June,  1858, 
aged  46.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  John  and  Lucinda  (Parkhurst) 
Nelson,  and  was  born  in  Milford,  Mass.,  12  March,  1812.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Concord  Academy.  After  leaving  col 
lege,  he  entered  his  name  as  a  law-student  in  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  Samuel  Hoar,  of  Concord,  Mass.  (H.C.  1802)  ;  but  soon 
afterwards  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he  com 
pleted  his  studies,  and  was  admitted  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws  in  1837.  On  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  Concord,  where  he  remained  until  1841  ;  when 
he  removed  to  Woburn,  which  was  his  subsequent  home,  al 
though  he  had  an  office  in  Boston.  He  was  a  well-read  lawyer, 
a  fine  speaker,  and  a  most  pleasing,  persuasive,  and  successful 
advocate  before  a  jury.  He  was  much  in  public  life.  For  sev 
eral  years,  he  held  the  office  of  district-attorney  for  the  counties 
of  Middlesex  and  Essex.  He  was  elected  as  a  whig  senator, 
from  Middlesex  District,  to  the  legislature  in  1848  and  1849  ; 
and  in  1855  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  executive-council, 
which  station  he  resigned  a  few  months  afterwards,  having 
received  the  appointment  of  chief-justice  of  the  Superior 
Court.  He  continued  his  seat  on  the  bench  until  the  6th  of 
March,  1858  ;  when  he  was  compelled  to  resign  it  in  consequence 
of  ill  health.  Mental  alienation  ensued,  which  increased  to  such 
a  degree,  that  it  became  necessary  to  place  him  in  the  asylum  for 


1857-58.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  199 

the  insane,  at  Somerville,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  In 
the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  prosecuting-attorney,  he  was  can 
did  and  courteous.  His  elevation  to  the  bench  was  entirely 
satisfactory  to  the  bar  of  Suffolk  county ;  and  the  manner  in 
which  he  discharged  the  duties  of  the  station  evinced  the  judi 
cious  decision  of  the  executive  in  making  the  appointment.  His 
ample  experience  at  the  bar  had  made  him  familiar  with  the 
rules  of  evidence  and  practice  ;  and  his  instinctive  legal  percep 
tions  and  quickness  of  mind  enabled  him  to  decide  promptly, 
and  generally  correctly,  the  questions  that  came  before  him. 

To  the  town  of  Woburn  the  death  of  Judge  Nelson  was  espe 
cially  a  loss.  He  had  done  much  for  its  interests,  and  with  an 
enthusiasm  which  showed  that  it  came  from  the  heart.  Many 
of  the  public  measures  of  the  town  for  the  last  fifteen  years  bear 
the  impress  of  his  mind  and  hand.  It  was  by  his  efforts,  more 
than  by  those  of  any  other  individual ,  that  the  High  School  — 
an  institution  that  reflects  the  greatest  lustre  on  the  town,  its 
intelligence  and  generosity  —  was  established  ;  and  his  memory 
was  appropriately  honored  at  his  funeral  by  the  pupils  of  the 
school,  who  came  forth  with  sorrowful  countenances  to  pay  a 
last  sad  tribute  to  the  worth  of  their  thoughtful  benefactor. 

Judge  Nelson  married,  September,  1840,  Elizabeth  B. 
Phinney,  daughter  of  the  late  Elias  Phinney,  of  Lexington 
(H.C.  1801),  clerk  of  the  courts  in  Middlesex.  His  widow  and 
one  daughter  survived  him.  He  had  one  other  child,  a  son,  who 
died  in  infancy. 

1836.  —  GEORGE  MIXOT  died  at  his  residence  in  Reading, 
Mass.,  16  April,  1858,  aged  41.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Stephen 
(H.C.  1801)  and  Rebecca  (Trask)  Minot,  and  was  born  in 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  5  January,  1817.  His  father  was  son  of 
Capt.  Jonas  Minot,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born 
28  September,  1776,  and  has  been  a  lawyer  in  Haverhill.  He 
was  appointed  a  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
and  held  the  office  until  1820,  when  the  law  which  created  that 
court  was  repealed.  In  1824,  he  was  appointed  county-attor 
ney  for  Essex ;  which  office  he  resigned  in  1830.  He  died 
6  April,  1861.  Mr.  Minot's  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel 


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Trask,  of  Bradford,  Mass.,  and  deceased  several  years  since. 
He  began  to  fit  for  college  at  Haverhill  Academy,  and  concluded 
his  preparatory  studies  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Exeter,  N.H. 
Immediately  after  graduating,  he  entered  the  Law  School  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  remained  two  years  ;  when  he  left,  and 
completed  his  legal  studies  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Rufus 
Choate  (D.C.  1819).  He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in 
April,  1839  ;  and  immediately  opened  an  office  in  Boston.  He 
rose  rapidly  to  distinction,  and  soon  attained  an  eminent  rank 
in  his  profession.  Possessing  a  mind  remarkably  clear  and  logi 
cal,  his  counsel  was  sought  in  cases,  which,  from  their  intri 
cacy,  required  great  acumen,  keen  discernment,  and  a  nice  dis 
crimination.  But  he  was  more  widely  known  by  his  editorial 
labors.  He  was  the  careful  and  accurate  editor  of  the  "United- 
States  Statutes  at  Large,"  during  the  last  ten  years.  He  also 
rendered  valuable  assistance  to  the  late  Mr.  Peters  in  the  pre 
paration  of  the  first  eight  volumes  of  the  statutes  published  in 
1848,  the  full  and  complete  general-index  of  which  was  the 
exclusive  result  of  his  labors.  His  name  is  also  familiar  to  the 
legal  profession  as  associate-reporter  of  the  decisions  of  the  late 
Judge  Levi  Woodbury  in  the  first  Circuit  Court ;  and  his  edition 
of  the  nine  volumes  of  "English  Admiralty  Reports,"  repub- 
lished  by  Little,  Brown,  and  Co.,  in  1854,  bears  evidence  of 
his  industry  and  learning  in  this  branch  of  his  profession.  In 
1844,  he  edited  the  work  which  has  made  his  name  familiar  to 
every  Massachusetts  lawyer,  —  "  The  Digest  of  the  Decisions  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State,"  —  to  which  he  added  a  supple 
ment  in  1852  ;  and,  until  compelled  by  the  state  of  his  health 
to  lay  aside  his  labors,  he  was  intending  to  recast  the  entire 
work,  and,  including  the  later  reports,  to  make  it  more  com 
pletely  useful  to  the  profession,  more  just  to  his  own  reputa 
tion,  and  to  that  of  the  court,  whose  learning  and  ability  it  would 
illustrate. 

Mr.  Minot  was  for  many  years  solicitor  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad  Corporation.  As  such,  he  was  called  on  to  ad 
vise  in  many  very  delicate  and  difficult  controversies  and  delibe 
rations  ;  and  in  all  he  was  remarkable  at  once  for  honesty  of 


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purpose,  firmness,  and  discretion.  Beyond  his  profession,  he 
read  and  speculated  more  variously  and  more  independently  than 
most  men  of  any  profession.  Elegant  general  literature  ;  music, 
of  which,  in  its  science  and  practice,  he  was  a  lover  and  master ; 
politics  ;  theology,  in  its  relations  to  a  religion  revealed  in  the 
Bible,  and  to  that  philosophy  which  performs  its  main  achievement 
in  conciliating  faith  with  reason, — were  his  recreations.  To 
sacred  music  and  poetry  he  devoted  himself  with  fervor.  He 
loved  especially  the  standard  hymns  and  tunes  of  the  church  in 
which  the  congregation  united  in  public  worship.  While  in  col 
lege,  he  was  the  organist  of  the  chapel ;  and,  during  most  of 
•his  maturer  years,  he  himself  conducted  the  sacred  music  of 
the  religious  society  with  which  he  worshipped.  In  his  religious 
belief,  while  he  did  not  receive,  as  a  whole,  the  creed  of  any 
sect,  he  wras  sincere,  earnest,  catholic.  He  made  the  Bible  his 
constant  study  ;  .he  read  and  explained  it  in  his  house  ;  and  his 
heart  embraced,  as  his  reason  had  acknowledged,  its  truths. 

He  married,  first,  in  1844,  Mrs.  Emily  P.  Ogle,  widow  of 
Dr.  Richard  Ogle,  of  Demarara,  an  Englishman  by  birth.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Gallup,  formerly  of  Woodstock,  Yt., 
but  who  resided  many  years  at  the  Hague,  Netherlands,  where 
he  married  Susan  Maria  Eversdyk,  a  Dutch  lady,  and  where 
this  daughter  was  born.  She  died  in  Boston,  21  November, 
1853  ;  and  Mr.  Minot  married,  second,  12  December,  1854, 
Elizabeth  Dawes,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dawes  (H.C.  1801), 
a  lawyer  in  Boston,  and  grand-daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas 
Dawes  (H.C.  1777),  who  is  well  remembered  by  the  elder 
portion  of  the  community  as  the  learned  judge  successively  of 
the  Probate,  the  Municipal,  and  the  Supreme  courts.  He  left 
two  children,  —  a  son  by  his  first  wife,  and  a  daughter  by 
his  second  wife. 

As  a  citizen,  many  will  bear  testimony  to  his  private  virtues 
and  his  excellence  in  all  the  social  relations.  As  a  son,  he  was 
all  that  could  be  desired,  —  attentive,  respectful,  and  affectionate. 
He  was  a  loving  and  considerate  husband,  and  the  fondest  father. 
Yet  he  was  judicious  in  the  training  of  his  son  ;  and,  with  all  his 
numerous  engagements,  he  never  neglected  giving  him  lessons  of 

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wisdom  and  Christian  counsel.  His  domestics  and  neighbors 
loved  as  well  as  respected  him  ;  for  he  was  kind  to  all.  He 
had  important  trusts  reposed  in  him  by  friends  and  relations, 
who  knew  their  confidence  in  his  ability  and  integrity  could 
never  be  shaken,  or  their  hope  in  him  disappointed,  except  by 
death.  Fidelity  to  the  dictates  of  conscience  was  his  ruling 
principle  of  action.  His  faith  in  religion  was  firm,  and  attended 
him  through  life,  and  shone  forth  in  the  perfect  resignation  with 
which  he  bowed  to  the  appointments  of  Heaven.  He  had  all 
that  man  could  desire  to  render  life  attractive.  Placed  in 
circumstances  to  warrant  their  liberal  indulgence,  he  was  happy 
in  the  exercise  of  his  benevolent  sympathies  and  a  generous 
hospitality.  He  had  numerous  beloved  and  loving  relatives 
and  friends,  a  strong  and  vigorous  intellect,  and  a  heart 
disposed  to  employ  it  in  the  service  of  his  fellow-man  and  his 
heavenly  Father.  Yet  when  the  announcement  was  made, 
which  was  very  sudden  and  unexpected  to  him,  a  few  days 
previous  to  his  death,  that  his  life  on  earth  was  near  its  close, 
he  was  enabled  to  say,  "  God's  will  be  done  ! "  He  besought 
his  sorrowing  friends  around  his  bed  to  "trust  in  God,  and  all 
would  be  well." 

The  funeral  services  of  the  deceased  were  conducted  in  the 
church  by  three  clergymen  of  different  denominations  :  namely, 
the  Rev.  William  Barrows,  his  pastor,  Trinitarian  ;  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Dawes,  of  South  Boston,  Unitarian  ;  and  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Worcester,  D.D.,  of  Boston,  of  the  New- Jerusalem 
church.  The  organ  at  which  he  had  so  often  presided  was 
richly  draped  in  mourning  in  token  of  respect  to  his  memory, 
and  the  choir  executed  an  appropriate  chant  as  a  parting 
requiem. 

1839.  — Rev.  AUGUSTUS  RUSSELL  POPE  died  in  Somerville, 
Mass.,  24  May,  1858,  aged  39.  He  was  son  of  Lemuel  and 
Sally  Belknap  (Russell)  Pope,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  25 
January,  1819.  His  father  was  for  many  years  president  of 
the  Boston  Insurance  Company,  and  died  in  Roxbury  in  1851. 
Mr.  Pope  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  for  admission  into 
college,  partly  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Daniel  Greenleaf 


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Ingraham  (H.C.  1809),  and  partly  at  the  Boston  Latin  School. 
Immediately  after  graduating,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School 
in  Cambridge,  where  he  pursued  his  theological  studies.     He 
was    ordained    pastor    of   the    Unitarian    church    in    Kingston, 
Mass.,    19    April,    1843,    where    he    faithfully    discharged    his 
ministerial    duties    until    June,    1849  ;    when   he    resigned    his 
pastoral  charge,  and  his  resignation  was  accepted  on  the   12th 
of  July  following.      On  the  25th  of  November  in  the  same  year, 
he    \vas    installed    over    the    Unitarian    church    in    Somerville. 
Here  he  continued. to  labor  with  great  acceptance  to  the  people 
of  his  charge  until  his  death,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  months, 
about  two  years  since,  during  which  period  he  acted  as  state 
agent  and  lecturer  for  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Education. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  industry.     He  possessed 
talents  well  adapted  to  the  profession  he  had  chosen.      His  per 
sonal  character  was  adorned  with  Christian  virtues,  which  made 
him  eminently  useful  as  a  minister,  and.  beloved  and  respected 
as  a  man  by  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances.     He  delivered  many 
lectures  before  conventions  of  teachers,  for  the  Board  of  Educa 
tion,  in  which  he  displayed  much  ingenuity  :  one  particularly, 
on  telegraphs,  was  highly  commended.     He  wras  well  versed  in 
physics,  and  had  great  talent  for  mechanics.     He  invented  the 
electrical  apparatus  to  alarm  the  inmates   of  a  house   against 
burglars.     He  edited  or  prepared  the  first  "Educational  Year 
Book,"  and  wrote  many  articles  for  the  "  Massachusetts  Teach 
er."      His   published  works   were,  —  1.    Christian    Union  :     a 
Discourse  preached  before  the  First  Congregational  Society  in 
Kingston,  22  November,  1846.      2.  Discourse  commemorative  of 
the  Life  and  Ministry  of  Rev.  Zephaniah  Willis,  delivered  before 
the  First  Congregational  Society  in  Kingston,  14  March,  1847. 
3.   Address   at  the  Laying  of  the   Corner-stone   of  the  Free 
High-school  House,  Somerville,  17  September,  1851.     4.  An 
Address  delivered  at  the  Laying  of  the  Corner-stone,  of  a  House 
of  Worship  for  the  Allen-street  Congregational  Society  in  the 
City  of  Cambridge,  25  September,  1851    (of  which  there  were 
two  editions).    5.   A  Sermon  before  the  First  Congregational 
Society  in  Somerville,  4  July,  1852.     6.    A  Sermon  on  the 


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Burning  of  the  First  Church  in  Somerville,  preached  25  July, 
1852.  7.  Agricultural  Head-work  :  an  Address  delivered  be 
fore  the  Middlesex  Agricultural  Society,  30  September,  1856. 

Mr.  Pope  married,  2  June,  1843,  Lucy  Ann,  daughter 
of  Col.  George  and  Mary  Meacham,  of  Cambridge;  by  whom 
he  had  four  children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  who,  with 
their  mother,  survived  him.  An  aged  mother,  of  whose  declining 
years  he  was  a  dutiful  supporter,  also  survived  him. 

1844.  —  FRANCIS  LOWELL  BATCHELDER,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  died  at  Hibernia,  Fleming's  Island,  Fla.  (whither  he  had 
gone  for  the  benefit  of  his  health),  9  February,  1858,  aged  32. 
He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Montgomery)  Batchelder, 
and  was  born  in  that  part  of  Chelmsford  which  is  now  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  Lowell,  2  April,  1825.  He  was  fitted 
for  college  at  Thornton  Academy  in  Saco,  Me.,  where  his 
father's  family  resided  for  several  years.  On  leaving  college,  he 
entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he  pursued  his  legal 
studies,  and  received  his  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws  in  1848. 
He  opened  an  office  in  Boston ,  and  there  practised  his  profession 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  having  his  residence  in 
Cambridge.  Of  a  modest  and  retiring  disposition,  he  had 
no  ambition  to  gain  distinction  by  forensic  eloquence ;  but  de 
voted  his  attention  to  the  business  .of  conveyancing,  a  branch 
in  which  he  attained  an  honorable  reputation  ;  and  no  man  could 
say  that  he  had  not  well  done  the  part  of  a  faithful  servant. 
Without  pretension,  without  affectation  or  disguise,  his  numerous 
and  constantly  increasing  circle  of  friends  were  witnesses  of  his 
simple  and  well-spent  Christian  life.  Enemies  he  had  none. 
His  tastes  were  refined  and  cultivated  ;  and  an  ardent  love  of  mu 
sic,  in  which  he  was  a  well-skilled  amateur,  always  afforded  an 
agreeable  relaxation  to  the  routine  of  daily  toil.  He  was  a 
zealous  and  faithful  officer  of  the  church  to  which  he  belonged, 
and  took  a  deep  interest  in  all  its  concerns.  He  took  no  active 
part  in  politics,  but  faithfully  served  in  the  common-council  of 
Cambridge  in  1853  and  1854.  He  married,  2  December,  1851, 
Susan  Cabot  Foster,  of  Cambridge,  and  had  two  children,  a  son 
and  a  daughter,  who,  with  his  widow,  survived  him. 


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1846. — Dr.  EDWARD  MULLIKEX  died  in  Montpelier,  Yt., 
24  July,  1857,  aged  30.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Isaac  Walter  and 
Alicia  (Shepard)  Mulliken,  and  was  born  in  Stowe,  Mass., 
21  January,  1827,  where  he  resided  until  he  was  seven  years  of 
age,  when  he  removed  with  his  father's  family  to  Lowell.  He 
resided  in  Lowell  two  years,  when  he  removed  to  Waltham, 
where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  the  time  until  he  entered  col 
lege,  excepting  one  year  when  at  school  at  Concord.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ripley,  of  Wal- 
tharn  (H.C.  1804).  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr. 
Daniel  Adams,  of  Keene,  N.H.  (D.C.  1797),  with  whom,  and 
at  Dartmouth,  he  remained  one  year.  The  subsequent  two 
years  he  studied  at  the  University  of  New  York,  where,  in  1850, 
he  received  his  degree  of  M.D.  He  was  for  some  time  the  resi 
dent  physician  at  the  Bellevue  Hospital  in  New- York  City.  After 
leaving  New  York,  he  practised  his  profession  about  two  years 
in  Milford,  Mass.,  when  he  removed  to  Waterbury,  Vt.,  and 
afterwards  to  Moutpelier.  At  Waterbury,  he  formed  an  ac 
quaintance  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Bobbins,  an  adopted  daughter 
of  Gen.  Robbins,  to  whom  he  was  married  a  few  months  before 
his  death.  Having  enjoyed  advantages  equal  to  any  the  country 
afforded,  he  improved  them  to  the  best  advantage  ;  was  tho 
roughly  qualified  for  practice  ;  and,  had  he  lived,  bid  fair  to 
have  attained  to  an  eminent  rank  in  his  profession.  He  was  a 
well-read  scholar  in  general  literature  ;  of  fine  taste,  and  gentle 
manly  in  his  habits  and  manners.  He  had  won  for  himself  the 
respect  of  all  who  knew  him,  and  his  early  death  was  deeply 
regretted  by  his  friends  and  the  community. 

1850. — JOHN  DAVID  JONES  died  in  New  Orleans,  La., 
30  November,  1857,  aged  27.  He  was  son  of  Jesse  Rouble 
and  Rebecca  (Ragan)  Jones,  and  was  born  in  Covington,  La., 
21  April,  1830.  His  father  was  born  on  a  plantation  near 
Richmond,  Va.,  in  October,  1787.  An  ancestor,  the  original 
emigrant  to  this  country,  came  from  Wales.  His  mother,  who 
was  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  (Battelle)  Ragan,  was  born 
near  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  September,  1804.  John  Ragan  was 
of  Irish  origin,  and  the  name  was  formerly  written  O'Ragan. 


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The  first  of  the  name  settled  in  North  Carolina.  The  subject 
of  this  notice  began  to  fit  for  college  at  home  ;  and  completed 
his  preparatory  studies  at  an  academy  in  Mandeville,  La.,  under 
Felix  Macmanus.  On  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  law 
department  of  the  University  of  Louisiana,  where  he  gradu 
ated  in  1852,  and,  the  same  year,  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
the  Eighth  Judicial  District  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  which  he 
continued  with  success  until  his  death.  His  disease  was  yellow 
jaundice.  He  was  unmarried.  He  was  a  young  gentleman  of 
upright  character  and  generous  disposition,  with  a  promise 
of  a  useful  and  honorable  life.  The  information  of  his  early 
death  was  received  with  surprise  and  sorrow  by  his  numerous 
friends  in  this  part  of  the  country. 

1854. — FREDERICK  WHEELER  died  in  Framing-ham,  Mass., 
23  December,  1857,  aged  25.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Increase 
Sumner  (H.C.  1826)  and  Elizabeth  A.  M. 'Wheeler;  was 
born  in  Framingham,  20  April,  1832  ;  and  was  fitted  for  college 
at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy.  On  leaving  college,  he  began  the 
study  of  law  with  Hon.  Charles  Russell  Train  (B.U.  1837), 
with  whom  he  remained  one  year.  He  then  entered  the  Law 
School  at  Cambridge,  and  received  his  degree  of  bachelor  of 
laws  at  Commencement  in  1857.  While  engaged  in  his 
•legal  studies,  his  health  became  impaired,  and  in  February, 
1857,  he  sailed  for  Port  au  Prince ;  but,  being  wrecked  on  one 
of  the  Bahama  Islands,  he  abandoned  the  voyage,  and  returned 
in  March.  A  writer  in  the  "  Christian  Register  "  thus  beauti 
fully  sketches  his  subsecjuent  life  to  the  closing  scene  :  "  Disease 
rapidly  developed,  and  assumed,  finally,  one  of  the  several 
forms  of  consumption.  Every  means  which  medical  skill  or 
maternal  love  could  devise  to  alleviate  his  pains  was  adopted ; 
and  seldom  has  there  been  a  more  patient,  uncomplaining  suf 
ferer.  It  was  while  waiting  to  pass  for  ever  away  that  the 
strength  and  beauty  of  his  character  were  fully  manifested.  In 
his  native  town,  at  Exeter,  at  Cambridge,  everywhere,  he  had 
won  the  confidence  of  the  persons  with  whom  he  mingled  ;  and 
those  who  knew  him  best  loved  him  most.  His  air  of  manli 
ness  (as  manhood  came),  his  outspoken  sincerity,  and  his 


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regard  for  truth,  have  commanded'  the  respect  of  persons  even 
whose  opinions  were  unlike  his  own.  Friends,  who  had  care 
fully  noted  his  moral  and  intellectual  development,  had  seen 
that  his  sense  of  honor  and  views  of  honesty  were  those  of  a 
Christian  gentleman  ;  that  he  gave  promise  of  becoming  a  dig 
nified  and  eloquent  advocate  ;  that  he  would  have  borne  to  the 
bar  fertility  of  resource,  keen  insight,  quick  discrimination, 
surpassing  faithfulness  to  the  interests  of  clients,  and  a  judgment 
uncommonly  mature  ;  and  that  his  ambition  to  achieve  distinc 
tion  in  politics  was  founded  on  a  knowledge  of  the  constitutional 
and  political  history  of  his  country  :  but  all  this  was  for  life. 
Mortal  sickness  and  the  torture  of  mortal  pains  came  upon 
him.  Those  who  ministered  to  his  wants,  saw  him  for  death. 
His  preparation  to  depart !  —  who  of  those  that  witnessed  it 
will  forget  the  spirit  in  which,  amid  intense  bodily  suffering,  it 
was  finished  ?  If  the  scenes  of  the  last  weeks  of  his  life  may 
not  be  related  here,  it  is  still  to  be  written,  that,  from  the  hour 
his  pastor  at  his  request  gave  him  the  bread  and  wine  of  the 
communion-supper  until  the  silver  cord  of  mortality  was  gently 
loosed  and  its  golden  bowl  was  tenderly  broken,  his  conversa 
tion  was  on  heaven  and  on  the  concerns  of  the  soul.  He  did 
indeed  say  of  the  body,  'Let  me  sleep,'  —  such  are  his  exact 
words,  — f  let  me  sleep  in  my  own  native  town,  amid  the  scenes 
of  my  childhood  and  riper  years,  within  the  sound  of  the  music 
of  the  bells  which  have  so  often  summoned  me  to  school  and  to 
church.  Let  my  last  resting-place  be  in  some  quiet  spot  in  that 
beautiful  grove  which  has  so  often  been  filled  with  my  joyous 
shout.  There,  perhaps  some  friend  who  cherishes  my  memory 
will  drop  a  flower  on  my  grave.'  On  the  26th  of  December,  in 
the  first  thick -falling  snow  of  winter,  classmates  laid  his  body 
in  the  r  quiet  spot '  he  had  asked  ;  and,  as  the  sabbath  sun  arose, 
women  who  loved  him  went  to  the  whitened  mound,  and  placed 
upon  it  a  cross  and  crowns  and  wreaths  of  evergreen.  And, 
ere  that  sun  went  down,  there  was  still  another  offering ;  for 
woman,  too,  had  dropped  the  expected  '  flower."3 


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1858-59. 


1787. — Rev.  ABIEL  ABBOT  died  in  West  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  31  January,  1859,  aged  93.  He  had  been  for  several 
years  the  only  survivor  of  his  class ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  was  the  oldest  surviving  graduate  of  Harvard  College. 
He  was  the  son  of  Deacon  Abiel  and  Dorcas  (Abbot)  Abbot, 
and  was  born  in  Wilton,  N.H.,  14  December,  1765.  He  wras 
a  descendant  of  the  sixth  generation  of  George  Abbot,  the  first 
of  the  name  who  settled  in  this  country.  His  father  was  a 
highly  respectable  man,  was  a  zealous  patriot,  and  major  of 
a  regiment  during  the  Revolution  ;  and,  though  originally  a 
cooper  by  trade,  he  was  chiefly  occupied  in  farming.  He  was 
remarkable  for  industry,  equanimity,  integrity,  public  spirit, 
and  benevolence.  Mr.  Abbot  was  the  eldest  of  twelve  children, 
two  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Three  of  the  sons  graduated 
at  Harvard  College,  —  Abiel,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  :  Jacob, 
born  7  January,  1768;  graduated  in  1792;  was  ordained  at 
Hampton  Falls,  N.H.,  15  August,  1798;  resigned  in  1827; 
afterwards  removed  to  Windham,  N.H.,  where  he  was  drowned 
in  a  pond,  2  November,  1834,  while  returning  from  divine  ser 
vice:  Samuel,  born  3  March,  1786;  graduated  in  1808;  studied 
law;  practised  for  several  years  in  Dunstable,  N.H.,  and  Ips 
wich,  Mass.  ;  retired  from  the  bar  in  1818  ;  removed  to  Wilton, 
and  engaged  with  his  brother  in  the  manufacture  of  potato- 
starch  on  a  large  scale  ;  and  on  the  2d  of  January,  1839,  was 
burnt  to  death  in  a  starch-mill,  which  he  had  been  instrumental 
in  establishing,  in  Jaifray,  N.H. 

Mr.  Abbot's  advantages  of  education  in  his  earliest  years  were 
very  small ;  being  taught  chiefly  by  un'taught  teachers.  When  he 
was  fourteen  years  old,  he  began  to  study  Latin  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Rev.  Abel  Fiske,  of  Wilton  (H.C.  1774).  In  Novem- 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  209 

her,  1780,  he  was  admitted  to  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover, 
under  the  preceptorship  of  Mr.  (afterwards  Rev.)  Eliphalet 
Pearson  (II. C.  1773),  where  he  remained  until  July,  1783, 
when  he  entered  college.  A  few  months  after  graduating,  he 
was  appointed  assistant  of  Mr.  Ebenezer  Pembertoii  (N.J. 
1765),  the  principal  of  Phillips  Academy;  where  he  re 
mained  until  July,  1789,  on  a  salary  of  sixteen  shillings  per 
week.  Immediately  on  leaving  the  academy,  he  began  the 
study  of  theology.  He  remained  at  Andover,  and  prosecuted 
his  studies  chiefly  by  himself,  with  the  aid  of  books  from  the 
library  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  French  (H.C.  1771),  and  also 
from  the  town  library.  In  June,  1790,  he  was  approbated  by 
the  Andover  Association  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  and 
preached  for  the  first  time  at  Amesbury,  Mass.  After  preach 
ing  successively  at  Kensington,  N.H.,  Gardner,  Mass.,  and 
Cambridge,  he  was  employed,  in  June,  1791,  as  a  missionary  in 
the  district  of  Maine,  in  connection  with  Rev.  Daniel  Little, 
known  as  "  the  Apostle  of  the  East,"  under  the  patronage  of 
the  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel.  He  continued  in  mis 
sionary  labor  for  five  months  ;  and,  notwithstanding  the  priva 
tions  and  sacrifices  incident  to  that  kind  of  work,  his  time 
generally  passed  very  pleasantly.  After  completing  his  mission 
ary  tour,  he  preached,  in  1792,  in  several  places,  as  in  Nelson, 
Greenfield,  and  Peterborough,  N.H.  ;  but  in  none*  of  them  were 
the  people  prepared  for  a  settlement.  In  February,  1793,  he 
preached  at  Middleton,  Mass.  In  April,  went  to  Penobscot, 
and  preached  there  and  at  Castine  until  November.  He  was 
invited  to  settle  in  Castine,  but  declined  the  invitation.  In 
December,  he  preached  for  a  few  Sundays  in  West  Newbury, 
after  the  removal  of  Rev.  David  Tappan  (H.C.  1771)  to 
be  Professor  of  Divinity  in  Harvard  College.  In  January, 
1794,  he  was  appointed  tutor  in  Greek  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
remained  one  year,  preaching  occasionally  for  the  neighboring 
clergy,  and  also  supplying  the  pulpit  in  Newbury  and  Maiden. 
In  January,  1795,  he  went  to  Coventry,  Conn.,  on  an  invita 
tion  to  preach  there  as  a  candidate.  He  officiated  eight  Sun 
days,  and  was  requested  to  return,  but  declined,  as  he  concluded 

27 


210  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

that  the  prevailing  theological  views  were  much  more  Calvinistic 
than  his  own,  and  that  he  should  probably  find  little  sympathy 
if  he  were  to  become  associated  with  them.  In  May,  1795,  he 
preached  for  several  Sundays  in  Milford,  N.H.  In  June,  at  the 
urgent  request  of  the  people  of  Coventry,  he  returned  to  that 
place  to  preach  as  a  candidate.  In  August,  he  received  an 
unanimous  call  of  the  church  and  society  to  become  their  pastor. 
After  considerable  hesitation,  from  an  apprehension  that  his 
views  were  not  sufficiently  in  accordance  with  those  of  his 
brethren  around  to  warrant  the  expectation  of  so  peaceable  a 
ministry  as  he  desired,  he  accepted  the  invitation,  and  was 
ordained  28  October,  1795.  There  he  labeled  faithfully,  and 
with  a  good  degree  of  acceptance,  until  about  1806,  when  some 
suspicions  in  regard  to  his  Orthodoxy  began  to  be  excited,  and 
several  members  felt  themselves  called  upon  to  interrogate  him 
directly  upon  the  subject.  The  result  was,  that  their  suspicions 
were  confirmed,  and  things  were  forthwith  put  in  train  for  his 
ultimate  separation  from  his  charge ;  but  no  effective  measures 
were  taken  until  1809,  when  a  meeting  of  the  church  was 
called,  at  which  Mr.  Abbot  was  invited  to  be  present,  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  his  peculiar  views,  and  the  points  of 
difference  between  them.  But  it  resulted  in  nothing  that  was 
satisfactory.  In  June,  1810,  there  was  another  similar  meet 
ing,  and  the  'result  was  alike  unsatisfactory.  Finally,  on  the 
16th  of  April,  1811,  a  convocation  of  his  old  neighbors  and 
friends  (the  pastors  and  messengers  of  Tolland  county)  assem 
bled,  and,  with  great  unanimity,  solemnly  decreed  that  he  had 
forfeited  both  his  parish  and  office ;  and  that  he  was  severed 
from  his  people,  and  deposed  from  the  ministry.  He  had  com 
mitted  the  old  Protestant  sin  of  regarding  the  Scriptures  as  the 
only  standard  of  faith,  and  refusing  to  express  his  religious  sen 
timents  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  men.  Being  subjected  to 
scrutiny,  he  was  found  upon  certain  difficult  points  to  differ  in 
opinion  from  a  portion  of  his  society,  including  chiefly  the 
church,  as  distinct  from  the  congregation.  He  would  not  take 
the  words  set  down  for  him.  He  would  not  stretch  to  the  full 
length  of  the  procrustean  bed  on  which  he  was  laid.  Neither 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  211 

Mr.  Abbot  nor  the  parish  acknowledged  the  validity  of  the 
sentence,  or  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court ;  and  accordingly  he 
continued  to  occupy  the  pulpit  as  usual,  though  he  and  they 
soon  afterwards  joined  in  calling  another  council  from  Massa 
chusetts,  which  assembled  on  the  6th  of  June  following,  re 
viewed  the  whole  case,  and  declared  Mr.  Abbot's  relation  to  his 
people  unaffected  by  the  decision  of  the  consociation  :  never 
theless,  in  view  of  the  peculiar  circumstances,  they  concluded 
that  his  interests,  and  the  interests  of  the  parish,  required  that 
his  pastoral  relation  should  be  dissolved.  In  August  following, 
Mr.  Abbot  published  a  statement  of  his  difficulties  at  Coventry, 
which  was  subsequently  replied  to  by  the  Association  of  Tolland 
county,  in  a  pamphlet  said  to  have  been  written  by  Dr.  Bas- 
sett,  of  Hebron.  The  General  Association  of  Connecticut, 
which  assembled  in  June,  took  notice  of  the  matter,  by  request 
of  the  Tolland  Association,  and  made  a  report  on  the  subject,  of 
considerable  length. 

About  the  1st  of  September,  Mr.  Abbot  left  Coventry, 
went  to  Byfield,  Mass.,  and  took  charge  of  Dummer  Academy. 
Here  he  continued  seven  years  and  a  half.  In  April,  1819, 
removed  to  North  Andover,  and  settled  on  a  farm,  which  he 
superintended  for  some  time.  In  May,  1824,  he  removed  to 
Chelmsford,  wrhere  he  and  his  daughter  Sarah  had  a  school. 
After  remaining  there  two  years  and  a  half,  he  left  in  the  autumn 
of  1826,  and  removed  to  Wilton.  During  his  residence  at  By- 
field,  Andover,  and  Chelmsford,  he  often  supplied  for  the  neigh 
boring  ministers,  and  occupied  the  pulpit  of  North  Andover  for 
several  months  in  succession.  While  at  Wilton  he  lived  on  his 
farm,  and  superintended  it.  In  March,  1827,  he  went  to  preach 
at  Peterborough,  in  the  pulpit  rendered  vacant  by  the  recent 
dismission  of  the  Rev.  Elijah  Dunbar  (H.C.  1794).  About 
the  first  of  May  he  received  a^call,  which  he  accepted,  am}  was 
installed  27  June.  Here  he  continued  to  discharge  regularly  the 
duties  of  his  office  until  March,  1839  ;  when,  on  account  of  a 
bronchial  affection,  he  found  it  necessary  to  retire  from  the  active 
duties  of  the  ministry.  He,  however,  retained  a  nominal  rela 
tion  as  pastor  until  September,  1848  ;  when,  on  the  settlement 


212  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

of  a  new  pastor,  he  thought  best,  from  considerations  of  deli 
cacy,  not  to  retain  any  longer  even  a  nominal  pastoral  relation. 
For  some  years  after  he  ceased  to  preach  regularly,  he  occasion 
ally  supplied  pulpits  in  the  neighborhood,  though  for  several  of 
the  last  years  he  did  not  undertake  any  public  service.  About 
four  years  before  his  death,  he  left  Peterborough,  and  resided 
with  his  grandson,  Eev.  Samuel  Abbot  Smith  (H.C.  1849),  in 
West  Cambridge. 

He  married,  19  May,  1796,  Elizabeth  Abbot,  daughter  of 
Capt.  John  and  Abigail  Abbot,  of  Andover,  by  whom  he  had 
three  children,  all  daughters  :  1.  Elizabeth,  born  22  May,  1798  ; 
married,  1822,  Eev.  John  Abbot  Douglass,  of  Waterford,  Me. 
(Bowd.  C.  1814)  ;  died  12  October,  1823.  2.  Abigail,  born  17 
October,  1799,  who  survived  her  father.  3.  Sarah  Dorcas, 
born  22  June,  1801  ;  married,  1828,  Samuel  Gr.  Smith,  of 
Peterborough,  who  died  9  September,  1842,  aged  43.  She 
died  11  June,  1831.  Dr.  Abbot's  wife  died  6  April,  1853. 

Dr.  Abbot  was  a  man  gifted  with  fine  talents,  was  an  able 
writer,  and  a  very  popular  preacher.  In  1838,  the  honorary 
degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard 
College.  His  domestic  life  was  most  happy  and  affectionate, 
and  he  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  in  all  modesty,  gentle 
ness,  and  meekness.  But  the  noble  and  heroic  elements  were 
also  largely  developed  in  his  character.  He  lived  a  life  of  un 
sullied  integrity,  extended  far  beyond  the  usual  period  allotted 
to  man ;  and  at  last  departed  to  receive  the  reward  of  a  good 
and  faithful  servant. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  Dr.  Abbot's  publications:  1.  A 
Sermon  at  North  Chelmsford,  4  July,  1825  ;  2.  Eight  Hand  of 
Fellowship  at  Canterbury  ;  3 .  Statement  of  the  Coventry  Case  ; 
4.  Address  before  the  Essex  Agricultural  Society  ;  5.  History  of 
Andover;  6.  Genealogy  of  the  Abbot  Family. 

1788. — Dr.  WILLIAM  SAWYER  died  in  Boston,  18  April, 
1859,  aged  88.  He  was  the  last  survivor  of  his  class,  and  after 
the  death  of  Eev.  Abiel  Abbot,  D.D.,  mentioned  above,  was 
the  oldest  surviving  graduate  of  the  college.  He  was  son  of 
Dr.  Micajah  (H.C.  1756)  and  Sybil  (Farnham)  Sawyer,  and 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  213 

was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  1  February,  1771.  His 
father,  who  was  an  eminent  physician,  was  born  in  Newbury, 
15  July,  1737  ;  and  died  29  September,  1815,  at  the  age  of  78 
years.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Daniel  Farnham,  Esq. 
(H.C.  1739),  a  highly  respectable  lawyer  in  Newburyport,  who 
was  a  native  of  York,  Me.,  and  died  May,  1776,  aged  56.  Dr. 
Sawyer  was1  fitted  for  college  at  Dummer  Academy,  in  Newbury. 
After  graduating,  he  studied  medicine  .with  his  father,  and 
practised  for  a  few  years ;  but,  finding  the  profession  not  suited 
to  his  taste,  he  relinquished  it ;  and  near  the  close  of  the  last 
century  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile 
business,  having  formed  a  copartnership  with  the  late  Thomas 
Wigglesworth  {H.C.  1793),  under  the  firm  of  Sawyer  and 
Wigglesworth,  at  No.  69,  Long  Wharf.  This  partnership  was 
dissolved  about  six  years  afterwards.  Dr.  Sawyer  continued  in 
business  by  himself  at  the  same  place  a  short  time,  and  then 
went  to  Europe,  where  he  resided  several  years.  He  returned 
to  Boston  about  1817,  and  resumed  business.  He  was  very 
successful,  and  acquired  an  ample  fortune.  He  retired  from 
active  business  about  twenty-five  years  before  his  death,  and 
passed  the  last  years  of  his  life  almost  constantly  in  reading  : 
and  the  kind  of  reading  that  occupied  him  was  really  surprising  ; 
that  is  to  say,  it  was  hard  reading,  for  an  invalid.  He  espe 
cially  delighted  in  works  on  astronomy ;  and  he  talked  more  on 
that  than  on  almost  any  other  subject.  Newton's  Life,  Sir  John 
Herschel's  and  Prof.  Nicol's  Works,  were  on  his  table ;  and 
Hume's  too,  which  he  was  reading  through.  But,  in  alluding 
to  Hume's,  he  said,  "When  I  came  to  the  part  on  miracles,'! 
passed  it  over,  thinking  I  had  no  more  faith  than  I  wanted."  'A 
friend  carried  to  him  Evelyn's  Diary,  as  an  amusing  book  for 
an  invalid.  The  next  time  this  friend  saw  him,  he  said,  "Is  it 
not  remarkable  that  Evelyn  should  not  have  said  a  word  about 
Sir  Isaac  Newton,  living  at  the  same  time?"  And  then  he 
talked  at  length  of  Xewton,  and  ended  with  saying,  what  he 
often  said,  "He  was  the  greatest  man  that  has  ever  lived  since 
Jesus  Christ."  Dr.  Sawyer  was  a  man  of  great  modesty,  of  a 
sensitive  delicacy  of  nature,  and,  from  these  causes,  very  re- 


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[1858-59. 


served.  But  his  tenderness  and  disinterestedness  in  more  inti 
mate  relations  were  well  known  to  those  nearest  him.  Yet  he 
shrank  from  any  praise  or  expressions  of  gratitude  which  were 
offered  to  him  ;  saying,  "Let  that  matter  rest."  He  was  never 
married. 

1794.  —  Rev.  ISAAC  BRAMAN  died  in  Georgetown,  Mass., 
26  December,  1858,  aged  88.  He  was  son  of  Sylvanus  and 
Experience  (Blanchard)  Braman,  and  was  born  in  Norton, 
Mass.,  5  July,  1770.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Dr.  Samuel 
Morey,  of  Norton  (Y.  C.  1777),  and  Mr.  Stephen  Palmer 
(H.C.  1789),  afterwards  minister  of  Needham,  Mass.  He 
graduated  with  high  honors  ;  and,  for  several  years  before  his 
death,  he  was  the  only  survivor  of  his  class.  After  leaving  col 
lege,  he  studied  for  the  ministry  with  Eev.  Jason  Haven,  of 
Dedham,  Mass.  (H.C.  1754),  and  Eev.  Pitt  Clark,  of  Norton 
(H.C.  1790).  He  was  ordained,  7  June,  1797,  pastor  of  the 
Second  Parish  in  Rowley,  then  called  New  Rowley,  and  since 
incorporated  into  a  town  by  the  name  of  Georgetown.  He  was 
successor  of  Rev.  James  Chandler  (H.C.  1728),  who  died  19 
April,  1789,  at  the  age  of  83  years,  and  in  the  58th  year  of  his 
ministry.  The  parish  was  without  a  settled  minister  for  nine 
years,  and  Mr.  Braman  was  the  last  of  sixty-four  candidates 
who  preached  there  on  probation.  He  continued  pastor  of  this 
society  until  his  death,  —  a  period  of  more  than  sixty-one  years, 
—  discharging  the  duties  of  his  profession  with  great  fidelity,  and 
to  the  entire  acceptance  of  his  people,  until  1842  ;  when,  on 
account  of  the  infirmities  of  age,  it  was  deemed  necessary  that 
he  should  be  relieved  from  a  portion  of  his  labors  ;  and,  in  De 
cember  of  that  year,  the  Rev.  Enoch  Pond  (Bowd.  C.  1838) 
was  ordained  as  colleague-pastor  with  him.  Mr.  Pond  died  in 
1846  ;  and  in  February,  1847,  Rev.  John  Moore  Prince  (Bowd. 
C.  1841)  was  ordained  as  his  successor,  and  continued  until  No 
vember,  1857,  when  he  resigned.  His  last  colleague  and  suc 
cessor  is  Rev.  Charles  Beecher  (Bowd.  C.  1834). 

Mr.  Braman  was  a  man  of  great  originality  of  mind,  and  his 
sermons  evinced  deep  thought  and  profound  reflection.  He 
married,  August,  1797,  Hannah  Palmer  (born  12  June,  1773), 


1858-59.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  215 

youngest  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Palmer,  of  Norton  (H.C. 
1747).  They  had  five  children:  viz.,  1.  Harriet,  born  17 
July,  1798;  married  Rev.  John  Boardman  (D.C.  1817),  min 
ister  in  Douglass,  Mass.  2.  Milton  Palmer,  born  6  August, 
1799  (H.C.  1819)  ;  now  minister  of  the  First  Church  in  Dan- 
vers,  Mass.  3.  James  Chandler,  born  29  September,  1801  ; 
died  at  sea  (on  his  passage  from  Calcutta  for  Salem,  seventy-five 
days  out),  5  December,  1820.  4.  Adeline,  born  10  July, 
1805  ;  died  10  September,  1830.  5.  Isaac  Gordon,  born 
12  March,  1813  ;  is  a  physician  in  Brighton,  Mass.  Mr.  Bra- 
man's  wife  died  14  August,  1835,  aged  62  ;  and  he  married  for 
his  second  wife,  in  1837,  Sarah  Balch,  daughter  of  John  Balch, 
Esq.,  of  Newburyport.  She  survived  him. 

1795. — FRANCIS  JOHONNOT  OLIVER  died  in  Middletown, 
Conn.,  21  August,  1858,  aged  80  years.  He  was  son  of 
Ebenezer  and  Susannah  (Johonnot)  Oliver,  and  was  born  in 
Boston,  10  October,  1777.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in  Bos 
ton,  was  for  many  years  a  selectman,  and  was  warden  of  King's 
Chapel.  He  died  14  December,  1826,  aged  74.  His  mother 
died  24  August,  1839,  aged  84.  Mr.  Oliver  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  public  Latin  School  in  Boston.  After  leaving  col 
lege,  he  entered  as  an  apprentice  the  counting-room  of  Joseph 
Coolidge,  Esq.,  for  the  purpose  of  qualifying  himself  for  the 
mercantile  profession.  In  1798,  when  a  wa^  was  threatened 
between  this  country  and  France,  he  was  among  the  young  men 
of  Boston  who  addressed  the  elder  Adams,  offering  their  services. 
He  read  the  president's  response  in  Faneuil  Hall,  and  was  the 
first  to  follow  the  injunctions  of  the  president :  "To  arms,  then, 
my  young  friends  ;  to  arms  I  "  About  the  same  time,  the  Boston 
Light-Infantry  Company  was  organized,  in  which  he  took  a 
prominent  part,  and  was  elected  the  first  ensign.  He  began 
business  in  Boston  as  a  merchant  in  1805,  and  established  him 
self  at  No.  45,  Long  Wharf.  In  1813,  he  entered  into  copart 
nership  with  Cornelius  Coolidge  (H.C.  1798),  under  the  style  of 
Cornelius  Coolidge  and  Co.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  four 
years  afterwards.  On  the  13th  of  June,  1818,  the  American 
Insurance  Company,  in  Boston,  was  incorporated,  and  Mr. 


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Oliver  was  elected  its  first  president.  This  office  he  continued 
to  hold  until  the  autumn  of  1835,  when  he  resigned  it,  and  was 
elected  president  of  the  City  Bank,  where  he  continued  by  suc 
cessive  re-elections  until  1840  ;  when  he  removed  to  Middletown, 
and  there  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  elected  a 
representative  to  the  legislature  in  1822  and  1823  ;  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Boston  common-council  in  1823,  1824,  1825, 
and  1828,  and  was  its  president  in  1824  and  1825.  In  all  these 
stations,  he  discharged  their  various  duties  with  the  strictest 
fidelity  and  integrity.  In  his  political  'principles,  he  was  an 
ardent  federalist ;  and  being  a  gentleman  of  fine  personal  ap 
pearance,  great  suavity  of  manner,  and  fluency  of  speech,  he 
was  often  called  upon  to  preside  at  public  meetings  and  political 
caucuses. 

He  married  (first)  Mary  Caroline,  daughter  of  Richard  Alsop, 
of  Middletown  ;  and  had  issue  :  Mary  Caroline,  who  died  in  in 
fancy  ;  Francis  Eben,  who  entered  Harvard  College,  but  left 
in  his  senior  year  on  account  of  his  health,  and  died  in  London, 
May,  1850,  in  his  37th  year  ;  Mary  Alsop,  who  married  Joseph 
W.  Alsop,  merchant  of  New  York  ;  Richard  Alsop,  who  died  in 
infancy ;  and  Susan  Heard.  His  wife  died  29  August,  1819, 
aged  28  ;  and  he  married  (second)  Mary  Charlotte,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Jackson,  of  Middletown  (formerly  of  Newton,  Mass.) , 
by  whom  he  had  Caroline  Alsop  and  George  Stuart  Johonnot : 
the  latter  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1851. 

Mr.  Oliver  was  a  gentleman  of  unblemished  moral  character, 
and  was  for  many  years  a  warden  of  King's  Chapel  in  Boston. 

1796.  —  Rev.  JAMES  KENDALL  died  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
17  March,  1859,  aged  89.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Major 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Kendall,  and  was  born  in  Ster 
ling,  Mass.,  3  November,  1769.  His  mother  was  a  native  of 
Lexington,  Mass.  In  some  reminiscences  of  his  own  life,  writ 
ten  at  the  age  of  84,  he  describes  her  as  "  a  sensible  and  pious 
woman,  of  a  strong  mind,  and  a  kind  and  generous  heart ; 
discreet  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  all  the  relative  duties  of 
life  : "  and  adds,  that  "  her  children  were  greatly  indebted  to 
her  for  their  youthful  training,  and  their  early  religious  impres- 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  217 

sions."  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Rev.  Reuben  Holcomb  (Y.C.  1774),  of  Sterling;  and 
was  nearly  fitted  to  enter  college  at  the  age  of  14  :  but  an 
affection  of  his  eyes,  caused  by  a  too  close  application  to  the 
study  of  Greek  in  the  evening,  obliged  him,  for  several  years, 
to  give  up  the  hope  of  obtaining  a  liberal  education.  From 
that  time  until  the  age  of  21,  he  worked  upon  his  father's  farm 
in  the  summer;  and,  when  old  enough,  taught  school  in  the 
winter.  During  that  period,  in  which  he  was  accumulating  a 
capital  of  physical  health  to  secure  a  life  of  such  remarkable 
vigor,  even  to  his  ninetieth  year,  his  eyes  recovered  their 
strength  ;  and,  gladly  returning  to  his  studies,  he  was  prepared 
to  enter  college  in  1792.  In  his  collegiate  course,  he  defrayed 
a  large  portion  of  his  expenses  by  his  own  exertions,  by  teach 
ing  school  in  vacation,  and  by  other  services  in  term-time.  In 
his  reminiscences,  he  says,  "It  is  some  satisfaction  to  me,  in 
looking  back  to  this  period  of  my  life  as  an  undergraduate,  to 
remember  that  I  had  no  mark  for  delinquency  in  college  exer 
cises,  unnecessary  absences,  or  any  misdemeanor."  He  held  a 
high  rank  as  a  scholar,  and  graduated  with  the  second  honors 
of  his  class  ;  the  late  Dr.  Leonard  Woods,  of  Andover,  having 
the  first.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  teacher  in  Phillips  Academy  at  Andover,  of  which 
Mr.  Mark  Newman  (D.  C.  1793)  was  then  the  principal. 
Here  he  passed  two  years  ;  at  the  same  time  pursuing  his  theo 
logical  studies  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  David  Tappan, 
D.D.  (H.  C.  1771),  then  Professor  of  Divinity  in  Harvard 
College,  and  Rev.  Jonathan  French  (H.C.  1771),  minister  of 
the  Second  Church  in  Andover.  He  was  approbated  to  preach 
by  the  Andover  Association  in  1798.  In  that  year,  he  was 
appointed  tutor  in  Greek  in  the  college,  and  removed  to  Cam 
bridge,  where  he  still  continued  his  theological  studies  with  the 
advice  and  aid  of  Dr.  Tappan.  He  resigned  his  tutorship  in 
1799.  During  his  residence  in  Andover,  he  had  occasionally 
preached  there  and  in  the  vicinity.  While  he  lived  in  Cam 
bridge,  he  preached  more  frequently ;  and  for  a  short  time 
supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston,  and  the  First 

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Church  in  Quincy.  He  first  preached  at  Plymouth  on  the 
second  Sunday  in  October,  1799  ;  and,  having  preached  for 
four  Sundays,  on  the  4th  of  November,  1799,  he  was  invited  to 
become  the  minister  of  that  ancient  parish.  His  answer  of 
acceptance  was  given  on  Thanksgiving-Day  of  that  year ;  and 
he  was  ordained  1  January,  1800.  He  was  the  sole  pastor  of 
the  society  for  thirty-eight  years.  On  the  3d  of  January, 
1838,  the  infirmities  of  age  having  begun  to  come  upon  him, 
the  Rev.  George  Ware  Briggs  (B.U.  1825)  was  ordained  as 
his  colleague;  where  he  continued  until  15  December,  1852. 
Rev.  Henry  Lewis  Myrick  was  his  colleague  from  21  Septem 
ber,  1853,  to  21  September,  1854;  and  Rev.  George  S.  Ball 
from  8  April,  1855,  to  8  April,  1857.  On  the  5th  of  Jan 
uary,  1859,  Rev.  Edward  Henry  Hall  (H.C.  1851)  was  or 
dained  as  his  colleague,  and  is  now  sole  pastor  of  the  society. 
After  the  settlement  of  a  colleague,  Dr.  Kendall  preached  fre 
quently,  for  a  number  of  years,  in  his  own  pupit ;  in  the  pulpits 
of  those  with  whom  he  was  accustomed  to  exchange  ;  and  in 
comparatively  distant  places,  during  several  journeys  into  vari 
ous  parts  of  the  country.  He  preached  his  semi-centennial  ser 
mon,  3  January,  1850.  He  never  took  a  formal  leave  of  the 
pulpit,  and  never  wished  to  bid  it  farewell.  He  preached  for 
the  last  time  on  Thanksgiving-Day,  November,  1857.  One  of 
his  last  public  services  was  at  the  ordination  of  his  associate 
minister  on  the  5th  of  January,  1859.  He  stood  in  his  pulpit 
again  to  offer  a  fervent  prayer  at  the  close  of  the  first  services 
of  the  same  pastor  on  Sunday,  9  January ;  and  yet  once  more 
to  take  the  same  part  at  the  close  of  service,  Sunday,  17  Janu 
ary  ;  and  then  his  public  ministry  was  ended.  He  was  con 
nected  with  his  parish  nearly  twenty  years  longer  than  any  of 
his  predecessors.  He  was  a  man  of  peace,  order,  integrity, 
faith,  and  devotion.  It  is  one  of  the  strongest  proofs  of  his 
true  piety,  that  during  a  period  of  more  than  fifty  years,  when 
children  have  been  born  around  him  to  grow  up  to  mature  age, 
and  in  their  turn  to  be  surrounded  by  children  and  grandchil 
dren,  amongst  them  all,  no  one  was  known  to  have  breathed  a 
word  derogatory  to  him  as  a  Christian  or  a  man.  Genial  and 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  219 

cheerful,  he  enjoyed  every  bright  hour  :  humble  and  trustful 
toward  his  God,  he  met  submissively  the  discipline  of  sorrows. 
His  experiences  were  the  varied  ones  of  the  lot  of  humanity ; 
and  he  accepted  and  used  them  with  the  conscientious  purpose 
to  be  obedient  to  the  truth,  and  loyal  to  duty.  Many  have 
seen  him  in  his  hospitable  home  ;  many  have  seen  him  in  the 
street,  moving  with  the  steady  step  of  a  true  man  ;  many  have 
seen  him  at  their  firesides,  as  the  visitor,  the  adviser,  and  con 
soler  ;  many  have  seen  him  in  the  church,  and  listened  to  his 
honest  discourse,  and  his  prayers  of  singular  richness  and 
fervor  :  and,  of  all  these,  many  will  hold  him  in  remembrance 
as  one  they  trusted,  and  affectionately  revered.  In  1825,  the 
honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  Harvard  College.  He  married,  first,  June,  1800,  Sarah 
Poor,  daughter  of  Deacon  Daniel  Poor,  of  Andover,  by  whom 
he  had  six  children  ;  of  whom  one  died  at  birth,  another  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  days,  and  another  at  three  years  of  age  :  the 
remaining  three  survived  him.  She  died  13  February,  1809, 
in  the  thirty-third  year  of  her  age.  He  married,  second, 
17  June,  1810,  Sally  Kendall,  daughter  of  Deacon  Paul,  Ken 
dall,  of  Templeton,  Mass.,  who  also  was  the  mother  of  six 
children,  five  of  whom  survived  him  :  the  other  died  at  Madi 
son,  AVis.,  9  March,  1853,  in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  his 
age.  She  died  5  February,  1845,  at  the  age  of  65.  She  was 
a  very  intelligent  person,  —  of  great  strength  and  loveliness  of 
character.  In  his  reminiscences,  Dr.  Kendall  says,  "I  have 
been  singularly  favored  in  my  domestic  relationships.  Although 
not  exempt  from  the  trials  and  changes  to  which  every  man  of 
my  age,  and  at  the  head  of  a  large  family,  is  destined  in  an 
earthly  life,  I  cannot  be  sufficiently  thankful  to  the  Father  of 
an  infinite  mercy  for  the  comfort,  satisfaction,  and  consolation 
I  have  enjoyed  during  the  whole  period  of  my  connection  with 
a  family."  His  first  wife  he  describes  as  "  a  person  of  an  amia 
ble  disposition,  faithful  and  affectionate  as  a  wife,  and  tender 
and  devoted  as  a  mother."  Of  his  last  wife  he  says,  "  She  was 
a  person  of  great  discretion,  sound  judgment,  and  of  a  pure 
and  pious  mind.  Like  her  Divine  Master,  she  was  made  perfect 


220  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

through  suffering."     The  fbllowmg  is  a  list  of  Dr.  Kendall's 

O  o  O 

publications,  with  the  dates  of  their  delivery  :  1.  Discourse  upon 
the  Character  of  Washington,  delivered  at  the  request  of  the 
Town  of  Plymouth,  22  February,  1800.  2.  Sermon  on  the 
Death  of  Mrs.  Jane  Robbins,  21  September,  1800.  3.  Sermon 
on  the  Death  of  Col.  George  Watson,  14  December,  1800. 
4.  Sermon  on  the  Death  of  Rev.  David  Tappan,  D.D.,  4  Sep 
tember,  1803..  5.  Sermon  at  the  Ordination  of  Rev.  Caleb 
Holmes,  at  Dennis,  2  January,  1805.  6.  Sermon  before  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company,  2  June,  1806. 
7.  Sermon  before  the  Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel  among 
the  Indians,  7  November,  1811.  8.  Sermon  before  the  Hu 
mane  Society,  8  June,  1813.  9.  Sermon  at  the  Ordination 
of  Rev.  Oliver  Hay  wood  at  Barnstable,  8  November,  1815. 
10.  Sermon  in  the  "Liberal  Preacher"  for  March,  1828,  on 
Man's  Accountableness  to  his  Creator,  and  a  Future  Retribu 
tion.  11.  Sermon  at  the  Ordination  of  Rev.  Hersey  B.  Good 
win,  at  Concord,  Mass.,  17  February,  1830.  12.  Sermon  at 
the  Ordination  of  his  Son,  Rev.  James  A.  Kendall,  at  Med- 
field,^lass.,  10  November,  1.830.  13.  Charge  at  the  Ordina 
tion  of  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins  as  Minister  of  the  Second 
Church,  Boston,  4  December,  1833.  14.  Sermon  on  the 
Wreck  of  the  Brig  "Regulator,"  14  February,  1836.  15.  Semi 
centennial  Sermon,  1  January,  1850. 

1799. — PAP^KER  CLEAVELAND  died  in  Brunswick,  Me., 
15  October,  1858,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  Parker  and 
Elizabeth  (Jackman)  Cleaveland,  and  was  born  in  Rowley 
(Byfield  Parish),  Mass.,  15  January,  1780.  His  father  was 
son  of  Rev.  John  Cleaveland,  and  was  born  in  Chebacco,  parish 
of  Ipswich,  which  is  now  the  town  of  Essex,  Mass.  Rev.  John 
Cleaveland  entered  Yale  College  ;  and,  when  in  his  senior  year, 
he  was,  with  another,  expelled  for  embracing  the  doctrine  of  the 
"  New  Lights."  Prof.  Cleaveland's  father  was  fitted  for  col 
lege  ;  but  the  war  broke  out,  and  he  relinquished  his  intention 
of  obtaining  a  collegiate  education,  studied  medicine,  became  a 
surgeon  in  the  revolutionary  army,  and  was  stationed  at  Cam 
bridge.  Prof.  Cleaveland  was  fitted  for  college  at  Dummer 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  221 

Academy,  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  under  Rev.  Isaac  Smith  (H.C. 
1767).  lie  taught  school  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  in  his  sophomore 
year,  and  in  Burlington  or  Wilmington,  Mass.,  in  his  junior 
year.  Immediately  after  his  graduation,  he  entered,  as  a  law 
student,  the  office  of  Ichabod  Tucker,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.  (H.C. 
1791),  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  the  middle  of  the 
year  1800,  he  began  teaching  a  school  at  York,  Me.  ;  and,  at 
the  same  time,  was  clerk  in  the  office  of  Daniel  Sewall,  Esq., 
the  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court ;  was  with  him  at  the 
courts,  and  continued  the  study  of  law.  Here  he  remained 
until  the  autumn  of  1803  ;  when  he  was  appointed  tutor  in 
mathematics  at  Harvard  College,  which  office  he  held  until  Com 
mencement  in  1805,  when  he  resigned  it  in  consequence  of 
having  received  an  invitation  to  fill  a  professorship  in  Bowdoin 
College,  which  he  accepted  ;  and  he  was  installed,  23  October, 
1805,  as  professor  of  mathematics  and  natural  philosophy;  the 
college  then  having  been  in  operation  but  a  single  year.  The 
duties  of  this  professorship,  together  with  those  of  lecturer  on 
chemistry  and  mineralogy,  he  discharged  with  distinguished 
ability  until  1828,  when  it  was  deemed  expedient  to  separate 
the  departments  of  mathematics  and  natural  philosophy,  and 
establish  a  distinct  professorship  of  chemistry  and  mineralogy. 
Mr.  William  Smyth,  the  distinguished  professor  of  mathematics, 
was  raised  to  that  department,  and  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  installed 
in  the  new  professorship  of  chemistry,  mineralogy,  and  natural 
philosophy.  This  position  he  occupied  until  his  death,  having 
acquired  a  world-wide  reputation,  and  a  success  seldom  attained 
by  a  scientific  instructor.  He  was  thus  connected  with  the  col 
lege  for  a  period  of  fifty-three  years,  during  which  he  devoted 
the  whole  powers  of  his  mind  and  the  energy  of  hV  ^ody  to  the 
advancement  of  his  favorite  studies  ;  and  no  man  in  the  country 
has  done  more  to  inspire  a  passion  and  create  an  interest  and 
knowledge  of  the  details  of  the  sciences. which  he  taught.  He 
spent  six  hours  a  day  in  his  laboratory,  recitation  and  lecture 
room,  and  was  frequently  engaged  for  sixteen  of  the  twenty-four 
hours.  The  college  never  bought  any  minerals.  James  Bow 
doin  gave  about  five  hundred  specimens  :  the  rest  have  been 

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222  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

collected  either  by  Prof.  Cleaveland's  personal  labor,  or  by  the 
exchange  of  specimens  which  he  obtained,  and  they  now  amount 
to  upwards  of  seven  thousand.  He  became  widely  known  in 
the  United  States,  in  Great  Britain,  and  on  the  continent  of 
Europe,  by  his  great  work  on  mineralogy  and  geology,  which 
he  published  in  1816,  in  one  volume,  and  in  1822,  a  second 
edition,  in  two  volumes.  He  had  contemplated  publishing  a 
third  edition ;  but  his  eyesight,  which  had  failed  by  incessant 
application,  deprived  him  of  the  honor,  and  the  world  of  the  ben 
efit,  of  his  increased  learning  and  experience  from  the  proposed 
work.  His  high  reputation  as  a  lecturer  is  spread  all  over  the 
country  by  a  succession  of  graduates  of  the  college,  who  will 
transmit  the  praise  of  his  learning  and  eloquence,  and  will  rise 
up  with  one  accord,  and  bless  his  name  and  memory. 

On  the  9th  of  August,  1809,  Mr.  Cleaveland  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  ;  on 
the  9th  of  September,  1814,  a  corresponding  member  of  the 
Academy  of  National  Sciences  at  Philadelphia;  on  the  17th  of 
April,  1818,  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society 
at  Philadelphia  ;  on  the  10th  of  November,  the  same  year,  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society  of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne  ;  on  the  30th  of  January,  1819,  an  hono- 
ary  member  of  the  Mineralogical  Society  at  Jena ;  on  the  4th 
of  October,  the  same  year,  an  honorary  member  of  the  Miner 
alogical  Society  of  Dresden  ;  on  the  26th  of  April,  1823,  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Natural  Science  at  Halle,  in  Ger 
many ;  on  the  16th  of  December  of  the  same  year,  a  member 
of  the  Mineralogical  Society  of  St.  Petersburg;  on  the  llth 
of  June,  1834,  an  honorary  member  of  the  Literary  and 
Historical  Society  at  Quebec.  He  was  also  a  fellow  of  the 
Wernerian  Society  at  Edinburgh,  and  the  Geological  Society  of 
London  ;  and  was  for  many  years  the  corresponding  secretary 
of  the  Maine  Historical  Society.  In  1824,  the  honorary  degree 
of  doctor  of  laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Bowdoin  Col 
lege. 

Mr.  Cleaveland  married,  9  September,  1806,  Martha, 
daughter  of  Levi  and  Martha  (Ball)  Bush,  of  Boston,  she 


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being  then  but  nineteen  years  old  ;  and  they  had  issue  :  First, 
Moses  Parker,  born  6  July,  1807  (Bowd.  C.  1827)  ;  married, 
21  October,  1834,  Martha  Richardson,  of  Duxbury,  Mass., 
and  settled  as  a  physician  in  Natick,  Mass.,  where  he  died 
7  October,  1840.  Second,  James  Bowdoin,  born  17  January, 
1809  (Bowd.  C.  1828)  ;  settled  as  a  lawyer  at  Passadumkeag, 
Me.  ;  married,  13  March,  1834,  Lucinda  P.  McKinney,  of 
Gray,  Me.  ;  and  died  in  1854.  Third,  George,  born  22  Sep 
tember,  1810;  and  died  11  May,  1811.  Fourth,  Martha  Ann 
Bush,  born  16  July,  1812  ;  married,  30  November,  1837, 
Hon.  Peleg  Whitman  Chandler,  of  Boston  (Bowd.  C.  1834). 
Fifth,  Elizabeth  Abigail,  born  4  September,  1814;  married, 
16  November,  1847,  George  W.  Woodhouse,  of  Dover,  N.H. 
Sixth,  Mary  Ackley,  born  27  September,  1816.  Seventh, 
John  Appleton,  born  29  March,  1819  (Bowd.  C.  1840)  ; 
married,  31  December,  1844,  Catharine  Alexander,  of  Bruns 
wick.  Eighth,  Nathan  Smith  (Bowd.  C.  1840),  is  a  druggist 
in  Brunswick. 

In  private  life,  Professor  Cleaveland  was  universally  respected 
for  his  unblemished  moral  character,  his  genial  and  affable  dis 
position  as  a  husband,  a  father,  and  a  friend,  and  as  a  public- 
spirited  and  generous  citizen.  His  wife  died  about  1852. 

1802.  —  SOLOMON  KIDDER  LIVERMORE  died  in  Milford, 
N.H.,  10  July,  1859,  aged  80.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Rev.  Jonathan  (H.C.  1760)  and  Elizabeth  (Kidder)  Livermore, 
and  was  born  in  Wilton,  N.H.,  2  March,  1779.  His  father 
was  born  in  Northborough,  Mass.,  7  December,  1739  ;  was  or 
dained  at  Wilton,  14  December,  1768;  resigned  his  pastoral 
relation,  February,  1777  ;  and  died  in  Wilton,  20  July,  1809, 
aged  69.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Billerica,  Mass.  Mr. 
Livermore  was  fitted  for  college  at  Mr.  Pemberton's  academy  in 
Billerica,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1799.  He  grad 
uated  with  a  high  reputation  for  scholarship  in  a  class  famed  for 
eminent  talent.  After  leaving  college,  he  taught  the  grammar- 
school  in  Cambridge  for  one  season.  Having  chosen  the  pro 
fession  of  law,  he  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  in  the  office 
of  Oliver  Crosby,  Esq.,  of  Dover,  N.H.  (H.C.  1795).  On 


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his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Dover,  where  he 
practised  for  a  short  time  ;  but,  in  1807,  he  removed  to  Milford, 
where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  pursuing  the 
practice  of  the  profession  until  he  attained  the  age  of  70  years, 
when  he  relinquished  it,  although  he  continued  to  transact  busi 
ness  relating  to  the  settlement  of  estates  for  his  neighbors  until 
near  the  end  of  his  life.  He  was  held  in  high  estimation  by  the 
citizens  of  the  town  where  he  passed  so  large  a  portion  of  his  life, 
wrho  all  regarded  him  as  an  honest  man,  and  a  sincere,  devoted 
Christian,  whom  no  temptation,  no  motives  of  self-interest,  could 
turn  from  the  straightforward  path  of  duty.  In  the  whole 
course  of  his  long  life,  not  a  stain  dimmed  the  pure  lustre  of  his 
character  for  integrity.  Having  no  ambition  for  political  office  or 
power,  his  extensive  attainments  did  not  achieve  so  wide  a  reputa 
tion  as  they  might  have  won.  Except  when  the  merited  confi 
dence  of  his  townsmen  selected  him  to  represent  them  in  the  state 
legislature,  he  uniformly  declined  to  become  a  candidate  for  office  ; 
and  yet  no  man  was  more  strongly  sensible  of  the  grave  duties 
of  an  American  citizen  than  he.  He  was  a  devoted  student  of 
the  Bible  ;  and  its  pure  precepts  seemed  to  have  stamped  their 
own  beauty  upon  his  life,  his  thoughts,  and  his  conduct.  Far 
more  anxious  to  promote  the  good  of  others  than  his  own  interest, 
he  always  endeavored  to  bring  to  an  amicable  adjustment  the 
controversies  among  his  neighbors.  No  one  had  a  more  generous 
heart  or  a  more  open  home  than  he  ;  and  neither  his  benevolence 
nor  his  public  spirit  was  ever  appealed  to  in  vain.  His  death 
was  in  harmony  with  his  life.  In  the  calm,  still  beauty  of  a 
bright  summer's  Sunday,  in  the  quiet  of  his  home,  with  its  famil 
iar  and  beloved  objects  and  associations,  the  hymn  of  divine 
praise  scarcely  cold  upon  his  aged  lips,  his  life  gently  ebbed 
away,  and  his  soul  went  forth  to  meet  its  Maker. 

He  married,  6  July,  1810,  Abigail  Adkins,  youngest  daugh 
ter  of  Nathaniel  Jarvis,  of  Cambridge.  She  survived  him. 
The  offspring  of  this  union  were  four  sons  and  four  daughters ; 
of  whom  two — the  eldest  son  and  daughter  —  died  early,  two 
—  the  next  oldest  son  and  youngest  daughter  —  died  after 
attaining  maturity,  and  four  survived  their  father. 


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1802.  — Rev.  ICHABOD  NICHOLS  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
2  January,  1859,  aged   74.     He  was  the  fourth  son  of  Capt. 
Ichabod  and  Lydia  (Ropes)  Nichols,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  and  was 
born  in  Portsmouth,  N.H.,  during  the  temporary  residence  of 
the  family  at  that  place,  5  July,  1784 ;  but  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Salem  when  he  was  but  five  or  six  years  old.     He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Salem  High  School ;  and  graduated, 
at  the  age  of  eighteen,  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class,  —  a 
class  remarkable  for  eminent  talent.     Immediately  after  leaving 
college,  he  began  the  study  of  theology  with  his  pastor,  Rev. 
Thomas    Barnard,  D.D.  (H.C.  1766).     In   1805,  he  was  ap 
pointed  tutor  in  mathematics  in  Harvard  College  ;  a  position  he 
held  until  1809,  pursuing  in  the  mean  time  his  theological  stud 
ies.     Here  his  opportunities  for  a  higher  cultivation  were  greatly 
enlarged  ;  and  his  strong  and  acute  intellectual  powers  could  not 
fail  to  be  richly  improved  in  the  society  of  Rev.  Henry  Ware, 
John  Quincy  Adams,  Levi  Frisbie,  John  Farrar,  and  Ashur 
Ware,  who  were  all  associated  with  him  in  the  instruction   of 
the  college.     In  January,  1809,  he  preached  his  first  sermon  to 
the  First  Congregational  Church  and  Society  in  Portland,  Me.  ; 
and  continued  to  preach  for  the  three  following  Sundays.      On 
the  27th  of  February,  the  parish  concurred  unanimously  with  the 
church  in  giving  him  a  call,  and  voting  him  a  salary  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  ;  which  was  much  larger  than  any  minister  re 
ceived  in  the  town  or  state  (then  a  district) ,  and  which  was  not 
changed  during  his  whole  ministry.     The  venerable  Deacon  Free 
man,  then  the  leading  man  in  the  parish  and  the  town,  speaking 
of  the  occasion,  exultingly  said,  "The  meeting  of  the  parish 
was  full  and  respectable ;  and  it  is  a  pleasing  circumstance,  that 
there  was  not  a  hand  raised  nor  a  wrord  spoken  against  the  sub 
ject  of  either  vote."     The  invitation  he  accepted  20  March,  and 
he   was  ordained  as  colleague  with  the  Rev.   Samuel  Deane, 
D.D.  (H.C.  1760),  7  January,  1809,  the  third  pastor  of  that 
ancient  church,  organized  in  1727,  the  first  in  the  state  east  of 
Kennebunk.     The  Rev.  Thomas  Smith   (H.C.  1720),  the  first  • 
pastor,  was  born  in  Boston,   10  March,  1702;  was   ordained, 
and  the  church  formed,  8  March,  1727  ;  and  he  continued  in  the 

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pastoral  office  until  his  death,  23  May,  1795,  at  the  age  of  93, 
and  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  pastorate.  Rev.  Samuel 
Deane,  born  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  30  August,  1733,  was  ordained 
as  his  colleague,  17  October,  1764  ;  and  this  was  the  only  reli 
gious  society  in  Portland  until  1788,  when  the  Second  Parish  was 
established.  Dr.  Dearie's  pastorate  continued  fifty  years  ;  and 
was  closed  only  by  his  death,  12  November,  1814,  at  the  age  of 
81  years.  With  him  Dr.  Nichols  was  associated  five  years  and 
five  months  ;  and  his  connection  with  the  society,  which  was  ter 
minated  by  his  death,  extended  to  more  than  forty-nine  years. 
He  was  sole  pastor  from  the  decease  of  Dr.  Deane,  diligently 
and  faithfully  doing  his  Master's  work,  until  31  January,  1855  ; 
when  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  Horatio  Stebbins  (H.C.  1848), 
was  settled  as  his  colleague.  Dr.  Nichols  was  then  desirous  of 
withdrawing  entirely  from  his  official  station,  on  account  of  the 
infirm  state  of  his  health  :  he  wished  entire  repose  from  the 
cares  of  office.  But  the  parish  was  unwilling  to  dissolve  a  con 
nection  which  had  existed  so  long  and  so  harmoniously  ;  and  he 
consented  to  retain  his  official  relation,  relieved  from  all  duty 
and  responsibility  connected  with  it.  On  his  retirement,  a  few 
members  of  his  society  tendered  to  him  an  annuity  of  five  hun 
dred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  remainder  of  his  life ;  but  this 
tribute  to  his  services  and  worth,  so  justly  deserved  and  so 
freely  offered,  he  declined,  from  that  innate  sense  of  delicacy 
which  governed  all  his  conduct.  At  the  time  he  relinquished 
his  duties  he  removed  from  Portland  to  Cambridge,  which  was 
subsequently  his  place  of  residence.  This  brief  review  of  the 
history  of  the  First  Parish  in  Portland  exhibits  the  striking  fact, 
of  an  uninterrupted  ministration  in  the  parochial  office  for  a 
period  of  more  than  a  hundred  and  thirty-one  years,  not  an 
hour  without  a  pastor ;  that  its  three  deceased  ministers  entered 
young  upon  their  ministry,  and  died  in  office ;  and  that  each  has 
labored  with  a  colleague.  Such  a  history,  in  connection  with 
the  protracted  pastorates,  the  three  averaging  fifty-six  years  each, 
cannot,  we  think,  be  paralleled  in  the  annals  of  the  church. 

"Dr.  Nichols,"  says  an  eminent  writer  who  knew  him  long 
and  intimately,  "  not  only  discharged  the  duties  peculiar  to  his 


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station  with  fidelity,  —  and  in  which,  with  advancing  years,  he 
grew  more  earnest  and  spiritual,  both  in  his  discourses  and 
devotional  exercises,  —  but  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  philan 
thropic  and  reformatory  movements  of  the  day.  He  was  one 
of  the  earliest  and  most  devoted  friends  of  the  temperance 
cause,  of  the  Bible  society,  the  Sunday  school,  and  of  benevo 
lent  institutions.  He  did  not  permit  his  mind  to  grow  rusty 
amidst  the  various  and  e very-day  duties  of  parochial  life,  but 
devoted  all  his  leisure  hours  to  study.  He  published,  in  1830, 
a  work  on  natural  theology,  which  is  considered  as  classical 
authority  in  the  theological  schools.  He  kept  up  not  only  with 
the  theological  progress  of  the  age,  but  also  with  the  wonderful 
advance  in  scientific  attainment,  which,  in  the  last  half-century, 
has  almost  created  a  new  world.  Nothing  in  the  way  of  dis 
covery  escaped  his  vigilant  observation,  from  the  theories 
broached  by  visionary  enthusiasts  to  the  profound  problems  of 
La  Place,  Cuvier,  Bowditch,  and  Peirce.  In  his  latter  days, 
after  leaving  his  parochial  duties,  he  had  the  highest  gratifica 
tion  in  a  free  intercourse  with  Agassiz  upon  his  wonderful 
developments  in  the  animal  kingdom.  From  this  new  source  of 
knowledge,  his  mind  received  a  fresh  impulse;  and  he  was  able  to 
add  to  his  great  work  (now  in  press,  and  to  be  published  in  a 
few  weeks,  entitled  "Hours  with  the  Evangelists,"  on  the  con 
nection  of  the  old  and  new  dispensations)  new  proofs  and  illus 
trations  of  the  being  and  attributes  of  God.  He  was  equally 
familiar  with  the  writings  of  German  and  English  scholars,  and 
penetrated  with  a  clear  discrimination  and  an  unswerving  love 
of  truth  into  the  prevailing  fallacies  of  the  philosophies  of  the 
day ;  and  was  able  rightly  to  divine  the  word  of  truth.  It  is 
impossible  that  a  mind  naturally  keen  and  comprehensive,  and 
which  was  so  thoroughly  furnished  by  education  and  reflection, 
should  not  be  full  and  instructive  on  all  the  topics  which  come 
under  discussion  among  scholars  and  in  the  social  circle.  This 
copiousness  of  general  knowledge  gave  him  great  power  and 
interest  in  conversation,  which  few  have  surpassed.  No  one 
could  be  in  his  society,  for  even  a  brief  time,  without  being 
deeply  impressed  with  the  largeness  and  variety  of  his  knowl- 


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edge,  and  his  ease  and  felicity  in  the  communication  of  it.  Yet, 
with  these  rare  powers,  he  was  perfectly  simple,  unaffected,  and 
unpretending.  No  man  was  farther  from  conceit  and  unpretend 
ing  display.  He  loved  to  talk,  not  for  the  sake  of  talking,  but 
to  communicate  instruction ;  to  impart  from  his  accumulated 
stores  to  the  pleasure  and  benefit  of  others.  These  qualities 
made  his  society  to  be  sought,  and,  wherever  he  was  known,  to 
be  valued  as  a  ripe  and  good  scholar,  an  able  and  sound  theo 
logian,  and  a  most  instructive  companion.  We  may  apply  to 
him,  with  great  appropriateness,  a  truth  happily  expressed  by 
Lord  Coke,  who  said,  'When  a  great  and  learned  man  dyeth, 
much  learning  dyeth  with  him.'  Though  he  has  left  a  valuable 
legacy  in  his  last  great  work,  which  he  fondly  called  the  round- 
ing-off  of  his  life,  and  is  the  complement  of  his  learning  and 
best  thought,  yet  there  was  that  in  his  mind  and  heart,  as  in 
every  wise  man,  which  cannot  be  stamped  on  the  printed  page  : 
it  dies  with  the  possessor.  The  beautiful  expression,  the  mild 
and  gentle  demeanor,  the  sensitive  appreciation  and  communi 
cation  of  the  good  and  true,  the  noble  example  of  a  virtuous 
and  devoted  life,  —  these  all  pass  on,  and  leave  but  their  subtle 
fragrance  in  the  memory  of  surviving  friends." 

Dr.  Nichols  was  early  elected  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  of  which  he  held  the  office  of 
vice-president.  In  1821,  he  received  from  Bowdoin  College 
the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity,  and  the  same  from 
Harvard  in  1831.  It  is  worthy  of  note,  that  the  year  1821  was 
the  beginning  of  the  academical  honors  at  Bowdoin ;  and  a  wise 
as  well  as  liberal  beginning  it  was.  The  clerical  distinction  was 
given  (and  to  them  confined)  to  the  two  distinguished  lights  of 
the  Portland  pulpit,  —  Ichabod  Nichols  and  Edward  Pay  son  ; 
regarded,  no  doubt,  throughout  the  state  as  the  representative 
heads  of  the  two  opposing  sections  of  its  congregational  body. 

Dr.  Nichols  married  first,  probably  in  the  spring  of  1811, 
Dorothea  F.  Oilman,  daughter  of  Gov.  John  Taylor  Gilman, 
of  Portsmouth,  N.H.  They  had  four  children,  all  sons,  of 
whom  two  survived  him;  viz.,  1.  John  Taylor  Gilman,  who 
died  within  about  a  year  of  his  birth.  2.  George  Henry,  born 


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26  August,  1814  (H.C.  1833)  ;  a  physician  in  Standish, 
Me.  3.  John  Taylor  Gilman,  born  24  April,  1817  (H.C. 
1836)  ;  settled  as  a  clergyman  in  Saco,  Me.  4.  Charles, 
born  12  April,  1819,  and  died  the  same  year.  Dr.  Nichols's 
wife  died  17  April,  1831  ;  and  he  married  for  his  second  wife, 
3  May,  1832,  Martha  Salisbury  Higginson,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Higginson,  Esq.,  of  Cambridge.  She  survived  him. 

1803. — WILLIAM  DRAPER,  of  Pontiac,  Mich.,  died  at  the 
Island  of  Mackinaw,  9  August,  1858,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of 
James  and  Lois  (Battle)  Draper,  and  was  born  in  that  part 
of  Dedham  which  is  now  within  the  limits  of  Dover,  Mass., 
12  February,  1780.  He  was  fitted  for  college  partly  by  Kev. 
Nathaniel  Emmons,  D.D.  (Y.C.  1767),  of  Franklin,  Mass., 
and  partly  by  Kev.  Thomas  Thacher  (H.C.  1775),  of  Dedham. 
On  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Concord,  Mass.,  and  entered  as 
a  student-at-law  in  the  office  of  John  Leighton  Tuttle  (H.C. 
1796).  Having  completed  his  legal  studies  and  been  admitted 
to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Maryborough,  Mass.,  where  he 
acquired  an  extensive  practice,  and  was  quite  successful  as  a 
lawyer.  For  ten  years  he  was  president  of  the  Middlesex  bar. 
In  1832,  he  removed  to  Nashua,  N.H.,  where  he  remained  until 
the  spring  of  1833  ;  when  he  went  to  Michigan,  established 
himself  in  Pontiac,  and  was  a  citizen  of  that  place  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  occupied  a  prominent  and  distinguished 
position  in  the  legal  profession  ;  but  was  no  politician,  and  held 
but  very  few  offices  during  his  life.  At  the  time  Congress  passed 
the  enabling  act  for  the  admission  of  Michigan  into  the  Union, 
a  convention  was  called  under  that  tict,  that  the  people  might  de 
termine  whether  they  would  accede  to  the  proposition  of  Con 
gress  or  not.  Mr.  Draper  was  the  president  of  the  convention. 
This  was  the  first  one,  which  rejected  the  dishonorable  proposi 
tion  of  a  democratic  congress  ;  and  Mr.  Draper  always  looked 
with  great  satifaction  on  the  part  he  took  in  that  body  of  men. 
That  was  an  honorable  post,  and  right  honorable  was  the  de 
cision. 

Mr.  Draper  was  president  of  the  bar  of  Oakland  county, 
Mich.,  for  twenty  years,  and  held  the  office  at  the  time  of  his 


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decease.  While  few  of  the  high  earthly  honors  were  bestowed 
upon  him,  he  had,  what  was  far  better,  the  deserved  esteem  and 
respect  of  every  one  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  Christian  gen 
tleman,  scrupulously  upright,  and  for  twenty-five  years  was  an 
exemplary  member  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Pontiac. 
He  retained  his  mental  faculties  to  an  extraordinary  degree. 
About  two  years  before  his  death,  there  was  a  case  pending  in  the 
Circuit  Court  of  Michigan,  in  which  he  had  a  personal  interest. 
He  wrote  out,  and  read  to  the  court,  a  brief  and  an  argument  of 
marked  power  and  great  research ;  and  was  successful  at  last. 

Mr.  Draper  was  famed  for  his  love  of  field  sports  ;  and  it  was 
his  delight,  in  the  last  years  of  his  life,  to  hunt  and  fish  in  and 
around  the  beautiful  lakes  that  are  so  numerous  in  the  vicinity 
of  his  late  residence ;  and  the  principal  reason  of  his  visit 
to  Mackinac,  where  he  died,  was  his  desire  to  gratify  his  taste 
in  this  respect.  He  went  with  several  acquaintances  ;  and  had 
been  there  only  a  few  days,  when  he  was  taken  sick  ;  and,  before 
any  of  his  family  could  reach  there  after  hearing  of  his  illness, 
his  spirit  had  departed  to  another  and  better  world. 

A  writer  in  Porter's  "New- York  Spirit  of  the  Times,"  in 
announcing  the  death  of  Mr.  Draper,  says,  "He  was  ever 
active  and  assiduous  through  his  early  life,  and  until  he  had 
acquired  a  competence  in  the  practice  of  his  arduous  profession ; 
but  was  never  so  thoroughly  absorbed  in  it,  nor  in  the  acqui 
sition  of  wealth,  as  to  neglect  his  gun  and  his  rod.  To  these 
he  gave  a  liberal  share  of  his  time,  with  a  keenness  of  relish 
which  evinced  that  the  love  of  sport  was  natural  and  inborn. 
He  was  not  an  indiscriminate  sportsman  ;  for  he  cared  but  little 
for  the  rifle  or  the  hound,  and  looked  upon  the  deer-chase  with 
no  favorable  eye.  His  first  loves  were  the  fowling-piece  and  the 
well-trained  pointer  and  spaniel ;  his  chosen  sphere  of  enjoyment 
the  rich  summer  corn-field,  or  the  brown  hill-side  covers  of 
autumn.  Scolopax  was  the  bird  of  his  choice ;  and,  more  than 
half  a  century  ago,  the  echoes  of  his  gun,  and  the  cheerful  call 
to  his  well-trained  dogs,  were  wont  to  ring  through  the  valleys  of 
the  old  Bay  State.  The  love  of  sport  was  a  marked  feature 
in  the  life  of  the  deceased,  from  which  his  highest  earthly  enjoy- 


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ments  were  derived ;  so  marked  and  influential  indeed,  that 
when,  after  a  time,  mercenary  pot-hunters  had  depopulated  the 
region  about  his  house,  that  circumstance  influenced  him  in  no 
slight  degree  in  making  choice  of  a  home  where  the  woodcock, 
snipe,  plover,  partridge,  quail,  and  prairie-hen  were  more  abun 
dant,  and  less  sought  after  for  gain.  How  fresh  in  the  mind  of 
the  writer  of  this  notice,  now  in  middle  life,  is  the  recollection, 
when  a  mere  boy,  of  the  exploits  of  the  deceased  over  the  backs  of 
poor  old  Sport  and  Sancho,  and  the  almost  boundless  admiration 
with  which  we  saw  him  bring  down  thirty-eight  woodcocks  in 
succession  on  the  Southborough  meadow,  without  missing  a  bird  ; 
killing  more  than  once  with  both  barrels  !  In  his  earlier  days, 
while  he  yet  made  Massachusetts  his  home,  his  associates,  drawn 
to  him  by  similar  tastes,  wTere  to  be  found  among  the  liberal  and 
prominent  men  throughout  that  state.  Of  such  were  Hon.  S.  P. 
P.  Fay,  some  years  deceased,  and  long  judge  of  probate  for  the 
county  of  Middlesex ;  his  son,  Hon.  Richard  S.  Fay;  Hon. 
Franklin  Dexter,  late  of  Boston  ;  and  very  many  others,  whose 
names,  once  familiar,  have  now  escaped  the  writer.  Having 
changed  his  residence  to  Michigan,  Mr.  Draper  continued  the 
same  keen  and  indefatigable  sportsman,  with  little  change; 
except  that,  game  being  more  plenty  and  in  greater  variety,  his 
days  in  the  field  were  more  frequent.  He  found  fewer  wood 
cocks,  which,  at  the  time  of  his  arrival,  had  just  begun  to  fre 
quent  the  bottom-lands  of  the  rivers,  and  the  old  French  farms  of 
Wayne  and  Macomb  ;  but  in  their  places  he  found  the  prairie- 
hen,  the  wild-turkey,  the  partridge  and  snipe,  more  abundant. 
He  brought  with  him  his  small  but  excellent  and  well-chosen 
armament  of  guns,  his  choice  stock  of  ammunition,,  and  his 
favorite  and  reliable  old  dogs,  which,  in  a  short  time,  made 
themselves  at  home  in  their  new  sphere.  The  rod  divided  the 
sway  with  the  gun  in  the  sport-life  of  the  deceased,  and  he  was 
alike  skilful  and  successful  in  both.  If  the  day  was  bad  for 
shooting,  it  was  pretty  sure  to  be  good  for  fishing ;  or,  if  the 
companions  who  offered  happened  not  to  be  devotees  of  old 
Izaak,  the  game-bag  and  the  long  tramp  were  all  the  same  to 
him.  Sport-love  with  the  deceased  did  not  arise  from  a  mere 


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spirit  of  adventure,  combined  with  the  exuberance  of  wealth  and 
of  animal  spirits  :  it  was  a  principle  of  .his  being,  which  grew, 
rather  than  failed,  with  advancing  age  ;  and  yielded  to  no  in 
firmity  of  body  short  of  absolute  sickness.  Indeed,  he  may  be 
said  to  have  almost  died  in  harness  ;  for  his  last  trip  was  under 
taken  by  him  that  he  might  enjoy  the  choice  sport  of  trout-fish 
ing  around  the  picturesque  and  beautiful  Island  of  Mackinaw,  at 
a  time  when  declining  years  and  failing  strength  had  long  since 
warned  him  that  the  hours  upon  the  earth  for  him  were  short  and 
few.  Thus,  with  the  life  of  a  thorough  sportsman,  ended  that 
of  an  honorable,  useful  man,  and  a  sincere  and  exemplary 
Christian." 

Mr.  Draper  married,  in  1810,  Harriet  Eliza  Payne,  a 
daughter  of  Major  Phineas  Payne,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  of  revo 
lutionary  memory.  They  had  six  children,  —  four  sons  and  two 
daughters  ;  namely,  William,  Charles,  Albert  F.,  James, 
Eliza  C.,  and  Ann  M.  :  all  survived  their  father  except  James, 
who  was  the  youngest  child.  Charles  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1833,  and  became  a  lawyer  in  Pontiac. 

1805.  —  Eev.  EBENEZER  HUBBARD  died  near  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  2  September,  1858,  aged  74.  He  was  son  of  Rev. 
Ebenezer  (H.C.  1777)  and  Abigail  (Glover)  Hubbard,  and 
was  born  in  Marblehead,  Mass.,  12  November,  1783.  His 
father  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  22  May,  1758;  was  or 
dained  at  Marblehead,  1  January,  1783  ;  and  died  15  December, 
1800,  aged  42.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Col.  Jonathan 
Glover,  of  Marblehead.  Mr.  Hubbard  was  fitted  for  college  at 
the  public  classical  school  or  academy  in  Marblehead.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Timothy  Flint, 
of  Lunenburg,  Mass.  (H.C.  1800),  who  married  his  sister 
Abigail.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Second  Church  in 
Newbury,  Mass.,  11  May,  1809.  This  pastoral  relation  was 
dissolved  16  October,  1810;  and  he  was  installed  over  the 
church  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  27  November,  1816  ;  resigned  his 
charge,  29  April,  1828  ;  was  installed  at  Lunenburg,  10  De 
cember,  1828.  He  was  always  a  Trinitarian,  as  he  declared, 
and,  as  he  called  himself,  a  moderate  Calvinist ;  but  was  very 


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liberal  in  his  feelings  towards  Unitarians,  and  would  not  in 
frequently  exchange  with  clergymen  of  that  denomination.  In 
consequence  of  this,  a  most  unrighteous  attempt  was  made,  by 
some  of  the  more  rigid  Orthodox,  to  prevent  his  settlement  at 
Lunenburg,  by  circulating  reports  injurious  to  his  moral  charac 
ter.  They  did  not,  however,  succeed  in  their  plot.  The  fol 
lowing  extract  from  an  article  in  the  "  Christian  Examiner  "  for 
March,  1831,  gives  a  history  of  this  affair  :  — 

w  Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard,  a  minister  of  acknowledged  Orthodox 
sentiments,  and  late  pastor  of  the  church  in  Middleton,  was 
invited  to  a  re-settlement  in  Lunenburg.  It  was  generally 
known  to  his  ministerial  brethren,  that  he  was  in  the  practice  of 
exchanging  with  Unitarians.  This  circumstance  alone  induced 
some  Orthodox  preachers  in  the  vicinity  of  Lunenburg  to 
make  great  exertions  to  prevent  his  installation.  They  went 
to  Andover,  and  earnestly  solicited  from  the  Orthodox  min 
isters  in  the  neighborhood  of  Middleton  some  information 
derogatory  to  the  character  of  Mr.  Hubbard.  False  and  slan 
derous  reports  were  invented  by  an  individual  in  Middleton, 
and  communicated  to  an  Orthodox  minister  in  Danvers,  and 
conveyed  by  him  to  the  principal  agent  in  this  unrighteous 
work.  Rev.  Mr.  Payson,  of  Leominster,  having  obtained  the 
desired  misrepresentations,  went  into  Lunenburg,  communicated 
them  to  an  influential  family,  and  requested  them  to  put  them 
in  circulation,  and  conceal  the  name  of  the  informer.  He 
affirmed  that  Mr.  Hubbard  was  a  bad  man,  brought  up  his 
children  to  swear,  and  would  prove  a  curse  to  the  society  if 
they  retained  him  as  their  pastor.  Such  reports  threw  the 
parish  into  consternation,  and  reached  the  ears  of  the  pastor 
elect.  He  proceeded  immediately  to  the  source  of  the  evil,  and 
eventually  dragged  to  light  the  individuals  concerned.  By  the 
terrors  of  the  civil  law,  he  compelled  them  to  confess  their 
wickedness,  and  agency  in  the  base  understanding." 

Mr.  Hubbard  continued  pastor  of  the  church  in  Lunenburg 
until  20  November,  1833,  when  his  connection  with  the  society 
was  dissolved.  He  studied  medicine,  but  never  practised  regu 
larly,  except,  perhaps,  in  Boxford,  or  rather  in  Lunenburg, 

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234  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

while  he  was  a  pastor  there.  In  June,  1838,  he  removed 
to  the  West,  and  taught  school  for  awhile  in  Trenton,  Tenn.  ; 
and  afterwards  in  Paris,  Tenn.  In  1843  or  1844,  he  re 
moved  to  Fulton  county,  Ky.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Rickman,  which  a  son,  dying,  left  him,  and  which  he  called 
"  Clergyman's  Retreat."  For  some  years  he  pursued  the  form 
ing  business,  overseeing  it,  and  attending  to  his  garden  :  while 
in  his  leisure  hours  he  read  books  and  wrote  sermons ;  preach 
ing  sometimes,  but  having  no  charge.  He  liked  the  investiga 
tion  of  literary  and  scientific  subjects.  He  gradually,  for  three 
or  four  years  before  his  death,  became  irritable  and  maniacal 
under  a  disease  of  the  brain  (probably  softening),  until,  in  the 
spring  of  1858,  his  mind  was  completely  gone,  so  that  he  did 
not  know  his  own  wife  and  children  ;  and,  becoming  very  furi 
ous,  his  sons  took  him,  in  June,  1858,  to  the  state  asylum  for 
the  insane,  six  miles  out  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  —  a  fine  in 
stitution  ;  where  he  died,  not  having  had,  during  his  stay  there, 
one  lucid  moment. 

Mr.  Hubbard  married,  10  June,  1808,  Charlotte,  daughter 
of  Major  Joseph  Swazey,  of  Ipswich,  Mass.  They  had  nine 
children,  six  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  three  sons  and 
two  daughters  are  living.  His  wife  died  30  October,  1858,  in 
the  seventy-fifth  year  of  her  age,  having  survived  her  husband 
not  quite  two  months.  The  remains  of  Mr.  Hubbard  were 
conveyed  to  Hickman,  and  deposited  in  the  family  cemetery 
with  his  wife's,  at  "Clergyman's  Retreat,"  owned  by  his  son 
Charles. 

1807.  —  JOSHUA  PEESCOTT  died  in  Reading,  Mass.,  1 
January,  1859,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  John  and 
Martha  (Abbot)  Prescott ;  was  born  in  Westford,  Mass.,  15 
November,  1780  ;  and  was  the  last  surviving  member  of  their 
family,  which  consisted  of  six  sons  and  one  daughter,  who 
lived  to  mature  age.  Three  of  the  sons  graduated  at  Harvard 
College,  —  Samuel  in  1799,  Aaron  in  1814,  and  the  subject  of 
this  notice.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Westford  Academy. 
After  graduating,  he  taught  school  in  Saco,  Me.  He  studied 
law  with  Judge  James  Prescott,  of  Groton,  Mass.  (H.C.  1788). 


1858-59.]  OP  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  235 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  spring  of  1811,  and  imme 
diately  opened  an  office  in  Reading.  He  afterwards  removed  to 
Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  a  few  months  ;  then  returned 
to  Reading,  where  he  continued  actively  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  until  a  few  years  before  his  decease.  In 
1824,  he  compiled  a  digest  of  the  probate-laws  of  Massachu 
setts,  which  was  considered  a  valuable  work,  and  had  an  exten 
sive  circulation.  In  1827  and  1828,  he  was  chosen  repre 
sentative  to  the  state  legislature.  Being  much  interested  in 
agricultural  pursuits,  he  superintended  and  cultivated  success 
fully  his  farm,  on  which  he  resided  for  many  years.  As  a 
citizen,  and  in  all  the  social  relations  of  life,  he  was  kind, 
generous,  hospitable  ;  an  honest  man,  and  one  who  commanded 
the  universal  respect  of  the  people.  He  never  sought  public 
office.  As  a  lawyer,  he  was  possessed  of  a  sound  and  discrimi 
nating  mind  ;  always  carefully  and  thoroughly  examining  the 
matter  presented  before  he  came  to  a  conclusion.  His  judg 
ment  and  opinion  were  received  with  great  respect  and  confi 
dence.  He  never  suffered  himself  to  sacrifice  his  principles  of 
honor  and  integrity  for  pecuniary  advantages  ;  always  maintain 
ing,  that  a  lawyer  should  govern  himself  professionally  as  he 
would  as  a  citizen,  and  be  guided  by  the  rule,  to  do  unto  others 
as  you  wish  or  expect  them  to  do  unto  you.  His  faith  as  a 
Christian  in  the  unbounded  love  and  goodness  of  God  was  firm 
and  unwavering,  and  he  awaited  his  departure  with  calmness  and 
resignation.  He  married,  in  1813,  Abigail  Eaton,  only  daugh 
ter  and  only  surviving  child  of  Lieut.  Thomas  Eaton,  of 
Reading.  He  had  five  children.  One  daughter  died  in  early 
infancy.  Two  sons  and  two  daughters  are  now  living.  His 
wife  is  also  living. 

1807. — Rev.  SETH  FREEMAN  SWIFT  died  in  Oswego,  N.Y., 
12  October,  1858,  aged  71.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  and  Anna 
(Freeman)  Swift,  and  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  25 
April,  1787.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Sandwich  Academy. 
After  leaving  college,  he  went  through  a  course  of  theological 
studies  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  John  Simpkins,  of  Brew- 
ster,  Mass.  (H.C.  1786).  In  the  spring  of  1809,  he  went  to 


236  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

Nantucket,  where,  for  a  short  time,  he  taught  a  school  of  a  high 
order.  The  Unitarians  of  that  island,  having  in  view  the  pro 
motion  of  their  liberal  religious  principles,  erected  the  present 
South  Congregational  Church,  and  invited  Mr.  Swift  to  take  the 
pastoral  charge  of  the  new  society.  The  house  was  dedicated 
in  November,  1809  ;  and  Mr.  Swift,  having  accepted  the  call, 
was  ordained  25  April,  1810.  Here  he  labored  with  great 
fidelity  for  more  than  twenty-three  years.  Many  of  his  parish 
ioners  passed  away  before  him ;  but  many  still  survive  who 
remember  him  as  one  wrhose  ministrations  were  always  accepta 
ble,  because  always  appropriate  to  the  various  circumstances  of 
human  life.  The  young  of  his  society  would  often,  at  his  invi 
tation,  assemble  at  his  house,  where  he  would  entertain  them, 
and  make  them  feel  at  home  :  always  cheerful ;  welcoming  them 
with  a  genial  smile  ;  taking  a  deep  interest  in  their  well-doing  ; 
sharing  their  joys  and  sorrows  ;  offering  counsel,  that,  if  fol 
lowed,  he  was  certain  would  result  in  the  formation  of  high  and 
noble  characters,  as  many  to  \vhom  it  was  addressed  are  left  to 
testify.  He  always  said  the  right  word ;  and  it  came  from  a 
warm,  sympathetic  heart.  No  one  tied  the  nuptial  knot  with 
more  grace  than  he.  His  beaming  countenance  brightened  the 
joy  of  the  occasion.  In  sadder  hours,  his  apt  words  brought 
consolation  to  the  mourner ;  and,  in  the  ordinary  course  of  life, 
he  was  a  genial  friend.  In  the  autumn  of  1833,  he  resigned 
his  pastoral  charge ;  and,  the  following  winter,  he  was  a  rep 
resentative  from  Nantucket,  in  the  legislature.  In  the  spring 
of  1834,  he  removed  to  Oswego,  N.Y.,  and  was  principal  of  an 
academy  at  that  place  for  two  years.  For  the  last  eight  years 
of  his  life  he  was  incapacitated  from  any  employment,  in  conse 
quence  of  having  become  blind.  After  his  removal  from  Nan- 
tucket,  he  ever  retained  a  lively  interest  for  the  place.  A  few 
months  before  his  death,  he  received  a  letter  from  a  friend  there, 
reverting  to  the  past,  calling  up  early  memories,  and  speaking 
of  his  friends  ;  and,  when  he  found  he  was  not  forgotten,  he  wept 
like  a  child,  showing  how  deeply  his  affections  were  rooted  in 
his  early  home. 

He  married,  20  March,  1810,  Valina  Rawson,  daughter  of 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  237 

Abel  and  Lydia  (Briggs)  Rawson,  of  New  York.  He  had  four 
children,  —  Caroline,  who  married  Philo  Stevens,  of  Oswego, 
N.Y.  ;  Edward,  Joseph,  and  Charles.  His  daughter  and  two 
sons  survived  him  ;  as  did  also  his  widow.  His  last  sickness  was 
of  short  duration,  but  of  great  suffering,  which  he  bore  without 
a  murmur.  His  disease  was  cancerous  tumor  in  the  bowels. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  resided  with  his  daughter,  whose 
unceasing  devotions  to  him  were  indicative  of  the  purest  affec 
tion.  His  son  Edward  too,  who  is  well  settled  in  Savannah, 
Ga. ,  was  permitted  to  be  with  him  to  administer  to  his  comfort 
even  in  his  last  moments. 

1808.  — Hon.  NATHAXIEL  WEIGHT  died  in  Lowell,  Mass., 
5  November,  1858,  aged  73.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Hon. 
Thomas  and  Eunice  (Osgood)  Wright,  and  was  born  in  Ster 
ling,  Mass.,  13  February,  1785.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by 
Rev.  Reuben  Holcomb,  of  Sterling  (Y.C.  1774).  He  held  a 
very  respectable  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinc 
tion.  He  pursued  the  study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Asahel  Stearns,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.  (H.C.  1797)  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1814,  and  opened  an  office  in  Dracut, 
Mass.  In  1816,  Mr.  Stearns  was  elected  University  Professor 
of  Law  in  Harvard  College,  and  removed  to  Cambridge  the  fol 
lowing  year.  Mr.  Wright  succeeded  to  Mr.  Stearns's  office,  and 
to  much  of  his  professional  business  ;  and  subsequently  pur 
chased  his  (Mr.  Stearns's)  residence,  which  he  occupied  during 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  attained  to  a  high  rank  in  his  pro 
fession  as  an  able  and  well-read  lawyer.  For  forensic  display 
he  had  little  taste,  and  made  no  pretension  ;  but  when  an  emer 
gency  required  a  sound,  reliable,  and  disinterested  opinion,  he 
was  the  dependence  of  his  community  for  many  years.  Singu 
larly  simple  and  almost  blunt  in  his  manners,  and  sparing  of 
words,  there  was  an  honesty  and  independence  about  him  which 
won  confidence  and  secured  respect.  On  the  organization  of 
the  town  of  Lowell,  Mr.  Wright's  judgment,  counsel,  and  legal 
knowledge  were  under  great  and  constant  requisition.  He  per 
formed  an  important  part  in  the  preliminary  purchase  of  land 
by  the  founders  of  the  town  ;  and,  in  setting  it  off  from  Chelms- 


238  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

ford,  he  was  an  efficient  agent.  "When  Lowell  was  incorpo 
rated  as  a  town,  in  1826,  he  was  elected  its  first  representative 
in  the  legislature,  and  was  re-elected  the  two  following  years. 
He  was  also  chosen  chairman  of  the  first  board  of  selectmen. 
In  1834,  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  from  Middlesex  dis 
trict.  In  1836,  Lowell  was  incorporated  as  a  city;  and  Mr. 
Wright  was  elected  its  mayor  in  1841  and  1842.  He  was 
chosen  the  first  year  as  an  independent  candidate,  and  the  sec 
ond  as  the  regular  whig  nominee.  On  the  organization  of  the 
Lowell  Bank,  in  1828,  he  was  elected,  on  the  second  of  June 
in  that  year,  its  president ;  an  office  which  he  held  uninterrupt 
edly  for  more  than  thirty  years,  resigning  it  .only  on  the  22d  of 
October,  1858,  just  two  weeks  before  his  death:  his  failing 
health  and  strength  admonishing  him  that  his  work  oft  earth  was 
done  ;  a  fact  to  which  he  resigned  himself  with  calmness  and 
cheerfulness.  In  all  the  positions  which  he  filled,  he  gave  entire 
satisfaction  to  those  whose  interests  were  intrusted  to  his  care. 
He  married,  5  March,  1820,  Laura  Hoar.  They  had  five  chil 
dren,  four  sons  and  one  daughter;  viz.,  Nathaniel,  Thomas, 
William  Henry  Prentice,  Emery,  and  Laura  Grace.  Two  of 
his  sons,  Nathaniel  and  Thomas,  graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
in  1838  and  1842  respectively.  Nathaniel  was  a  lawyer  in 
Lowell,  and  died  18  September,  1847,  aged  27.  The  others 
survived  him.  Thomas  is  a  lawyer  in  Lawrence,  Mass.  Mr. 
Wright's  wife  died  21  January,  1857,  aged  62. 

1810.  —  Rev.  LEMUEL  CAPEX  died  in  South  Boston,  28 
August,  1858,  aged  69.  He  was  son  of  John  and  Patience 
(Davis)  Capen,  and  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  25  Novem 
ber,  1789.  His  father  was  a  substantial  farmer  :  and,  early 
discovering  in  this  son  a  taste  for  study,  he  determined  to 
give  him  a  liberal  education  ;  for  which  purpose  he  placed  him 
under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  of  Quincy  (H.C. 
1801),  where  he  pursued  his  preparatory  studies.  At  college 
he  was  exemplary  in  his  conduct,  was  a  diligent  student,  and 
graduated  with  a  respectable  rank.  On  completing  his  colle 
giate  course,  he  determined  to  study  for  the  ministry,  and  re 
mained  at  Cambridge  as  a  resident-graduate,  going  through  his 


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course  of  theological  study  under  the  instruction  of  Prof.  Henry 
Ware,  D.D.  (H.C.  1785),  and  Andrews  Norton  (H.C.  1804). 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Sterling,  Mass.,  22 
March,  1815.  He  early  espoused  the  side  of  Liberal  Christian 
ity,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  preach  these  sentiments  in  the 
county  of  Worcester.  In  1813,  he  wrote  a  pamphlet,  which 
was  published  anonymously,  entitled  "  Memorial  of  the  Pro 
prietors  of  the  New  South  Meeting-house  in  Dorchester  to  the 
Ministers  of  the  Boston  Association  ;  "  a  document  which  even 
the  "  Panoplist "  acknowledged  to  be  "  written  with  more  than 
ordinary  care  and  ability."  His  pastoral  relation  with  the 
church  in  Sterling  was  not  of  long  duration.  He  resigned  his 
charge,  21  June,  1819,  not  on  account  of  any  disaffection,  but 
because  his  salary  was  inadequate  to  his  frugal  wants,  and  it 
could  not  be  increased  without  endangering  the  harmony  of  the 
society.  His  farewell  sermon,  which  has  been  twice  printed, 
was  full  of  the  kindest  interest  in  the  people  who  were  to  be  no 
longer  under  his  professional  charge.  He  then  returned  to  his 
native  place,  Dorchester;  and,  from  1819  to  1822,  he  taught 
in  the  Stoughton  School  in  that  town.  At  the  close  of  1822, 
he  resumed  his  ministerial  duties,  at  the  same  time  taking  the 
part  of  instructor  in  the  Hawes  School  in  South  Boston.  He 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  Hawes-Place  Church,  31  October, 
1827.  During  the  interval  from  1822  to  1827,  he  received  no 
pecuniary  compensation  for  his  clerical  services.  He  depended 
upon  his  salary  as  a  teacher,  which  was  only  about  five  hundred 
dollars  a  year,  for  the  support  of  himself  and  his  family.  All  this 
while,  and  for  several  years  afterwards,  the  public  worship  was 
held  in  one  of  the  humblest  of  meeting-houses.  The  building 
was  ten  feet  high,  about  a  hundred  feet  long,  and  less  than 
thirty  in  breadth.  Under  that  lowly  roof,  he  labored,  in  the 
preaching  of  the  Word,  faithfully,  earnestly,  and  with  good 
acceptance,  for  about  twelve  years.  In  1832,  he  was  called  to 
part  with  his  venerable  friend,  Mr.  John  Hawes,  the  founder  of 
the  religious  society  to  which  he  ministered  ;  and  set  forth,  on  the 
Sunday  after  his  funeral,  a  discriminating  account  of  his  char 
acter  and  benefactions.  This  discourse  was  published,  with  an 


240  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

"Appendix  containing  Historical  Notices  of  the  Hawes-Place 
Church  and  Society."  That  sturdy  and  trusty  Christian  man, 
who  has  left  his  name  so  favorably  impressed  upon  the  religious 
and  educational  institutions  of  South  Boston,  invariably  treated 
Mr.  Capen  with  the  utmost  confidence  and  regard,  and  consulted 
him  often  to  the  day  of  his  death.  Soon  after  his  departure, 
and  by  the  help  of  the  funds  which  he  bequeathed,  a  new 
meeting-house  was  built ;  but  with  the  enlargement  of  the 
borders  of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  beautifying  of  its  walls,  and 
the  increased  comeliness  of  its  appointments,  there  seems  to 
have  been  no  corresponding  increase  of  the  holy  dispositions  for 
which  sanctuaries  are  built.  It  is  often  the  case,  that  moneyed 
endowments  lead  to  neither  prosperty  nor  peace  ;  and,  in  the 
present  instance,  they  encouraged  jealousies,  expectations  more 
ambitious  than  pure  or  considerate,  and  growing  troubles.  Mr. 
Capen  again  resigned  his  pastorate,  with  less  of  his  own  will 
in  the  surrender  than  before,  and  not  with  the  same  conscious 
ness  of  perfect  favor,  though  he  carried  a  better  consciousness 
in  the  testimony  of  his  own  breast.  He  delivered  his  farewell 
sermon,  23  June,  1839.  It  was  written  in  his  usual  direct, 
dispassionate,  and  faithful  manner.  He  never  afterwards  en 
tered  the  settled  ministry,  though  his  heart  was  always  in  that 
work ;  and  he  continued,  to  the  end  of  his  days,  preaching 
occasionally  where  his  services  were  requested.  During  his 
whole  residence  at  South  Boston,  the  scantiness  of  his  income 
compelled  him  to  till  his  grounds  with  his  own  hands  ;  and  this 
he  did  stoutly  and  cheerfully.  His  vigorous  health,  which  never 
gave  way,  nor  showed  sign  of  giving  way,  till  it  broke  up  wholly 
and  at  every  point  at  last,  enabled  him  to  perform  this  kind  of 
toil ;  and,  moreover,  he  had  a  taste  for  it,  and  skill  in  it.  He 
knew  how  to  do  the  work  of  a  farmer  well,  and  to  write  about 
its  experiences.  His  opinions  on  agricultural  topics,  in  his  con 
tributions  to  the  "New-England  Farmer,"  are  said  to  have 
been  valued  by  the  readers  of  that  journal.  In  the  midst  of 
his  pecuniary  straits,  no  one  ever  knew  him  to  be  penurious 
or  exacting  or  cringing  or  shuffling  or  mean.  Some  of  the 
pieasantest  associations  of  his  whole  existence  he  declared  to  be 


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connected  with  school -keeping  ;  and  there  were  raany  to  appre 
ciate  the  influence  of  his  conscientious  instructions.  He  was 
often  called  to  serve  on  school-committees,  where  he  gave  the 
best  of  his  diligence.  He  was  elected  a  representative  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1836,  and  again  in  1847.  When  he  was 
nearly  sixty  years  of  age,  the  old  zeal  for  both  his  vocations, 
teaching  and  preaching,  burned  afresh  in  him.  At  an  invita 
tion  from  Baltimore  to  succeed  Rev.  Charles  H.  A.  Dall  (H.C. 
1837)  as  a  missionary  to  the  poor,  he  at  once  left  his  home,  — 
to  no  one  dearer,  —  and  assumed  that  laborious  service  in  that 
southern  city.  A  printed  copy  of  his  first  quarterly  report, 
dated  31  January,  1846,  is  marked  with  the  deepest  feeling  of 
engagedness  in  his  trying  office.  The  singleness  of  his  mind, 
and  the  tenderness  of  his  heart,  were  likely  to  distinguish  them 
selves  in  such  a  mingled  work  of  instruction  and  charity ;  and 
the  trustees  of  the  Baltimore  Ministry  at  Large  bear  ample  tes 
timony,  in  the  same  document,  to  the  efficiency  with  which  his 
hard  duties  were  discharged.  Besides  his  publications  which 
have  been  mentioned,  there  is  in  the  "Liberal  Preacher"  a 
sermon  of  his  on  "  The  Religious  Education  of  Children,"  printed 
in  June,  1831  ;  and  there  is  an  elaborate  article  in  the  "Chris 
tian  Examiner"  for  September,  1855,  on  "Dr.  Codman  and  the 
Second  Church  in  Dorchester."  He  was  also  the  writer  of 
several  biographical  notices  of  ministers  and  of  old  residents 
in  South  Boston,  which  have  been  read  with  interest,  and  even 
republished. 

He  married,  11  October,  1815,  Mary  Ann  Hunting,  daugh 
ter  of  Asa  and  Abigail  (Blaney)  Hunting,  of  Roxbury.  They 
had  nine  children,  six  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  five 
sons  and  one  daughter  with  their  mother  survived  him.  His 
children  were  Francis  Lemuel,  born  in  Sterling,  17  March, 
1817  ;  John,  born  8  September,  1818  ;  Mary  Ann,  born  in 
Dorchester,  19  February,  1820,  —  died  7  November,  1844; 
Edward,  born  20  October,  1821  ;  Charles  James,  born  in  South 
Boston,  5  April,  1823  ;  Sarah  Hawes,  born  22  October,  1824, 
—  died  5  December,  1825  ;  Barnard,  born  31  October,  1826; 
Jane,  born  5  November,  1828  ;  Eliphalet  Porter,  born  14Novern- 

31 


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ber,  1831,  —  died  19  November,  1835.  Four  of  his  sons  have 
graduated  at  Harvard  College;  namely,  Francis  Lemuel  in  1839, 
John  in  1840,  Edward  in  1842,  and  Charles  James  in  1844. 

1811. — Hon.  THOMAS  GREAVES  CARY,  of  Boston,  died  at 
his  summer  residence  in  Nahant,  Mass.,  3  July,  1859,  aged  67. 
He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Gray)  Gary,  and  was  born 
in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  7  September,  1791.  After  finishing  his  col 
lege  course,  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Peter  Oxen- 
bridge  Thacher  (H.C.  1796),  of  Boston.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Suffolk  bar  in  1814,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Boston.  He  married,  30  May,  1820,  Mary  Ann  C.  Perkins, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins,  of  Boston.  They 
had  seven  children,  two  sons  and  five  daughters,  all  of  whom, 
with  their  mother,  survived  him.  A  short  time  before  his  mar 
riage,  he  removed  to  Brattleborough,  Vt.,  where  he  continued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  until  1821,  when  he  removed  to 
New  York,  and  engaged  in  the  Canton  trade  as  the  senior  part 
ner  in  the  house  of  T.  G.  and  W.  F.  Cary.  After  eight  or 
nine  years,  he  returned  to  Boston,  and  joined  the  house  of  J. 
and  T.  H.  Perkins  and  Co.  After  the  dissolution  of  this  firm, 
Mr.  Cary  became  the  treasurer  of  the  Hamilton  and  Appleton 
manufacturing  companies  at  Lowell,  the  affairs  of  which  he 
managed,  with  great  ability  and  success,  to  the  day  of  his  death. 
In  1838,  he  became  a  special  partner  in  the  house  of  Fay  and 
Farwells,  of  Boston.  This  partnership  continued  until  the  dis 
solution  of  the  firm  in  1851.  He  was  often  solicited  to  allow 
himself  to  be  a  candidate  for  political  honors  ;  but  he  generally 
declined.  He,  however,  served  as  a  senator  for  the  Suffolk  dis 
trict  in  the  state  legislature  in  1846,  1847,  1852,  and  1853.  In 
his  political  opinions  and  action  he  was  wholly  free  from  a  blind 
partisan  spirit.  Though  conservative  in  his  tendencies,  he  was 
a  consistent  and  able  advocate  of  real  progress.  He  took  a 
great  interest  in  all  questions  of  education  and  social  reform, 
and  carried  through  the  legislature  several  of  the  most  important 
acts  on  those  subjects  now  on  the  statute-book ;  as,  for  example, 
the  law  relating  to  state  scholarships.  He  was  for  many  years 
a  director  of  the  Hamilton  Bank,  and  president  of  the  Boston 


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Athen&um.  He  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Institution  for  the 
Blind  ;  and  took  an  active  interest  in  many  other  charitable 
establishments,  giving  to  their  affairs  both  pecuniary  support  and 
much  valuable  time.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Acad 
emy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Histori 
cal  Society.  He  frequently  contributed  able  essays  to  the 
newspapers  and  the  periodical  publications.  Hunt's  "Mer 
chants'  Magazine,"  the  "North-American  Review,"  and  several 
of  the  daily  journals,  were  enriched  by  his  elegant  and  well-con 
sidered  writings.  In  1847,  he  delivered  before  the  city  author 
ities  of  Boston  the  Fourth-of-July  oration,  which  was  published, 
and  which  showed  the  refined  taste,  high  moral  tone,  and  purity 
of  style,  that  were  peculiarly  characteristic  of  him.  He  pub 
lished,  in  1844,  "  A  Letter  to  a  Lady  in  France  on  National  and 
State  Repudiation ;  "  in  1845,  "A  Letter  on  Profits  on  Manu 
factures  in  Lowell,"  and  "An  Address  on  the  Fine  Arts,  deliv 
ered  before  the  Mercantile-Library  Association."  In  the  same 
year  he  delivered  a  lecture  on  banking,  in  which  the  subject  was 
explained  with  great  perspicuity  and  beauty.  In  1856,  besides  a 
"Lecture  on  the  Gold  of  California,  and  its  Effects  on  Prices,"  he 
published  the  most  elaborate  of  his  works,  entitled  "A  Memoir 
of  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins,  containing  Extracts  from  his 
Diaries  and  Letters,"  in  8vo ;  a  volume  of  great  biographical 
interest,  presenting  a  masterly  delineation  of  the  life  and  charac 
ter  of  that  great  merchant.  In  February,  1857,  he  embarked 
with  his  family  for  Europe  ;  and  having  travelled  through  Eng 
land,  France,  Italy,  and  Switzerland,  returned,  in  October  of  the 
same  year,  to  resume  his  various  occupations  at  home.  His 
health,  which  had  not  been  vigorous  for  some  years,  began  to 
give  way  a  few  months  before  his  death.  He  gradually  grew 
feebler;  and,  during  the  last  week  or  two  of  his  life,  his  de 
cline  was  rapid,  and  he  breathed  his  last  as  gently  as  a  child 
falls  asleep.  Mr.  Gary  was  a  gentleman  in  the  truest  and  best 
sense  of  the  word.  His  manners  were  at  once  unaffected,  and 
marked  by  a  chivalrous  high  breeding,  recognizing  the  rights 
of  the  lowest  as  well  as  those  of  the  highest  to  the  courtesies 
which  sweeten  the  intercourse  of  life.  In  thought,  word,  and 


244  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

deed,  his  daily  intercourse  was  characterized  by  Christian  purity. 
Into  the  transactions  of  business,  public  and  private,  as  well  as 
into  the  intercourse  of  society  and  the  domestic  relations,  he  car 
ried  the  principles  of  Christianity,  as  the  rule  of  conversation, 
the  guide  of  conduct,  and  the  assurance  of  happiness  here  and 
hereafter. 

1814. — JONATHAN  PORTER  died  in  Medford,  Mass.,  11 
June,  1859,  aged  67.  He  had  been  confined  to  his  sick-room 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  A  disease,  which  no  skill 
could  remove,  embarrassed  and  afflicted  him  for  a  time,  while 
struggling  to  continue  his  active  labors  ;  and  at  length  com 
pelled  him,  in  the  midst  of  his  days,  to  abandon  his  pursuits, 
and  shut  himself  up  as  an  invalid  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  His 
expectations  were  thus  disappointed,  his  plans  broken  up,  and 
his  work  left  unfinished.  The  story  of  his  life,  though  brief, 
is  not  without  interest.  He  was  son  of  Jonathan  and  Phebe 
(Abbot)  Porter,  and  was  born  in  Medford,  13  November, 
1791.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in  Medford:  his  mother 
was  a  native  of  Andover,  Mass.  He  married,  22  July,  1823, 
Catharine  Gray,  daughter  of  Samuel  Gray,  of  Medford.  They 
had  three  children,  one  son  and  two  daughters.  One  daughter 
died  in  his  lifetime.  His  wife  and  the  other  two  children  sur 
vived  him.  Until  he  reached  the  age  of  about  sixteen  or  seven 
teen,  he  was  employed,  as  far  as  he  had  any  employment,  as  a 
clerk  in  his  father's  store.  It  was  found  that  he  had  no  taste 
for  mercantile  pursuits  ;  but  from  an  early  age  he  had  discovered 
a  fondness  for  books  and  study,  and  desired  to  obtain  an  educa 
tion.  When  about  seventeen  years  old,  having  up  to  that  time 
enjoyed  only  the  ordinary  advantages  of  common  schools,  he 
began  to  prepare  for  college  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  John 
Hosmer,  who  was  the  principal  of  a  private  school  or  academy 
in  Medford.  He  prosecuted  his  studies  at  this  school  for  about 
a  year ;  and  then  entered  Harvard  College  at  Commence 
ment  in  1810.  His  class  was  large  for  that  time  ;  and  is  now 
distinguished  by  the  eminent  abilities,  high  position,  and  great 
fame,  of  some  whose  names  stand  upon  its  catalogue.  That  it 
possessed  a  large  range  and  amount  of  talent,  is  evident  from 


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the  number  of  its  members  \vho  have  obtained  an  honorable 
rank  in  their  several  callings  and  pursuits.  In  this  class,  and 
with  these  associates,  Mr.  Porter,  as  a  scholar,  stood  among 
the  first,  and  graduated  with  the  highest  honors.  He  was  ear 
nest  and  assiduous  in  the  prosecution  of  his  studies,  faithful  in 
the  performance  of  all  his  duties,  and  exemplary  in  all  his 
habits.  His  generous  and  manly  bearing  in  the  severe  con 
tests  of  the  literary  arena  won  for  him  the  esteem  and  friendship 
of  his  classmates,  which  continued  to  the  close  of  his  life,  and 
cheered  the  many  long  years  of  his  feebleness  and  confinement. 
He  cherished  good-will  toward  all ;  rejoiced  at  their  success, 
and  bore  with  meekness  his  own.  When  he  reached  the  end  of 
his  college  term,  and  looked  forward  to  the  future,  the  prospect 
was  bright  and  hopeful.  His  college  honors  seemed  an  earnest 
of  other  and  higher,  to  be  won  on  a  wider  field.  He  chose  the 
law  for  a  profession  ;  and  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  a  part 
of  the  time  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Luther  Lawrence  (H.C. 
1801),  of  Groton,  and  a  part  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Asahel 
Stearns  (H.C.  1797),  of  Chelmsford.  They  were  both  able 
and  eminent  lawyers,  and  stood  high  in  public  estimation. 
They  were  also  gentlemen. of  high  moral  character,  upright  in 
all  their  dealings,  and  honorable  in  all  their  practice.  Mr. 
Porter  was  a  worthy  pupil  of  such  teachers,  and  in  these 
schools  acquired  all  which  could  be  expected  to  be  acquired  in 
the  time,  —  an  accurate  knowledge  of  the  general  principles  of 
law,  and  sound  professional  ethics.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  county  of  Middlesex  in  the  fall  of  1817,  and  opened 
an  office,  at  first  in  Medtord,  and  about  a  year  afterwards  in 
Boston.  His  intellectual  endowments  were  well  suited  to  the 
study  of  the  law  as  a  science.  His  mind  was  acute,  discrimi 
nating,  and  logical ;  and  his  memory  was  retentive  and  ready. 
A  patient,  persevering,  and  critical  investigation  was  to  him  an 
agreeable  exercise ;  and  he  was  unwilling  to  relinquish  a  sub 
ject,  once  taken  in  hand,  until  it  was  mastered  and  exhausted. 
He  took  pleasure  in  working  out,  with  steady,  patient  thought, 
and  thorough,  laborious  research,  perplexed  and  difficult  ques 
tions  of  law.  He  read  much ;  and  his  legal  learning  was 


246  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

accurate  and  entensive.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  he  was 
capable  of  reaching  a  high  rank  as  a  lawyer.  But  the  practice 
of  the  law,  as  a  business,  was  not  so  well  suited  to  his  tastes 
and  habits.  He  was  a  scholar,  fond  of  books  and  study  and 
retirement,  but  had  no  fondness  for  the  turmoil  and  strife,  the 
"pert  dispute"  and  "babbling  hall,"  of  professional  practice. 
Still  he  had  considerable  business,  which  was  always  well  and 
faithfully  managed.  He  argued  some  questions  of  law  before 
the  Supreme  Court  with  decided  ability.  He  was  patient,  labo 
rious,  and  conscientiously  scrupulous  and  exact  in  the  perform 
ance  of  all  his  duties.  In  his  professional  as  in  his  private  life, 
he  was  just  and  upright,  and  incapable  of  any  unworthy  arti 
fice  or  trick.  His  principles  and  practice  were  pure,  elevated, 
and  honorable.  He  did  not,  upon  coming  to  the  bar,  as  is  too 
often  the  case  with  men  of  the  law,  relinquish  all  attention 
to  liberal  studies.  The  classics  still  continued  to  be  his  com 
panions.  So  far  as  he  could  command  the  time,  he  continued 
his  application  to  general  literature,  and  was  a  diligent  student 
of  metaphysics,  mathematics,  and  the  exact  sciences.  In  1822, 
he  delivered  the  oration  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  at  Cam 
bridge.  At  that  time,  he  was  in  feeble  health.  His  infirmity 
was  such,  that  he  thought,  from  time  to  time,  that  he  should  be 
obliged  to  relinquish  the  task  he  had  undertaken ;  but  he  strug 
gled  on  to  the  fulfilment  of  his  engagement.  Of  the  literary 
merit  of  his  performance  we  have  not  been  informed,  and  have 
no  knowledge  ;  but  are  apprised  of  the  fact,  that  the  oration  was 
prepared  and  delivered  under  much  bodily  weakness  and  suffer 
ing.  In  1830,  the  complaint ^which  clung  to  him  ever  after 
wards  made  its  presence  known.  In  the  summer  of  that  year, 
he  made  a  voyage  to  Europe,  in  the  hope  of  improving  his 
health.  In  the  spring  of  1831,  he  returned  with  his  health 
apparently  somewhat  improved.  But,  soon  after  resuming  his 
business,  the  disease  gained  strength,  and  became  more  alarm 
ing.  Now  succeeded  a  period  of  much  anxiety  and  suffering. 
He  still  hoped  that  recovery  to  health  was  possible,  and  was 
earnest  and  persevering  in  the  use  of  means  to  that  end.  At 
times  he  would  seem  to  be  improved,  and  be  encouraged ;  he 


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would  then  become  worse,  and  fall  into  despondency.  So  he 
continued  on,  hoping  and  desponding,  until  at  length  he  was 
compelled  to  settle  down  in  the  conviction,  that  there  was  no 
prospect  of  his  restoration  to  health,  and  that  his  professional 
and  all  other  active  pursuits  must  be  finally  and  for  ever  relin 
quished.  Then  began  a  distinct  and  peculiar  period  of  his  life. 
His  complaint  was  supposed  to  be  a  spinal  affection,  the  precise 
character  and  extent  of  which  was  never  fully  ascertained. 
The  disease  gradually  increased,  until  it  deprived  him  of  the 
power  of  moving, about ;  and  he  was  obliged  to  remain  con 
stantly  in  a  lying  or  sitting  posture.  In  this  condition  he 
remained  to  the  end  of  life.  Until  within  a  year  or  two  of 
his  decease,  he  was,  from  time  to  time,  subject  to  much  pain 
and  suffering.  All  the  alleviation  which  the  most  affectionate 
and  untiring  attention  and  efforts  of  his  family  could  afford  he 
had.  AY  hen  all  hope  of  recovery  or  amendment  was  extin 
guished,  he  became  perfectly  resigned  to  his  condition.  There 
was  never  the  slightest  murmuring  or  discontent  or  impatience 
or  dejection.  He  was  calm  and  cheerful,  and  grateful  for  the 
many  mercies  he  enjoyed.  His  chamber  was  not  shrouded  in 
gloom,  but  lighted  up  with  the  mild  and  cheering  rays  of  con 
tentment  and  peace.  He  felt  that  the  best  place,  the  happiest 
place,  the  most  honorable  place,  for  him,  was  his  own  place, 
the  place  which  Providence  had  assigned  him.  In  that  place 
he  was  willing  and  happy  to  remain  until  removed  to  another 
state  of  existence.  Though  his  body  was  feeble,  his  mind 
retained  its  activity  and  vigor.  Though  confined  within  the 
narrow  limits  of  his  own  room,  his  life  was  not  an  idle  one,  or 
without  significance.  For  some  years,  he  was  constantly  occu 
pied  in  the  education  of  his  children ;  an  employment  which  he 
greatly  enjoyed,  and  for  which  he  was  admirably  qualified. 
The  daughters  were  wholly  and  thoroughly  educated  by  him. 
He  was  himself,  at  all  times,  a  diligent  student,  and  never 
unoccupied.  He  was  particularly  fond  of  Greek  literature,  and 
took  much  interest  in  reading  the  Greek  poets  and  historians. 
He  was  also  a  good  English  scholar ;  read  extensively  moral 
and  religious  works,  and  kept  along  with  the  current  literature 


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of  the  day.  He  enjoyed  the  visits  of  his  friends,  and  took  an 
interest  in  whatever  interested  them  or  the  public.  He  saw 
with  pleasure,  and  without  repining,  his  classmates  successful 
in  the  world,  and  winning  the  prizes  of  life.  For  himself,  he 
was  entirely  content  with  his  own  little  spot,  as  the  theatre  of 
his  action.  Thus  year  after  year  wore  away,  and  the  time 
of  his  departure  drew  on.  There  was  no  suffering,  no  new 
complaint,  no  apparent  increase  of  the  old  one.  His  strength 
gradually  failed  ;  he  was  confined  to  his  bed  ;  he  lost  the  power 
of  speech,  though  evidently  conscious  of  what  was  passing 
around  him  ;  his  pulse  stopped,  but  he  still  breathed  :  at  length 
his  lungs  ceased  to  heave,  and  he  ceased  to  live. 

Mr.  Porter  gave  ample  evidence  of  a  high  order  of  intellectual 
endowments.  He  had  a  calm,  well-balanced,  active,  and  vigor 
ous  mind,  an  ardent  desire  of  knowledge,  and  firm  and  unwaver 
ing  moral  and  religious  principles.  Thus  qualified,  he  might 
well  be  expected  to  achieve  much  in  any  field  of  intellectual 
labor.  But  he  was  suddenly  stopped  in  his  course,  and  his 
work  remains  incomplete.  His  manners  were  simple,  unassum 
ing,  and  courteous  ;  and  his  feelings  were  liberal,  social,  and 
obliging.  He  was  a  steadfast  and  true-hearted  friend.  He 
loved  his  friends,  and  secured  their  enduring  affection.  His 
friendships  ended  only  with  his  life.  His  large  attainments  as  a 
scholar,  and  his  pure  principles,  made  his  conversation  always 
interesting  and  improving.  He  had  no  idle  or  frivolous  talk,  no 
gossip,  no  slander,  no  censoriousness.  He  was  kind  and  chari 
table  from  principle  and  feeling,  and  gave  liberally  to  charitable 
and  other  objects  which  he  thought  deserving.  The  respect  in 
which  he  was  held  by  all  who  knew  him  bore  evidence  to  his 
sterling  worth.  Of  Mr.  Porter  in  the  privacy  of  his  domestic 
life  this  is  not  the  fitting  occasion  particularly  to  speak.  But  it 
was  in  his  own  home  where  the  sympathies,  affections,  and 
amenities  of  his  daily  life  best  exhibited  the  excellence  of  his 
true  character.  "  A  man's  religion  is  the  chief  fact  in  regard  to 
him."  Mr.  Porter  was  a  religious  man.  He  had  deep  religious 
feelings  and  principles.  He  was  connected  with  the  church 
under  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Bigelow  (H.C. 


1858-59.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  249 

1814)  in  Medford,  and  afterwards  united  with  the  Episcopal 
Church  by  the  rite  of  confirmation.  He  reverenced  Christian 
ity,  and  had  a  firm  belief  in  the  Christian  Scriptures  as  a  divine 
revelation.  He  was  a  constant,  earnest,  humble  student  of  the 
Bible.  His  patience,  resignation,  and  cheerfulness,  during  the 
long  period  of  his  confinement  and  suffering,  were  the  triumph 
of  his  Christian  faith.  In  the  remembrance  of  what  he  was, 
and  how  he  lived,  his  family  have  found  consolation  in  their  be 
reavement.  The  many  years  during  which  he  was  shut  out 
from  the  world  were  not  lost.  This  life  is  not  the  end  of 
our  being.  The  fruit  of  cultivated  intellect,  of  chastened,  puri 
fied,  elevated,  Christian  affections,  will  be  gathered,  either  in  this 
life  or  a  life  hereafter. 

1814. — WILLIAM  HICKLING  PRESCOTT  died  in  Boston, 
28  January,  1859,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  William 
(H.C.  1783)  and  Catharine  Greene  (Hickling)  Prescott,  and 
was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  4  May,  1796.  His  father  was  born 
in  Pepperell,  Mass.,  19  August,  1762  ;  was  an  eminent  lawyer 
and  judge ;  and  was  distinguished  for  his  social  qualities,  which 
won  for  him  troops  of  friends.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1787,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Beverly.  He 
soon  afterwards  removed  to  Salem,  where  he  practised  extensively 
and  successfully  for  nineteen  years,  when  he  removed  to  Boston, 
his  son  being  at  that  time  twelve  years  of  age ;  and  there  he 
continued  his  professional  business  until  1828,  when  his  health 
obliged  him  to  relinquish  it.  He  twice  had  the  offer  of  a  seat 
on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  but  in  both  in 
stances  declined  it.  He  was  afterwards  induced  to  accept  the 
office  of  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  Boston;  but 
having  filled  it  about  a  year,  and  finding  its  duties  irksome,  he 
resigned  it.  He  died  8  December,  1844,  aged  82.  Mr.  Pres- 
cott's  mother  was  one  of  the  noblest  women  that  ever  lived. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Hickling,  Esq. ,  who  for  nearly 
half  a  century  was  the  American  consul  at  the  Island  of  St. 
Michael's.  His  grandfather,  Col.  William  Prescott,  as  is  well 
known,  commanded  the  American  forces  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.  He  died  13  October,  1795,  at  the  age  of  69. 

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Soon  after  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Boston,  Mr.  Prescott 
was  placed  under  the  charge  of  the  Rev.  John  S.  J.  Gardiner, 
D.D.,  of  Trinity  Church,  where  he  pursued  his  preparatory 
studies,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1811.  He  imme 
diately  gained  a  high  rank  of  scholarship,  and  graduated  with 
distinction.  He  had  intended  to  devote  himself  to  the  profes 
sion  of  law ;  but  in  his  junior  year  he  lost  the  sight  of  one 
of  his  eyes,  from  an  accidental  blow ;  and  the  other,  sym 
pathizing  with  it,  soon  became  enfeebled  :  his  general  health 
failed,  and  he  was  obliged  for  a  time  to  relinquish  all  studies. 
Happily  his  father's  circumstances  were  such  that  he  was  not 
necessitated  to  toil  for  his  bread.  He  early  determined  to  de 
vote  himself  to  a  life  of  literature.  Soon  after  leaving  college, 
being  advised  to  travel,  he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  passed 
two  years  in  an  extended  journey  through  England,  France, 
and  Italy,  and  vainly  sought  aid  from  the  most  eminent  foreign 
oculists.  He  returned  home  restored  in  health,  but  with  his 
sight  permanently  impaired.  He  was  never  able  to  use  his  own 
eyes  for  more  than  a  short  time  in  the  day  ;  but  was  constantly 
obliged  to  use  the  eyes  of  others  for  his  studies  and  researches, 
as  well  as  for  recording  the  results  of  them.  His  quiet  perse 
verance  and  continuous  industry  enabled  him  to  triumph  over 
this  difficulty,  and  to  achieve  an  amount  of  literary  labor  which 
is  not  only  most  honorable  to  his  intellectual  powers,  but  conveys 
a  noble  moral  lesson  to  all  who  may  be  afflicted  in  a  similar 
manner.  His  earliest  literary  efforts  were  contributions  to  the 
"North- American  Review."  These  show  the  tendencies  of  his 
mind  and  his  favorite  studies.  In  October,  1824,  he  contrib 
uted  a  paper  on  "Italian  Narrative  Poetry,"  which  called  out 
some  strictures  from  an  Italian  teacher  in  New  York  ;  to  which  a 
reply  was  made  in  the  "  North- American  "  for  July,  1825.  A 
paper  on  "Scottish  Song"  appeared  in  July,  1826;  one  on 
"  Moliere "  in  October,  1828  ;  one  on  Irving's  "  Conquest  of 
Granada"  in  October,  1829.  The  titles  and  dates  of  his  other 
contributions  are  as  follows  :  "  Instruction  of  the  Blind,"  July, 
1830;  "Poetry  and  Romance  of  the  Italians,"  July,  1831; 
"Cervantes,"  July,  1837;  "Sir  Walter  Scott,"  April,  1838; 


1858-59.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  251 

Chateaubriand's  "English  Literature,"  October,  1839 ;  Bancroft's 
"United  States,"  January,  1841  ;  Madame  Calderon's  "Life  in 
Mexico,"  January,  1843  ;  Ticknor's  "  History  of  Spanish  Liter 
ature,"  January,  1850.  These  essays,  except  the  last,  were 
printed  in  one  volume,  in  London  and  Boston,  in  1845  ;  and 
several  editions  have  since  been  called  for.  The  memoir  of 
Charles  Brockden  Brown,  the  novelist,  published  in  Sparks's 
"  American  Biography  "in  1834,  was  written  by  Mr.  Prescott. 
But  he  had  long  cherished  a  hope  of  being  able  to  write  a  his 
tory;  and,  as  he  prosecuted  his  researches  into  Spanish  literature 
and  annals,  his  design  assumed  form.  The  friendly  offices  of  the 
late  Hon.  Alexander  H.  Everett,  then  United-States  minister  at 
Madrid,  were  of  great  service  in  enabling  him  to  obtain  a  rich 
and  extensive  body  of  materials  for  his  work.  These  valuable 
books,  manuscripts,  and  copies  of  official  documents,  reached 
him  at  a  time  when  most  men,  under  like  circumstances,  would 
have  abandoned  all  hope  of  executing  the  task  he  undertook. 
An  extract  from  the  preface  of  his  "History  of  Peru,"  dated 
April,  1847,  will  best  explain  what  these  w^ere,  and  most  authen 
tically  describe  that  peculiarity  of  his  literary  history  which  is 
so  remarkable  in  itself,  and  so  valuable  and  encouraging  to 
others  who  may  suffer  under  any  physical  infirmity.  He 


"  While  at  the  university,  I  received  an  injury  in  one  of  my 
eyes,  which  deprived  me  of  the  sight  of  it.  The  other,  soon  after, 
was  attacked  by  inflammation  so  severely,  that  for  some  time  I 
lost  the  sight  of  that  also  ;  and,  though  it  was  subsequently 
restored,  the  organ  was  so  much  disordered  as  to  remain  perma 
nently  debilitated ;  while,  twice  in  my  life  since,  I  have  been 
deprived  of  the  use  of  it,  for  all  purposes  of  reading  or  writing,  for 
several  years  together.  It  was  during  one  of  these  periods  that  I 
received  from  Madrid  the  materials  for  my  "  History  of  Ferdinand 
and  Isabella  ;"  and  in  my  disabled  conditon,  with  my  transatlan 
tic  treasures  lying  around  me,  I  was  like  one  pining  with  hunger 
in  the  midst  of  abundance.  In  this  state  I  resolved  to  make  the 
ear,  if  possible,  do  the  work  of  the  eye.  I  procured  the  services 
of  a  secretary,  who  read  to  me  the  various  authorities  ;  and,  in 


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time,  I  became  so  familiar  with  the  sounds  of  the  different  foreign 
languages  (to  some  of  which,  indeed,  I  had  been  previously  ac 
customed  by  a  residence  abroad) ,  that  I  could  comprehend  his 
reading  without  much  difficulty.  As  the  reader  proceeded,  I  dic 
tated  copious  notes  ;  and,  when  these  had  swelled  to  a  consider 
able  amount,  they  were  read  to  me  repeatedly,  till  I  had  mastered 
their  contents  sufficiently  for  the  purpose  of  composition." 

After  some  deliberation  and  hesitation,  he  selected  the  reign 
of  Ferdinand  and  Isabella  as  the  subject  of  an  extended  historical 
work  ;  and  to  this  the  assiduous  labor  of  many  years  was  cheer 
fully  and  patiently  given.  The  work  was  published  in  1838,  in 
three  volumes,  and  was  received  with  the  utmost  enthusiasm 
both  in  Europe  and  America.  Scholars  and  philosophers  ad 
mired  its  depth  of  research,  while  general  readers  were  charmed 
by  the  limpid  ease  and  natural  grace  of  its  style,  his  brilliant 
descriptions  and  animated  pictures.  It  was  soon  translated  into 
French,  Spanish,  and  German.  Its  author  was  immediately 
elected  a  member  of  the  Eoyal  Academy  of  Madrid.  The  popu 
larity  which,  it  gained  upon  its  first  publication  it  has  since 
steadily  maintained.  The  seventh  revised  edition  of  the  work 
appeared  in  1854  ;  and  it  is  one  of  the  established  classics  in  the 
language.  Mr.  Prescott's  literary  industry  was  not  checked  by 
the  success  of  his  first  work.  He  did  not,  for  a  moment,  repose 
under  his  laurels.  He  immediately  devoted  himself  to  the  inves 
tigation  of  another  brilliant  period  in  the  history  of  Spain,  the 
fruits  of  which  appeared  in  1843,  in  a  work  in  three  volumes, 
entitled  the  "  History  of  the  Conquest  of  Mexico,  with  a  Prelimi 
nary  View  of  the  Ancient  Mexican  Civilization,  and  the  Life  of 
the  Conqueror  Hernando  Cortez."  This  work  was  received 
with  no  less  favor  than  that  which  had  greeted  the  "  History  of 
Ferdinand  and  Isabella."  The  literary  world  recognized  in  it 
the  same  careful  research,  the  same  accuracy  of  statement,  the 
same  persuasive  sweetness  and  magic  beauty  of  style.  In  1847, 
was  published,  in  two  volumes,  the  "History  of  the  Conquest  of 
Peru,  with  a  Preliminary  View  of  the  Civilization  of  the  Incas  ;  " 
a  work  of  kindred  and  commensurate  excellence  to  that  of  the 
"History  of  the  Conquest  of  Mexico." 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  253 

Mr.  Prescott  now  devoted  himself  with  unabated  ardor  to 
the  preparation  of  a  work  of  wider  range  and  a  broader  scope,  — 
a  work  which  he  was  not  permitted  to  finish ,  —  the  "  History  of 
the  Reign  of  Philip  the  Second."  This  was  a  theme  requiring 
a  larger  and  more  comprehensive  treatment  than  his  previous 
works.  He  had  now  become  one  of  the  great  literary  names  of 
the  age,  and  found  everywhere  persons  who  were  ready  to  give 
him  assistance.  Everywhere,  both  public  and  private  collections 
and  private  archives  were  thrown  open  to  him.  It  was  wrhile 
preparing  for  this  work  that  he  indulged  himself  with  a  brief 
excursion  to  England,  where  he  was  received  with  the  utmost 
enthusiasm  by  persons  of  the  highest  distinction  in  literature  and 
social  life,  and  where  the  favorable  impression  created  by  his 
works  was  confirmed  by  his  prepossessing  appearance  and  delight 
ful  manners.  He  took  ample  time  for  the  task  which  he  destined 
to  be  the  crowning  work  of  his  life.  In  the  latter  part  of  1855 
appeared  the  first  two  volumes  of  this  work,  under  the  title  of 
the  "  History  of  the  Reign  of  Philip  the  Second,  King  of  Spain." 
The  highest  expectations  of  the  public  were  gratified  by  it. 

In  1856,  he  published  an  edition  of  Robertson's  "History  of 
the  Reign  of  Charles  the  Fifth,"  with  notes  and  a  valuable  sup 
plement,  containing  an  account  of  the  emperor's  life  after  his 
abdication. 

But  a  few  weeks  before  his  death,  the  third  volume  of  his 
M  History  of  Philip  the  Second  "  appeared  ;  and  the  public  journals 
and  reviews  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  were  speaking  its 
praises,  as  a  work  worthy  the  fame  of  its  distinguished  author, 
when  the  news  of  his  decease  was  received. 

No  native  author  has  shed  more  lustre  on  American  litera 
ture  than  Mr.  Prescott.  The  highest  acknowledgments  of 
literary  distinction  were  liberally  showered  upon  him.  The 
University  of  Oxford,  in  1850,  conferred  upon  him  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  laws.  He  received  the  same  degree  from  Co 
lumbia  College,  N.Y.,  in  1840;  from  South  Carolina  College 
in  1841  ;  and  from  Harvard  College  in  1843.  He  was  elected 
a  corresponding  member  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Northern  Anti 
quaries,  Copenhagen,  in  July,  1837  ;  of  the  Royal  Academy 


254  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

of  History,  Madrid,  May,  1839  ;  of  the  Royal  Academy  of 
Sciences,  Naples,  September,  1839  ;  of  the  Herculanean  Acad 
emy,  Naples,  May,  1841  ;  of  the  Institute  of  France,  Paris, 
under  the  division  of  moral  and  political  science,  and  in  the 
section  of  general  history  succeeding  Navarete,  the  Spanish 
historian,  without  the  previous  knowledge  or  solicitation  of  him 
self  or  friends,  being  the  highest  of  all  distinctions  of  its 
class,  —  an  honor  said  never  before  to  have  been  conferred  on 
any  native  of  New  England,  except  Dr.  Franklin,  —  1  Feb 
ruary,  1845  ;  of  the  Prussian  Imperial  Academy  of  Berlin, 
February,  1845.  He  was  an  honorary-member  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Literature,  London  ;  of  the  Royal  Irish  Academy ; 
of  the  Literary  and  Historical  Society,  Quebec  ;  of  the  Mexi 
can  Society  of  Geography  and  Statistics  :  and  was  elected,  in 
1850,  an  honorary-fellow  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  Lon 
don.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  and 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  In  private  life,  he  was 
a  most  entertaining  and  genial  companion.  He  was  as  rich  in 
the  love  of  his  friends  as  in  the  admiration  of  the  literary 
world.  His  character  was  thus  beautifully  and  eloquently 
described,  a  few  days  after  his  death,  by  his  former  pastor  : 
"The  man  was  more  than  his  books.  His  character  was  loftier 
than  all  his  reputation.  So  simple-minded,  and  so  great- 
minded  ;  so  keen  in  his  perceptions,  but  so  kind  in  his  judg 
ments  ;  so  resolute,  but  so  unpretending ;  so  considerate  of 
every  one,  and  so  tasking  of  himself;  so  full  of  the  truest  and 
warmest  aifections  ;  so  merry  in  his  temper,  without  overleaping 
a  single  due  bound  ,  such  spirit,  but  such  equanimity  ;  so  much 
thoughtfulness,  without  the  least  cast  of  sickliness  ;  doing  good 
as  by  the  instinct  of  spontaneous  activity,  and  doing  labor  with 
out  a  wrinkle  or  a  strain  ;  unswerving  in  his  integrity,  and 
with  the  nicest  sense  of  honor ;  whom  no  disadvantage  could 
dishearten,  no  prosperity  corrupt,  no  honors  and  plaudits  elate 
or  alter  one  whit ;  modest  as  if  he  had  never  done  any  thing ; 
retaining  through  life  all  the  artlessness  of  the  highest  wisdom  ; 
with  a  liberal  heart  and  open  hand ;  the  ingenuousness  of  youth 


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flashing  to  the  last  from  his  frank  face ;  walking  in  sympathy 
with  his  fellows,  and  humbly  before  God." 

Mr.  Prescott  married,  4  May,  1820,  Susannah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  C.  and  Hannah  R.  Amory,  of  Boston.  They  had 
three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  who  with  their  mother 
survived  him. 

1815. — Hon.  GEORGE  EUSTIS  died  in  New  Orleans,  22 
December,  1858,  aged  62.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Jacob 
and  Elizabeth  (Gray)  Eustis ;  and  was  born  in  Boston,  20 
October,  1796.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin 
School.  Soon  after  his  graduation,  he  went  abroad  in  the 
capacity  of  private  secretary  to  his  uncle,  Gov.  William  Eustis 
(H.C.  1772),  then  minister  to  the  Hague  ;  the  secretary  of  the 
legation  being  Hon.  Alexander  Hill  Everett  (H.C.  1806),  so 
well  known  for  his  varied  attainments,  with  whom  he  formed  a 
friendship  that  was  life-long.  At  the  Hague  he  began  his  legal 
studies,  and  drew,  from  the  clear  fountains  of  the  civil  law  of 
Holland,  France,  and  Germany,  those  elementary  principles  and 
stores  of  learning,  which,  at  a  later  period,  he  was  destined  to 
exhibit  to  such  advantage  in  his  career  at  the  bar  and  on  the 
bench.  On  his  return  from  Europe,  he  went  to  New  Orleans, 
where  he  completed  his  professional  studies  with  Abner  L. 
Duncan  of  that  city,  and  where,  on  his  admission  to  the  bar 
about  the  year  1822,  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of 
law.  He  soon  began  to  attract  notice  as  an  able  jurist,  a 
keen  logician,  and  a  speaker  and  writer  of  great  pith  and 
terseness.  The  bar  of  New  Orleans  then  embraced  some  of  the 
ablest  juridical  minds  in  the  country.  The  learned,  laborious, 
and  eloquent  Livingston ;  the  vigorous,  ponderous,  and  sar 
castic  Mazureau ;  the  fluent,  graphic,  and  sensible  Grymes ; 
the  well-read,  sagacious,  and  vigilant  Hennen ;  and  a  host 
of  other  younger  attorneys,  —  many  of  whom  have  since 
reached  the  highest  places  in  the  profession,  —  were  the  for 
midable  rivals  among  whom  young  Eustis  was  thrown  to  strug 
gle  and  contend  for  the  prizes  of  professional  distinction.  He 
was  not  unequal  to  the  contest.  Discarding  the  arts  of  the 
advocate,  the  strategy  of  the  mere  attorney,  he  based  his  claims 


256  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

to  consideration  as  a  lawyer  upon  his  logical  power,  his  thor 
ough  knowledge  of  the  science  of  law,  his  fine  analytical  talent, 
and  his  clear,  perspicuous,  laconic  style.  Oratory,  or  elo 
quence,  he  held  in  little  esteem ;  and  quibbling  technicalities 
were  his  special  disgust.  The  reason  of  the  law,  its  equity  and 
philosophy,  were  the  objects  of  his  constant  study  and  search ; 
and,  in  the  pursuit  of  these,  he  deemed  it  necessary  to  render 
himself  perfectly  familiar  with  the  history  of  jurisprudence. 
He  was  a  thorough  civilian,  —  one  of  the  most  accomplished  in 
the  United  States. 

He  was  several  times  elected  a  member  of  the  state  legisla 
ture  ;  was  secretary-of-state  of  Louisiana ;  and  was  for  several 
years  the  leading  commissioner  of  the  Board  of  Currency,  an 
institution  which  has  been  eminently  serviceable  in  guarding 
and  regulating  the  banking  system.  He  possessed  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  system  of  banking,  and  was  the  author  of 
many  of  those  reforms  which  have  given  so  much  stability  and 
such  a  high  character  to  the  currency  of  the  state  of  Louisiana. 
He  was  also  attorney-general  and  assistant-justice  of  the  Su 
preme  Court  of  the  state ;  which  last  position  he  resigned  to 
enter  on  a  somewhat  lengthened  tour  in  Europe.  He  was  a 
leading  member,  as  a  conservative  democrat,  of  the  convention 
for  amending  the'  state  constitution,  in  1845  ;  and  became  the 
chief-justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  as  it  was  remodelled  by 
that  instrument.  During  his  term  of  office  he  performed 
much  mental  labor,  with  great  success.  He  was  indefati 
gable,  and  possessed  an  admirable  method,  and  great  command 
of  his  resources.  His  judicial  decisions  were  marked  by  a 
clearness  of  style  and  logic,  and  a  thorough  acquaintance  with 
law,  which  made  them  compare  favorably  with  the  best  to  be 
found  in  the  English  or  American  reports.  After  the  adoption, 
in  1852,  of  the  present  constitution  of  the  state,  which  provides 
for  popular  election  of  the  judiciary,  he  retired  from  public 
life  —  being  utterly  opposed  to  the  election  of  judges  by  the 
people  —  to  resume  his  practice  at  the  bar ;  which  he  did  under 
flattering  circumstances. 

To  his  great  professional  learning  he   united   an   extensive 


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acquaintance  with  English,  French,  and  Spanish  literature  ;  and 
was  esteemed  by  his  large  circle  of  friends  as  a  most  entertain 
ing  and  instructive  companion  ;  and,  if  his  conversation  was 
occasionally  dashed  with  sarcasm,  it  was  often  replete  with 
genuine  humor  and  racy  wit.  He  was  incorruptibly  honest,  a 
high-minded  gentleman,  a  virtuous  citizen,  and  an  excellent 
man.  He  was  naturally  of  a  vigorous,  mental,  and  physical 
constitution,  maintained  by  habits  of  out-door  exercise.  In 
1849,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  laws  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

He  married,  in  1825,  Clarissa  Allain,  of  Louisiana,  by  whom 
he  had  six  children,  —  four  sons  and  two  daughters;  one  of 
whom,  the  Hon.  George  Eustis,  jun.,  was  for  several  years 
the  representative  in  Congress  from  the  First  Congressional  Dis 
trict  of  Louisiana.  His  wife  survives  him. 

1816.  —  WILLIAM  JOHX  ALDEN  BRADFORD  died  at  sea,  of 
Chagres  fever,  on  the  passage  from  Central  America  to  New 
York,  28  November,  1858,  aged  61  years.  He  was  the  oldest 
son  of  Hon.  Alden  (H.C.  1786)  and  Margaret  (Stevenson) 
Bradford,  and  was  born  in  Wiscasset,  Me.,  19  November,  1797. 
His  father  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Mass.,  19  May,  1765;  was 
ordained  minister  of  Pownalborough  (now  Wiscasset),  Me., 
14  November,  1793  ;  was  dismissed  21  September,  1801  ;  relin 
quished  the  ministry,  removed  to  Boston,  and  was  clerk  of 
the  Supreme  Court.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  the  book-trade 
as  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Bradford  and  liead.  Leaving  trade 
for  politics,  he  was  secretary  of  state  from  1812  to  1824.  He 
published  a  history  of  Massachusetts  from  1760  to  1820,  and 
several  other  valuable  works.  He  died  26  October,  1843,  aged 
78  years.  The  mother  of  this  notice  was  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Isabel  Stevenson,  of  Boston.  He  was  fitted  for  college 
principally  at  Exeter  (N.H.)  Academy,  but  completed  his  pre 
paratory  studies  at  the  public  Latin  School  in  Boston.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  law  under  the  instruction  of  Hon. 
James  Savage,  of  Boston,  (H.C.  1803),  and  practised  his  pro 
fession  in  Essex  and  New  Bedford.  He  subsequently  went  to 
Iowa,  and  practised  in  Dubuque  some  ten  or  twelve  years,  where 

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258  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

he  was  for  some  time  district-attorney.  He  afterwards  returned 
to  Massachusetts  ;  was  a  clerk  in  the  United-States  Branch  Bank 
in  Boston  ;  but,  finding  that  the  confinement  was  injurious  to  his 
health,  he  resigned  his  situation,  resumed  the  practice  of  the  law, 
and  acted  as  a  justice  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  two  or  three  years. 
He  then  went  to  Central  America,  intending,  if  he  liked  the 
country,  to  settle  there  :  but,  it  not  meeting  his  expectations,  he 
concluded  to  return  to  the  United  States  ;  and  on  the  voyage 
home  he  was  seized  with  the  fever  which  proved  fatal,  and  he 
was  buried  at  sea.  He  was  never  married. 

1816.  — AUGUSTUS  THORNDIKE  died  in  Boston,  25  Novem 
ber,  1858,  aged  61.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Israel  and  Anna 
(Dodge)  Thorndike,  and  was  born  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  8  July, 
1797.  His  father  was  a  man  of  great  ability  and  energy.  It 
has  been  justly  remarked,  that  "few  individuals,  endowed  with 
such  mental  powers,  appear  in  a  generation  ;  and  when  their 
influence  is  united,  as  was  his,  with  high  moral  powers,  and 
exerted  during  a  long  life  on  the  side  of  virtue ,  and  in  promot 
ing  the  best  interests  of  society,  it  is  enduring,  and  serves  to  give 
a  character  to  the  age  in  which  they  live."  * 

At  an  early  age,  Augustus  manifested  a  quickness  of  appre 
hension,  and  much  aptitude  for  learning ;  and  Col.  Thorndike 
was  very  desirous  that  his  son  should  receive  the  best  possible 
education.  With  this  object  in  view,  he  sent  him,  when  about 
eleven  years  of  age,  to  Edinburgh,  and  placed  him  under  the  care 
of  the  Rev.  David  Irving,  D.D.,  a  very  distinguished  classical 
scholar,  in  whose  family  he  resided  during  all  the  time  he  re 
mained  in  Scotland.  After  some  preparation,  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Dr.  Irving,  Augustus  entered  that  well-known  seminary 
called  the  High  School  of  Edinburgh.  There  he  pursued  his 
studies  with  diligence,  and  made  very  satisfactory  proficiency, 
until  about  August,  1813,  when  his  father  directed  him  to  re 
turn  home,  for  the  purpose  of  having  him  enter  college  at  Cam 
bridge.  As  war  existed  at  that  time  between  England  and  the 
United  States,  some  delay  occurred  before  a  suitable  ship  could 
be  obtained  in  which  he  might  cross  the  Atlantic.  On  the  28th 

*  History  of  Harvard  College,  by  Josiak  Quincy,  vol.  ii.  p.  413. 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  259 

of  September,  he  left  Liverpool  in  what  was  denominated  a  car 
tel,  together  with  forty-one  other  Americans  ;  and  arrived  at 
Boston  on  the  4th  of  November. 

It  may  be  proper  here  to-  state  that  Augustus  conducted  him 
self  well  while  he  lived  in  Edinburgh,  and  was  held  in  good 
estimation  by  his  instructors  and  acquaintances.  The  late  Earl 
of  Buchan,  the  friend  of  Washington,  took  much  interest  in  him, 
familiarly  calling  him  little  Thorndike  ;  and  he,  as  well  as  the 
celebrated  Francis  Jeffrey,  the  late  Lord- Advocate  of  Scotland, 
showed  Augustus  much  attention  and  kindness.  At  the  High 
School,  at  that  time,  there  were  several  pupils  who  were  sons 
of  noblemen  ;  and,  when  Augustus  entered  the  school,  these 
pupils  manifested  a  disposition  to  be  rude  to  this  young  Ameri 
can.  One  of  the  boys,  who  was  son  of  an  illustrious  duke,  often 
took  the  liberty  to  run  upon  and  hector  young  Thorndike  ;  and 
he  seemed  to  be  encouraged  in  this  practice  by  some  of  his  com 
rades.  This  was  borne  with  a  good  degree  of  patience  for  a 
time  ;  but  at  length  it  became  intolerable  ;  and  Augustus,  having 
consulted  with  his  old  friend,  the  Earl  of  Buchan,  took  a  favor 
able  opportunity,  when  he  was  grossly  assailed  by  the  young 
duke,  as  he  was  commonly  called,  to  redress  his  grievances. 
Whereupon  these  two  champions  had  a  furious  set-to  and  fight. 
A  ring  was  formed,  and  a  large  majority  of  the  boys  insisted 
upon  fair  play.  Augustus,  who  w^as  very  athletic,  and  was 
expert  in  boxing,  gave  the  young  duke  such  a  severe  drub 
bing,  that  he  cried  for  quarter,  and  at  length  surrendered  at  dis 
cretion.  The  young  American  was  cheered,  and  proclaimed  the 
victor.  Thenceforth  he  was  in  the  ascendant,  and  was  treated 
with  great  deference  and  civility  by  all  the  boys  in  the  school, 

On  the  return  of  Augustus,  in  November,  1813,  he  reviewed 
his  studies,  and  made  some  additional  preparation  under  the 
instruction  of  Mr.  George  Morey  (H.C.  1811),  who  was  then  a 
student-at- law  in  Boston.  On  the  9th  of  February,  1814,  Mr. 
Morey  offered  him  for  admission  into  Harvard  College.  He 
bore  a  very  satisfactory  examination,  and  wras  admitted  into  the 
sophomore  class  by  the  unanimous  voice  of  his  several  examin 
ers.  Augustus  went  to  Cambridge  under  circumstances  not 


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likely  to  insure  to  him  a  satisfactory  progress  through  college. 
He  entered  at  an  advanced  standing,  and  became  at  the  outset  a 
member  of  the  sophomore  class.  At  the  High  School  in  Edin 
burgh  he  had  been  thoroughly  drilled  in  Latin  and  Greek,  and 
his  manner  of  pronouncing.  Greek  and  reciting  in  these  studies 
was  peculiar  and  striking.  His  advent  at  Cambridge  produced 
quite  a  sensation  among  the  students.  His  dress  and  manners 
attracted  much  notice.  Certain  members  of  his  class,  and  also  of 
the  two  upper  classes,  whose  companionship  was  not  calculated 
to  be  particularly  beneficial  to  him,  sought  his  acquaintance. 
They  were  disposed  to  express  surprise  at  his  acquirements,  and 
at  all  times  they  courted  and  flattered  him.  He  frequently  spoke 
of  the  feats  and  exploits  perpetrated  at  the  High  School  in  Edin 
burgh,  and  often  gathered  a  crowd  around  him  while  he  nar 
rated  what  he  had  seen  and  done.  He  often  expressed  much 
admiration  of  the  arrangements  at  the  school  he  had  just  left ; 
and,  finding  the  rules  to  which  he  was  now  subject  very  different 
from  those  he  had  been  accustomed  to,  he  was  not  slow  to  mani 
fest  his  dissatisfaction  and  disgust  with  the  regulations  at  Cam 
bridge.  This  state  of  feeling  led  him  not  unfrequently  to  dis 
regard  and  disobey  them,  and  he  was  encouraged  to  do  so  by 
his  associates.  In  consequence  of  this,  he  was  several  times 
called  to  acoount  by  the  officers  of  the  college  ;  and,  when  ar 
raigned,  he  was  not  inclined  to  manifest  a  proper  respect  or 
deference  to  those  who  administered  admonition  to  him.  At 
length,  on  the  6th  of  November,  1814,  having  become  involved 
in  a  complication  of  ordinary  college  difficulties,  his  relations 
with  the  university  were,  by  a  vote  of  the  faculty,  wholly  sus 
pended.  He  then  left  Cambridge,  and  went  to  Groton,  Mass. ; 
and  there  pursued  his  studies  under  the  direction  of  his  former 
instructor,  Mr.  Morey,  who  had  entered  his  name  as  a  student- 
at-law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  Luther  Lawrence  (H.C.  1801). 
He  remained  at  Groton  about  six  months,  where  his  conduct  was 
unexceptionable  ;  and  he  fully  kept  up  with  his  class  in  their 
studies.  On  the  29th  of  May,  1815,  he  was  again  offered  by 
Mr.  Morey  for  admission  ;  and,  having  borne  a  very  good  exam 
ination,  he  was  again  restored  to  his  former  standing  in  college. 


1858-59.J  OF   HARVAED   COLLEGE.  2GI 

At  the  commencement  in  1816,  lie  took  his  degree;  but,  as 
might  well  have  been  expected,  he  had  no  share  in  the  special 
honors  of  the  day. 

After  leaving  college,  he*  went  to  Gottingen,  and  there  took 
up  his  residence,  in  company  with  Mr.  Joseph  G.  Cogswell 
(H.C.  1806).  After  remaining  a  considerable  time  at  Gottin 
gen,  lie,  with  Mr.  Cogswell,  made  an  extensive  tour,  and  visited 
various  parts  of  Europe.  In  due  time  he  returned  to  the  United 
States.  lie  married,  about  the  year  1824,  Henrietta  Steuart, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Steuart,  formerly  of  Annapolis,  Md., 
and  afterwards  of  Baltimore.  The  children  of  this  marriage  are 
four,  —  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  Their  names  are  Rebecca 
(now  the  wife  of  Lieut.  H.  C.  Marin,  of  the  navy),  James 
Steuart,  Charles,  and  Henrietta  Augusta.  James  Steuart 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1848,  and  Charles  in  1854. 

In  the  year  1836,  Mr.  Thorndike  left  Boston,  with  his  family, 
for  the  purpose  of  proceeding  to  Scotland,  and  taking  up  his 
residence  there  for  an  indefinite  length  of  time.  On  his  arrival 
in  Scotland,  he  took  a  lease,  for  a  term  of  years,  of  an  estate 
situated  not  far  from  Edinburgh,  with  a  preserve  attached  there 
unto,  well  stocked  with  game.  On  this  estate  he  resided  several 
years,  amusing  himself  by  shooting  game  in  the  season,  and 
by  fishing  in  the  Tweed  and  the  various  waters  in  Scotland.  He 
was  as  enthusiastic  an  angler  as  Izaak  Walton.  He  visited  the 
coast  of  Xorway  with  a  friend  from  Boston,  and  spent  several 
days  in  fishing  on  the  coast  of  that  country.  He  invented  a  fly, 
which  he  used  for  the  purpose  of  catching  fish.  It  was  called 
the  Thorndike  fly,  and  became  very  famous  throughout  Scotland. 
Such  was  his  success  with  this  artificial  fly,  that  he  was  invited 
to  go  to  Arundel,  in  England,  and  use  it  for  the  purpose  of 
catching  mullet  in  the  river  Arun.  This  was  a  favorite  fish  with 
Heliogabalus  and  other  Roman  emperors.  They  often  paid  for 
it  at  the  rate  of  a  sestertium  ($40)  for  a  pound.  The  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  through  whose  estate  this  stream  runs,  has  a  regulation 
forbidding  the  taking  of  mullet  by  the  seine,  net,  or  spear ;  and 
as  this  wary  fish  cannot  be  caught  by  a  hook  used  in  the  ordi 
nary  mode,  which  fact  his  sagacious  lordship  well  knew,  the 


2G2  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

above  regulation  amounted  to  an  entire  prohibition.  But  Mr. 
Thorndike  declined  going  to  Arundel  for  the  purpose  suggested, 
until  the  consent  of  the  noble  duke  should  be  first  obtained.  He 
remarked  that  it  should  not  be  said  that  an  American  gentleman 
had  attempted  to  practise  any  circumvention  upon  the  Earl-Mar 
shal  of  England. 

After  "Mr.  Thorndike  had  resided  several  years  in  Europe,  he 
returned,  with  his  family,  to  the  United  States.  He  became  owner 
of  a  beautiful  estate  in  Newport,  R.I.,  which  he  occupied  a  con 
siderable  period,  until  the  marriage  of  his  eldest  daughter  with 
Lieut.  Marin.  After  this  event,  he  sold  his  estate,  broke  up  his 
establishment  at  Newport,  and  went,  with  his  family,  to  Europe. 
He  came  to  Boston  in  1856,  and  remained  here  several  months. 
He,  at  this  time,  took  an  active  part  in  the  management  of  his 
property.  He  built  a  block  of  stores  on  the  site  of  the  old  Com 
mercial  Coffee-house,  and  to  some  extent  superintended  the  work 
himself.  He  went  back  to  Europe,  and  spent  most  of  his  time  in 
Paris  ;  and  again,  in  the  month  of  June,  1858,  he  returned  to 
Boston,  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  mansion-house  in  this 
city,  to  be  occupied  by  himself  and  his  wife  during  their  remain 
ing  days.  At  the  time  of  his  return,  and  for  some  months 
afterwards,  he  appeared  to  be  in  excellent  health.  In  the  course 
of  the  summer,  he  set  about  making  that  long  will,  which  has 
been  published,  has  attracted  much  attention,  and  has  been  point 
edly  commented  on  in  divers  newspapers.  It  was  completed 
and  executed  24  September,  1858  ;  and  was  deposited,  by  order 
of  the  testator,  in  the  office  of  the  Probate  Court  for  the  county 
of  Suffolk ;  to  which  tribunal  he,  without  doubt,  expected  and 
intended  it  should,  upon  his  decease,  be  presented  for  allowance 
and  approval.  This  will  bears,  in  a  peculiar  manner,  the  im 
press  of  Mr.  Thorndike's  mind.  It  is  obviously  the  result  of 
much  reflection  and  consideration;  and  is,  in  a  great  measure, 
his  own  handiwork.  Undoubtedly  he  received  assistance  on  the 
occasion  from  one  or  more  friends  learned  in  the  law.  The 
circumstance  that  it  is  all  in  his  own  handwriting,  furnishes,  to 
those  who  knew  him  well,  pregnant  evidence  that  he  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  matter,  and  devoted  particular  attention  to  the 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  263 

preparation  of  this  elaborate  instrument.  This  is  not  the  place 
to  discuss  the  character  of  this  important  document,  or  the 
merits  of  some  of  its  provisions,  the  nature  of  which  resulted 
from  a  certain  family-difficulty.  What  the  precise  character  of 
this  difficulty  may  have  been,  no  one  can  fully  know  and  compre 
hend  but  the  parties  themselves  :  while  there  is  no  doubt,  that, 
if  he  had  consulted  any  of  his  judicious  friends  as  to  what  sort 
of  a  will  he  should  make,  a  very  different  instrument,  in  one 
important  particular  at  least,  would  have  been  the  result  of  such 
consultation  :  but  the  testator,  in  this  case,  chose  to  make  and 
publish  his  own  will,  and  not  that  of  a  friend.  The  will  actually 
executed  is  emphatically  Mr.  Thorndike's  own  will.  He  alone 
is  responsible  for  all  its  provisions,  and  he  expected  to  be  so 
responsible.  It  is  just  such  a  will  as  those  who  best  knew  Au 
gustus  Thorndike  would  have  expected  him  to  make,  under  the 
circumstances  stated  by  him  in  the  instrument. 

Mr.  Thorndike  possessed  much  intellectual  power  and  vigor. 
His  mind  was  highly  cultivated.  He  was  a  good  classical 
scholar.  He  was  a  great  reader  of  ancient  and  modern  history. 
He  had  visited  the  most  interesting  portions  of  Europe.  He 
had  seen  much,  and  had  an  excellent  opportunity  to  make 
discriminating  observations  upon  men  and  manners.  He  pos 
sessed  a  large  fund  of  accurate  information  in  relation  to  Euro 
pean  society,  and  was  familiar  with  its  prevailing  manners, 
customs,  and  usages.  He  possessed  colloquial  powers  of  a 
high  order.  He  could  make  his  conversation  exceedingly  pleas 
ant  and  interesting.  His  bearing  was  that  of  a  gentleman. 
His  manners  indicated  good  breeding,  and  a  perfect  knowledge 
of  the  forms  and  civilities  belonging  to  the  best  society.  In 
his  opinions  and  feelings,  he  was  always  conservative.  He  was 
early  taught  to  respect  and  venerate  the  principles  of  Theophi- 
lus  Parsons,  Nathan  Dane,  George  Cabot,  and  other  Essex 
statesmen.  He  was,  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  on 
terms  of  intimacy  and  friendship  with  many  distinguished 
noblemen  in  England  and  Scotland. 

He  was  averse  to  labor,  especially  of  an  ordinary  kind  ;  but 
he  was  capable  of  great  physical  exertion,  and  would  not  shrink 


264  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

from  long,  vigorous,  and  continued  effort  in  any  thing  about 
which  he  felt  a  particular  interest.  Pride  was  not  a  stranger  to 
his  bosom.  He  was  always  desirous  of  having  reason  to  be 
proud  of  every  member  of  his  family,  and  of  whatever  posses 
sion  belonged  to  him.  Any  disappointment,  therefore,  in  this 
respect,  was  to  him  a  sore  grievance  and  mortification.  He 
was  ever  anxious  to  give  all  his  children  a  perfect  education. 
On  some  occasions,  there  were  indications  of  his  being  actuated 
by  a  spirit  of  jealousy.  He  manifested  much  sensibility  when 
he  suspected  that  some  wrong  or  fraud  was  intended  to  be  prac 
tised  upon  him.  Nothing  provoked  him  so  much  as  to  discover 
that  he  had  been  deceived,  or  imposed  upon.  He  was  slow 
to  forget  or  forgive  a  supposed  injury  of  this  kind,  especially 
when  he  thought  it  had  been  accomplished  by  concealment  or 
management.  He  had  an  iron  will ;  and,  whenever  he  had 
given  formal  notice  of  a  particular  purpose,  he  was  very  certain 
to  fulfil  it.  When  he  had  made  a  decision  or  resolve,  the  thing 
was  fixed,  and  a  change  in  his  determination  could  hardly  be 
expected.  If,  like  the  Israelitish  captain,  he  made  a  vow,  like 
him  he  was  sure  to  perform  it.  He  never  harbored,  for  any 
length  of  time,  those  ordinary  resentments  which  many  per 
sons  persistently  cherish.  He  uniformly  entertained  much  re 
spect  for  those  who  had  been  his  tutors  and  instructors,  and 
always  expressed  kind  feelings  towards  them.  Those  who  had 
been  strict  and  severe  in  their  discipline  formed  no  exception  to 
this  rule.  Notwithstanding  he  received  some  rebuffs  during  his 
residence  at  Cambridge,  he  manifested  much  affection  for  the 
university.  He  sent  his  two  sons  to  Harvard  College,  where 
they  graduated  in  due  course  ;  and  in  his  last  will,  which  has 
been  so  much  criticised,  he  remembered  his  Alma  Mater,  and 
gave  a  legacy  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  establish  a  profes 
sorship  of  music  at  the  college,  to  be  managed,  as  far  as  prac 
ticable,  according  to  the  statutes  of  the  University  of  Oxford. 
His  provision  respecting  the  management  of  the  professorship 
is  perfectly  characteristic  of  the  testator. 

No  one  could  question  his  veracity  or  honesty.     Whatever 
he  stated  might  always  be  implicitly  relied  upon ;  and  whatever 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  265 

debt  he  owed  he  was  certain  to  pay  promptly,  and  to  the  utter 
most  farthing.  Every  promise  he  made,  or  contract  he  entered 
into,  he  never  failed  to  perform,  in  the  spirit  and  to  the  letter. 
TThile  he  exacted  strict  and  perfect  justice  of  others,  such  jus 
tice  he  was  at  all  times  ready  to  do  on  his  part.  This  was  with 
him  a  constant  maxim  and  fixed  principle  of  conduct.  He  was 
conscious  of  having  committed  errors  during  his  career.  This, 
notwithstanding  his  pride,  he  on  several  occasions  confessed  to 
some  of  his  most  intimate  and  confidential  friends.  He  often 
regretted  that  he  had  not  studied  a  profession,  or  engaged  in 
some  business,  which  would  have  required  constant  attention, 
and  given  him  regular  employment.  One  circumstance  should 
not  be  forgotten  in  this  connection.  He  eschewed  the  great 
mistakes  often  committed  by  the  sons  of  rich  men.  He  not 
only  did  not  waste  or  impair  the  large  property  derived  from 
his  father's  will,  but  greatly  increased  it  by  his  prudence  and 
good  management.  For  this,  his  family  certainly  have  much 
reason  to  express  feelings  of  pride  and  thankfulness.  Every 
member  thereof  may  well  be  particularly  grateful,  that,  by  the 
provisions  Mr.  Thorndike  has  made  for  his  worthy  and  excellent 
wife,  he  has  given  her  the  means,  in  her  own  judicious  way,  to 
make  amends,  in  a  great  degree,  for  the  most  objectionable 
feature  of  her  husband's  will ;  and  it  is  hoped  that  it  will  not 
be  deemed  impertinent  to  suggest,  in  conclusion,  that  her  quiet 
and  prudent  management  will  be  vastly  more  likely  to  promote 
justice  and  equity,  the  peace  of  the  family,  and  the  good  of  all 
concerned,  than  a  long  and  protracted  course  of  litigation. 

1820.  —  CHARLES  BUTTERFIELD  died  in  Tyngsborough , 
Mass.,  26  July,  1858,  aged  62.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Asa 
and  Abiah  (Colburn)  Butterfield,  and  was  born  in  Tyngs 
borough,  21  December,  1795.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Westford  Academy.  Having  chosen  the  profession  of  law,  he 
pursued  his  legal  studies  under  the  tuition  of  Hon.  Daniel 
Ilichardson,  of  Tyngsborough.  On  the  completion  of  his  pro 
fessional  studies,  and  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he 
opened  an  office  in  his  native  town  ;  but  relinquished  the  profes 
sion  a  few  years  afterwards,  and  devoted  himself  to  agriculture. 

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266  NECROLOGY    OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

He  was  never  married.  He  was  a  man  of  a  most  amiable  and 
genial  disposition,  with  a  fund  of  wit  ever  at  command.  He 
was  one  of  the  four,  of  the  class  of  1820,  who  established  in 
1818,  in  college,  the  renowned  "Med.  Fac.  Society."  The 
other  three  were  James  Ferdinand  Deering,  of  Portland,  Me.  ; 
David  Priestley  Hall,  of  Pomfret,  Conn,  (now  of  New-York 
City)  ;  and  the  writer  of  this  notice. 

Mr.  Butterfield  was  universally  esteemed  by  the  inhabitants 
of  his  native  town.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  state  legis 
lature  in  1834  and  1835.  Possessed  of  the  most  kind  and 
philanthropic  feelings,  he  was  always  ready  to  afford  his  ser 
vices  to  benefit  his  fellow-beings.  At  the  bedside  of  the  sick, 
he  was  unwearied  in  his  watchings.;  to  the  afflicted,  he  was  a 
comforter;  to  those  who  needed  counsel  in  worldly  matters,  his 
services  were  always  freely  given  ;  and,  being  a  well-read  law 
yer,  he  had  great  influence  in  preventing  litigation. 

In  1857,  he  was  appointed  librarian  of  the  Middlesex  Me 
chanic  Association  in  Lowell,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  that 
city.  It  was  a  quiet  place  among  books  ;  and,  with  the  changes 
contemplated,  was  just  the  situation  where  he  hoped  to  pass,  in 
a  manner  suited  to  his  tastes,  among  pleasant  companions,  many 
long  years  of  a  healthy  and  vigorous  old  age.  He  was  in  per 
fect  health,  was  careful  of  himself,  and  was  of  a  long-lived  race  ; 
his  father  having  lived,  in  robust  health,  to  the  age  of  94 
years.  But  it  was  decreed  otherwise.  In  the  midst  of  the  hap 
piness  he  enjoyed  in  his  new  position,  and  the  pleasure  which  his 
friends  took  in  having  him  there,  he  was  suddenly,  in  February, 
1858,  attacked  with  a  disease  of  the  heart,  which  satisfied  him 
at  once  that  his  plans  for  the  future  were  soon  to  come  to  an 
end.  He  remarked,  that,  amid  all  the  death-scenes  he  had  wit 
nessed,  he  had  always  hoped  for  a  sudden  exit  for  himself,  and 
was  happy  that  the  nature  of  his  disease  promised  this.  But  in 
this  he  was  not  gratified.  He  went  home  to  die,  contentedly 
and  patiently  ;  but  for  weeks  he  lingered  with  great  suffering, 
though  with  perfect  submission  to  his  fate.  He  was  greatly 
beloved  and  respected  by  the  people  among  whom  he  passed 
nearly  the  whole  of  his  life;  and  who,  in  his  death,  mourn  the 
loss  of  a  worthy,  good  man. 


1853-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  267 

1822. — Rev.  BENJAMIN  CLARK  CUTLER  PARKER  died  in 
New-York  City,  28  January,  1859,  aged  62.  He  was  the  sixth 
son  of  Rev.  Samuel  (II. C.  1764)  and  Anna  (Cutler)  Parker, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  6  June,  1796.  His  father  was  rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  and  bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis 
copal  Church  in  Massachusetts.  Deprived  of  the  directing  care 
of  his  father  before  he  had  completed  his  eighth  year,  he  enjoyed 
the  careful  tutelage  of  a  Christian  mother,  whose  fidelity  and 
consistency  were  a  lantern  in  his  path.  He  entered  the  Boston 
Latin  School  in  the  year  1808  ;  and,  having  successfully  pursued 
a  literary  course  in  that  institution  for  three  years,  he  left,  and 
went  into  the  counting-house  of  Blodget,  Power,  and  Wheeler, 
where  he  remained  until  the  dissolution  of  that  firm,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  the  counting-house  of  the  late  James  Carter, 
on  Central  Wharf.  Soon  after  the  breaking-out  of  the  war,  he, 
being  of  the  age  at  which  military  duty  was  required,  was 
draughted  from  the  militia  to  serve  on  the  defenceless  forts  in 
Boston  harbor ;  but  a  substitute  was  obtained  by  his  employer, 
with  whom  he  remained  a  year  or  two  longer,  when,  by  one  of 
those  little  incidents  directed  by  the  guiding  Spirit,  he  was  led 
to  the  determination  to  devote  himself  to  the  Christian  ministry. 
One  Sunday,  after  attending  the  services  of  the  church,  he 
was  thoughtlessly  induced  to  enter  one  of  those  places  of  re 
freshment  which  the  vigilant  eye  of  the  law  often  overlooks  or 
ignores  ;  and,  on  coming  out  of  that  place,  his  thoughts  became 
ill  at  ease,  at  what,  from  maternal  instruction,  he  was  convinced 
was  a  violation  of  the  sanctity  of  the  Lord's  day.  He  at  first 
thought  of  the  pain  it  would  give  to  a  Christian  mother,  should 
she  know  where  he  had  been ;  and  this  reflection  was  followed 
by  a  consideration  of  the  reasons  why  she  would  disapprove  of 
such  a  resort  on  such  a  day.  Stung  by  the  reflection,  his  walk 
homeward  was  prolonged,  he  knew  not  whither,  until  he  reached 
the  open  air  and  sunshine  of  the  country.  There  was  a  quiet 
ness  around  him  not  in  unison  with  his  feelings  within  ;  and  it 
became  evident  to  him  that  he  was  the  object  of  an  internal 
struggle  between  the  world  above  and  that  below.  By  the  grace 
of  God,  the  world  below  was  vanquished  ;  nor  did  he  rest  until 


268    .  NECROLOGY   OP   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

he  had  resolved  to  give  himself  heart  and  soul  to  the  service  of 
God.  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  life.  From  that  time, 
he  determined  to  relinquish  the  flattering  prospects  of  mercantile 
advancement  before  him,  and  to  renew  his  studies  under  the 
direction  of  that  rare  and  ripe  classical  scholar,  the  late  Rev. 
Dr.  John  S.  J.  Gardiner,  of  Trinity  Church,  the  assistant  and 
successor  of  his  father,  with  the  view  of  preparation  for  the  min 
istry.  He  was  soon  prepared  for  college,  and  entered  in  1818. 
In  his  freshman  year,  he  obtained  a  Bowdoin  prize  for  an  essay 
on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Dr.  Johnson.*  He  graduated  with 
high  rank.  His  religious  sympathies  received  fostering  encour 
agement  under  the  faithful  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Asa  Eaton 
(H.C.  1803),  of  Christ  Church,  of  which  he  became  a  commu 
nicant  in  1816,  two  years  before  his  entrance  into  college. 
While  preparing  for  the  ministry,  he  opened  a  private  school  in 
the  vestry  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  in  his  native  city  ;  and,  as  a 
remarkable  instance  of  his  perseverance,  it  may  be  mentioned,  that 
for  nearly  four  months  he  here  labored  with  only  three  pupils. 
His  persevering  fidelity,  however,  was  soon  rewarded  ;  and  he 
was  compelled  to  limit  his  numbers,  and  deny  many  applications 
for  admission.  He  was  ordained  a  deacon  by  Bishop  Griswold, 
in  Trinity  Church,  Boston  ;  and  was  admitted  to  priest's  orders 
at  St.  Michael's  Church,  in  Bristol,  R.I.,  17  May,  1826.  Soon 
after  his  ordination,  he  gave  up  his  school,  then  in  the  full  tide 
of  successful  experiment,  for  the  beloved  object  of  his  heart,  — 
the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry.  His  first  labors  were  in  the 
church  in  Gardiner,  Me.  ;  but,  by  the  persuasion  of  his  bishop, 
he  was  induced  to  visit  Lenox,  in  Massachusetts,  to  attempt 
to  resuscitate  a  church  then  almost  extinct  in  that  place.  Be 
coming  interested  in  this  new  field  of  labor,  he  remained  six 
years  in  that  beautiful  but  retired  village,  instead  of  a  few  months 
as  he  expected.  From  Lenox  he  removed  to  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  where  he  labored  for  a  similar  period.  He  afterwards 
labored  in  Plainfield  and  other  places  for  three  years ;  uniting, 
as  it  were,  the  labors  of  a  pious  missionary  with  those  of  a  faith- 

*  This  production  will  be  found  entire  in  the  "  Aids  to  English  Composition,"  a 
work  prepared  by  his  brother,  Richard  Greene  1'arker  (H.C.  1817),  p.  380. 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  269 

ful  parish-priest.  In  1842,  he  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  supplied  the  Church  of  the  Ascension  during  the  absence  of 
its  rector,  the  present  Bishop  of  Massachusetts.  He  subsequent 
ly  took  charge  of  a  church  in  Flushing,  L.I.,  for  six  months  ; 
when  he  was  invited  to  the  scene  of  his  last  labors,  the  "Float 
ing  Chapel  for  Seamen,"  where  for  more  than  fifteen  years  he 
labored  with  singular  ability  and -fidelity.  This  was  a  field  of 
labor  entirely  congenial  to  his  taste,  and  for  which  he  pos 
sessed  signal  qualifications.  The  hardy  mariners,  they  who 
go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships,  and  behold  the  wonders  of  the  Lord 
on  the  deep,  were  met  with  a  sympathy,  which,  like  a  key, 
opened  the  secrets  of  their  souls  ;  and  thousands  of  volumes  — 
Bibles,  prayer-books,  tracts,  religious  stories — were  sent  on  their 
missionary  labors  in  the  ships'  forecastles  ;  and  many  a  foot,  that 
came  to  the  chapel  to  scoff,  "  remained  to  pray."  His  labors 
were  brought  to  a  sudden  close.  He  died,  after  an  illness  of 
six  days,  of  congestion  of  the  lungs.  His  physical  sufferings 
during  this  period  were  intense  ;  but  his  mind  was  clear,  tran 
quil,  and  composed.  He  was  fully  aware  of  his  situation  ;  but 
his  soul,  in  perfect  peace,  reposed  in  Christ.  Disdaining  all 
dependence  on  his  own  merits,  he  trusted  solely  to  the  atoning 
sacrifice  of  his  Saviour  for  his  acceptance  at  the  mercy-seat ;  and, 
with  simple,  childlike  faith,  he  resigned  himself  wholly  —  to 
use  his  own  words  —  "to  the  adorable,  lovely,  blessed  will  of 
God  ;  "  and,  in  this  delightful  frame  of  mind,  he  passed  at  last, 
without  a  struggle  or  a  groan,  to  a  blissful  immortality. 

He  married,  7  February,  1833,  Frances,  daughter  of  the 
late  Dr.  Shirley  Erving,  —  a  descendant  of  the  celebrated  Gov. 
Shirley,  —  a  lady  whose  religious  sympathies  had  long  been  in 
unison  with  his  own,  and  with  whom  he  enjoyed  a  life  of  matri 
monial  harmony,  extending  over  a  period  of  more  than  a  quarter 
of  a  century.  She  survived  him.  They  had  no  children. 

1825.  —  Dr.  CLIFFORD  DORR,  of  Boston,  died  in  the  McLean 
Asylum,  Somerville,  Mass.,  19  August,  1858,  aged  52.  He 
was  son  of  John  and  Esther  (Goldthwait)  Dorr,  and  was  born 
in  Boston,  2  November,  1805.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
public  Latin  School  in  Boston.  After  graduating,  he  studied 


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medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  George  Hay  ward,  of  Bos 
ton  (H.C.  1809)  ;  and  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1829. 
He  practised  his  profession  in  Braintree  and  Quincy,  Mass.,  and, 
for  a  short  time,  in  Matagorda,  Tex.  On  the  6th  of  Septem 
ber,  1840,  he  sailed  from  New  York,  as  a  passenger,  in  the  ship 
"  Coriolanus,"  Francis  A.  Bertody  (his  brother-in-law),  master, 
to  Sydney,  New  South  Wales  ;  and  returned  home  by  way  of 
Calcutta  and  St.  Helena ;  arriving  at  New  York  in  January, 
1842.  In  March,  1855,  he  was  seized  with  a  severe  paralysis 
of  the  brain ;  from  which,  however,  he  partially  recovered  the 
following  year,  and  his  convalescence  continued  for  five  months  : 
but  in  December,  1856,  he  experienced  a  second  attack,  which 
so  affected  his  mental  faculties,  that  it  became  necessary  to  re 
move  him  to  the  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  in  Somerville,  where 
he  remained  until  death  closed  the  scene.  He  was  never  mar 
ried. 

1826. — Dr.  SAMUEL  SAWYER  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
5  January,  1859,  aged  54.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  Flagg  and 
Patience  (Learned)  Sawyer,  and  was  born  in  Cambridge,  20 
March,  1804.  His  father  was  a  mason  in  Cambridge,  and  was 
born  in  Sterling,  Mass.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  and  survived  him.  After  leaving  college,  he  was 
for  some  time  employed  as  a  teacher  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.  He 
then  began  the  study  of  medicine  ;  and  after  going  through  a 
regular  course,  and  receiving  the  degree  of  M.D.,  he  settled  as 
a  physician  in  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  where  he  practised  with  good 
success  for  several  years.  Soon  after  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
California,  about  the  year  1849,  he  was  applied  to  by  a  company 
to  go  to  that  place  ;  which  application  he  accepted,  and  went 
round  Cape  Horn.  On  his  arrival  there,  he  resumed  the  prac 
tice  of  his  profession,  and  also  kept  an  apothecary 's-shop.  After 
remaining  there  about  four  years,  he  returned,  and  settled  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was 
a  very  successful  agent,  for  a  year  or  two,  among  the  poor  in 
Cambridge,  during  which  time  he  published  one  or  two  reports. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  city-council;  and,  in  1857  and 
1858,  was  one  of  the  school-committee.  He  was  highly  es- 


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teemed  as  a  physician  and  a  citizen.  He  married,  23  Novem 
ber,  1833,  Miss  Lucy  Tufts,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  by  whom 
he  had  six  children,  —  all  daughters,  —  who,  with  their  mother, 
survive  him. 

1830. — HORATIO  SPRAGUE  EUSTIS  died  at  his  plantation 
in  Issaquena  County,  Miss.,  5  September,  1858,  aged  46. 
He  was  son  of  Gen.  Abraham  (H.C.  1804)  and  Rebecca 
(Sprague)  Eustis,  and  was  born  at  Fort  Adams,  Newport, 
R.I.,  25  December,  1811.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Round- 
Hill  School,  Northampton,  Mass.,  under  the  superintendence 
of  Joseph  Green  Cogswell  (H.C.  1806)  and  George  Ban 
croft  (H.C.  1817).  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law; 
went  to  the  West ;  and  finally  settled,  as  a  lawyer,  in  Natchez, 
where  he  continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  with  the 
exception  of  an  interval  of  a  year  or  two,  until  his  death.  He 
married,  10  May,  1838,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Henry  Chotard, 
a  planter.  He  left  a  widow  and  ten  children,  seven  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

1830. — Rev.  BARZILLAI  FROST  died  in  Concord,  Mass., 
8  December,  1858,  aged  54.  He  was  born  in  Effingham,  N.H., 
18  June,  1804.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Exeter  (N.H.) 
Academy,  under  the  charge  of  Benjamin  Abbot,  LL.D.  (H.C. 
1788),  and  graduated  at  that  institution  with  the  highest  honors. 
He  then  entered  the  sophomore  class  at  Harvard.  While  in 
college,  he  held  a  high  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  dis 
tinction.  On  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed  preceptor  of 
Framingham  Academy,  which  situation  he  held  two  years.  In 
1832,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
completed  his  theological  studies.  During  this  period,  he  was 
appointed  instructor  in  mathematics  to  the  senior  class  in  the 
college,  in  place  of  Prof.  Farrar,  who  visited  Europe  for  the  bene 
fit  of  his  health.  This  situation  he  filled  two  years,  pursuing  his 
theological  studies  at  the  same  time.  On  leaving  the  Divinity 
School,  he  began  to  preach  ;  and  in  January,  1836,  received  an 
invitation  to  settle  as  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Church  and  Society 
in  Barnstable,  Mass.  ;  and,  in  September  of  the  same  year,  he 
received  a  call  to  settle  in  Northfield,  Mass.  :  both  of  which 


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invitations  he  declined.  On  the  1st  of  February,  1837,  he  was 
ordained  as  colleague  with  Rev.  Ezra  Ripley,  D.D.  (H.C.  1776) , 
over  the  Unitarian  Church  and  Society  in  Concord.  Dr.  Ripley 
died  21  September,  1841,  at  the  age  of  90  years;  and  Mr. 
Frost  continued  in  the  uninterrupted,  active,  and  successful  dis 
charge  of  his  duties  as  pastor  until  the  autumn  of  1855,  when, 
in  consequence  of  a  severe  cold,  his  lungs  became  seriously 
affected,  and  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish  his  pastoral  duties. 
In  February,  1856,  he  sailed  for  St.  Thomas  ;  and,  after  spend 
ing  nearly  three  months  on  that  island,  and  on  the  islands  of 
Jamaica,  Cuba,  and  St.  Croix,  he  returned  to  the  United  States. 
He  came  home  by  way  of  Charleston,  S.C.  ;  and  reached  Con 
cord  the  last  of  May.  His  health  continuing  feeble,  he  sailed  on 
the  24th  of  November  for  St.  Croix,  where  he  passed  about  five 
months  ;  and,  on  his  return,  he  visited  the  Island  of  Bermuda, 
where  he  remained  several  weeks.  He  arrived  home  the  latter 
part  of  June,  1857.  His  health  being  still  in  a  very  precarious 
state,  he  was  obliged,  on  the  13th  of  September,  1857,  to  ask  a 
dismission,  which  was  granted  with  great  reluctance  ;  his  parish 
ioners  unanimously  expressing  on  the  occasion  their  great  regret 
that  the  interesting  relation  which  had  so  long  existed  between 
them  and  their  beloved  pastor  should  be  terminated,  and  mani 
festing  in  various  ways  their  strong  and  affectionate  regard  for 
him.  His  pastoral  relation  closed  on  the  3d  of  October,  1857. 

A  few  weeks  before  the  termination  of  his  connection  with 
the  church  and  society,  he  suffered  a  severe  affliction  in  the  de 
parture  from  this  life  of  his  distinguished  and  excellent  parish 
ioner,  the  Hon.  Samuel  Hoar  (H.C.  1802).  One  of  the  last, 
and  probably  the  very  last  sermon  which  he  wrote,  was  that  which 
he  preached  on  the  Sunday  after  the  interment  of  his  lamented 
and  faithful  friend.  Though  written  by  Mr.  Frost  while  in  a 
feeble  state  of  health,  it  was  a  full  and  just  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  a  great  and  good  man.  For  a  period  of  about  twenty  years, 
Mr.  Frost  performed  all  the  duties  of  an  active,  zealous,  and 
faithful  minister.  Every  good  cause  found  in  him  an  earnest 
and  efficient  friend  and  advocate.  His  ministry  was  a  very  use 
ful  and  successful  one.  A  satisfactory  evidence  of  this  is,  that, 


1858-59.]  OF  HARVARD    COLLEGE.  273 

during  the  whole  course  of  his  labors  at  Concord,  he  secured  the 
entire  respect,  and  enjoyed  the  uninterrupted  confidence  and 
friendship,  of  Samuel  Hoar. 

On  the  24th  of  November,  1857,  Mr.  Frost,  accompanied 
by  his  faithful  and  excellent  wife,  and  his  youngest  son,  a  very 
interesting  boy  of  about  ten  years  of  age,  sailed  from  Boston 
for  Fayal,  one  of  the  Azores,  in  the  hope  that  it  might  restore 
him  to  health.  After  remaining  at  the  island  about  eight 
months,  he  returned  to  his  native  shore.  Pie  arrived  at  Boston 
on  the  17th  of  August,  1858.  His  visit  to  Fayal  was  a  most 
unfortunate  movement.  It  happened  that  the  weather  was,  for 
a  considerable  time,  cold  and  chilly  :  so  inclement  a  season  was 
never  before  known  at  that  island.  Mr.  Frost  suffered  very 
much  on  account  of  the  cold  and  dampness  ;  and  it  became 
manifest  that  there  was  little  or  no  chance  of  his  recovery.  In 
the  midst  of  his  suffering,  a  most  distressing  affliction  befell  him, 
in  the  loss  of  the  child  who  accompanied  him.  On  the  31st  of 
May,  the  lovely  boy  went  up  a  mountain  near  the  residence 
of  his  parents,  in  company  with  a  party  of  friends  ;  and,  on 
their  return,  he  deviated  from  the  path  usually  taken,  and  fell 
over  a  precipice  into  a  ravine  about  seventy  feet  deep  :  by 
the  fall  his  spine  was  broken.  After  lingering  about  two  days, 
he  expired  in  the  arms  of  his  distressed  mother.  Great  sympa 
thy  was  manifested  on  the  occasion  by  the  members  of  the 
several  very  respectable  families  of  Fayal ;  and  great  kindness 
was  shown  to  Mr.  Frost  and  his  family  by  all  the  people,  during 
their  residence  on  the  island. 

On  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Frost  at  Boston,  he  was  in  a  very 
prostrate  condition ;  and  was  borne  from  the  ship  to  the  resi 
dence  of  a  friend  in  the  city,  where  he  remained  about  a  week. 
He  was  then  carried  to  Concord,  and  was  there  received  into 
the  house  of  his  kind  and  faithful  friend  and  physician,  Dr. 
Josiah  Bartlett  (H.C.  1816).  Finding  himself  in  so  com 
fortable  a  mansion,  among  a  host  of  his  friends,  consisting  of 
his  former  parishioners  and  other  esteemed  acquaintances,  his 
spirits  revived,  and  his  strength  seemed  to  be  considerably 
improved.  He  rode  out  a  few  times,  and  had  the  satisfaction 

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of  taking  a  parting  look  at  the  places  endeared  to  him  as  hav 
ing  been  the  scenes  of  the  cares  and  pleasures  with  which  he 
was  conversant  during  his  Christian  ministry.  He  took  great 
comfort  in  being  able  to  see  and  converse  with  his  dear  friends 
once  more.  At  length,  he  began  to  grow  weaker;  and,  about 
the  1st  of  November,  the  symptoms  of  a  speedy  dissolution 
were  manifested  :  but  he  still  lingered  until  the  8th  of  Decem 
ber,  when,  in  the  presence  of  his  wife  and  son,  and  his  faithful 
physician  and  other  dear  friends,  his  spirit  took  its  flight  to 
another  and  a  better  world. 

Mr.  Frost  married,  1  June,  1837,  Elmira  Stone,  youngest 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sally  (Buckminster)  Stone,  of  Fra- 
mingham.  They  had  four  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infan 
cy.  Another  died  in  Fayal,  under  the  circumstances  above 
mentioned.  The  surviving  son  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1858  ;  and  became  a  student-at-law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Ebenezer  Kockwood  Hoar,  in  Boston  (H.C.  1835).  This  son 
stood  by  the  bedside  to  smooth  the  pillow  and  administer  to  the 
wants  of  his  languishing  parent.  The  faithful  and  affectionate 
wife  devoted  herself,  with  unremitting  care  and  watchfulness,  to 
the  beloved  husband  through  all  the  stages  of  his  disease,  until 
the  last  moment  came,  when  she  closed  his  eyes,  and  witnessed 
with  what  faith  and  hope  a  Christian  could  die. 

1834. — EUGENE  FULLER  was  drowned  from  on  board  the 
steamship  "Empire  City,"  21  June,  1859,  on  the  passage  from 
New  Orleans  to  New  York  via  Havana.  He  was  forty-four 
years  old.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Timothy  (H.C. 
1801)  and  Margaret  (Crane)  Fuller,  and  was  born  in  Cam 
bridge,  Mass.,  14  May,  1815.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  law,  partly  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  and 
partly  in  the  office  of  George  Frederick  Farley,  Esq.,  of  Gro- 
ton,  Mass.  (H.C.  1816).  After  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he 
practised  his  profession  two  years  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  He 
afterwards  went  to  New  Orleans,  and  was  connected  with  the 
public  press  of  that  city.  He  spent  several  summers  there  ; 
and,  some  two  or  three  years  ago,  was  affected  by  a  sun-stroke, 
which  resulted  in  a  softening  of  the  brain,  and  ultimately  in  a 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  275 

brain-fever,  which  came  very  near  proving  fatal,  and  left  him  in 
a  shattered  condition.  His  friends  hoping  that  medical  treat 
ment  at  the  North  might  benefit  him,  he  embarked  with  an 
attendant  on  board  the  "  Empire  City,"  for  New  York.  When 
one  day  out,  his  attendant  being  prostrated  with  sea-sickness, 
Mr.  Fuller  was  left  alone,  and  was  not  afterwards  seen.  He 
must  have  been  lost  overboard.  The  "New-Orleans  Picayune" 
of  the  30th  June,  with  which  he  was  some  time  connected,  says, 
"  His  industry,  reliability,  and  intelligence  were  equalled  only  by 
his  invariably  mild,  correct,  and  gentlemanly  demeanor ;  and  he 
was  liked  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him." 

Mr.  Fuller  married  Mrs.  Rotter,  a  widow  lady  of  New 
Orleans,  originally  of  Philadelphia.  They  had  five  children,  — 
three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

O 

1835.  —  Dr.  AARON  LARKIX  LELAXD  died  in  Detroit, 
Mich.,  14  November,  1858,  aged  45.  He  was  son  of  Jo 
seph  P.  and  Tryphena  (Richardson)  Leland,  and  was  born  in 
Sherburne,  Mass.,  21  August,  1813.  His  mother  was  daughter 
of  Dr.  Abijah  Richardson,  of  Medway,  Mass.,  a  surgeon  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Mr.  Nathan 
Ball  (B.U.  1826),  and  Rev.  Amos  Clarke  (H.C.  1804),  of 
Sherburne.  After  leaving  college,  he  pursued  his  medical  stud 
ies  with  Drs.  Charles  Harrison  Stedman  and  Jerome  Van 
Crowninshield  Smith,  of  Boston.  During  his  pupilage,  he 
spent  much  of  his  time  in  various  hospitals  in  the  vicinity  of 
Boston  :  viz.,  at  the  Marine  Hospital  in  Chelsea,  of  which  Dr. 
Stedman  was  then  the  physician  ;  at  Rainsford  Island,  of  which 
Dr.  Smith  was  superintendent,  and  where  Dr.  Leland  re 
mained,  and  took  much  of  the  charge  during  a  season  when  the 
small-pox  was  very  prevalent ;  and  also  at  the  Lying-in  Hospi 
tal  on  Boston  Neck.  In  July,  1839,  he  removed  to  Pontiac, 
Oakland  County,  Mich.  ;  and  settled  there  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  in  connection  with  Dr.  Isaac  Paddack,  an  old 
and  esteemed  practitioner  of  that  place.  In  1847,  he  removed 
to  Detroit,  where  he  continued  in  successful  practice  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  thorough  and  scientific  practitioner ;  having 
brought  to  the  aid  of  discriminating  qualities  of  a  high  order, 


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and  a  judgment  of  great  soundness,  minute  and  extensive  read 
ing  and  a  wide  practice.  He  deservedly  ranked  among  the 
first  medical  men  of  the  day.  In  his  personal  attributes,  he 
was  eminently  prudent,  thoughtful,  reflecting,  and  sagacious  ; 
correct  in  every  principle ;  of  scrupulous  uprightness  ;  prompt 
and  diligent  in  his  profession  ;  trustworthy  arid  punctilious  in 
every  transaction.  He  won  the  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him, 
by  his  urbane  manners,  his  integrity  of  character,  and  his  hu 
mane  disposition.  He  married,  17  June,  1856,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Livermore,  daughter  of  Hon.  Isaac  Livermore,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.  He  had  two  children,  —  a  son  and  a  daughter.  The 
former  died  in  infancy  :  the  latter,  with  her  mother,  survived 
him. 

1836.  — EDWARD  AUGUSTUS  CROWNIXSHIELD  died  in  Bos 
ton,  20  February,  1859,  aged  41.  He  was  the  fourth  son  of 
Hon.  Benjamin  William  and  Mary  (Boardrnan)  Crowninshield, 
and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  25  February,  1817.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Round-Hill  School  in  Northampton, 
Mass.,  under  the  charge  of  Joseph  Green  Cogswell  (H.C. 
1806)  and  George  Bancroft  (H.C.  1817).  After  leaving 
college,  he  went  through  a  course  of  legal  studies  in  the  office 
of  Franklin  Dexter  (H.C.  1812)  and  William  Howard  Gardi 
ner  (H.C.  1816),  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never 
practised  ;  his  pecuniary  circumstances  being  such  as  not  to 
require  him  to  toil  for  his  daily  bread.  About  the  first  of 
December,  1859,  in  company  with  some  friends,  he  went  on  a 
pleasure-excursion  to  Europe,  and  returned  the  next  year. 
In  1856,  he  again  went  to  Europe,  with  the  hope  that  the 
voyage  would  be  the  means  of  restoring  his  health,  which  had 
been  for  some  time  previously  in  a  delicate  state.  He  spent  the 
winter  of  1856-7  at  Pau,  in  the  south  of  France  ;  thence  he 
went  to  Madeira,  where  he  passed  the  winter  of  1857—8  ;  and 
returned  the  following  June,  without  having  experienced  any 
permanent  relief.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  exceedingly  pleasing 
manners  and  prepossessing  appearance.  Of  an  equable  temper 
ament,  he  had  no  ambition  for  public  honors  or  political  promi 
nence  ;  but  w^as  a  great  lover  of  literature,  and  was  passionately 


1858-59.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  277 

fond  of  books.  He  had  one  of  the  rarest  and  choicest  private 
libraries  in  this  part  of  the  country.  His  taste  in  bibliography 
was  exquisite.  He  wanted  not  only  the  best  books,  but  the  best 
editions.  His  library  was  particularly  rich  in  early  American 
history  and  biography.  He  had  a  copy  of  the  "Bay  Psalm 
Book,"  the  first  book  that  was  printed  in  New  England. 
Among  other  rarities,  he  had  an  original  copy  of  Cushman's 
"Plymouth  Sermon;"  "Purchas  his  Pilgrimes;"  Smith's  "His 
tory  of  Virginia  and  New  England "  (an  original  copy)  ; 
"  Hypocrisie  Unmasked,"  by  Edward  Winslow  ;  Hakluyt's  Voy 
ages,  published  in  1582;  an  original  copy  of  "The  Christian 
Commonwealth,"  by  John  Eliot ;  and  a  similar  copy  of  "Brad 
ford  and  AVinslow's  Relation,"  published  in  London ;  "  The 
Schoolmaster,"  by  Roger  Ascham ;  "Coryat's  Crudities*'  of 
1611,  from  the  library  of  the  Duke  of  Sussex;  "The  Whole 
Book  of  Psalms,"  by  Sternhold  and  Hopkins ;  a  book  on 
angling,  by  Bernes,  bearing  date  of  1486;  the  "Nuremburg 
Chronicle "  of  1493  ;  King  James's  Works  ;  Dibdin's  biblio 
graphical  works  ;  and  "  Samuel  Gorton's  Answer  to  Morton's 
Memorial,"  in  manuscript. 

Mr.  Crowninshield  read  the  books  he  bought,  with  discrimi 
nation  and  profit.  His  mind,  manners,  and  language  indicated 
refinement  and  scholarship.  His  whole  life  was  regulated  by 
good  sense,  good  taste,  and  good  feeling.  He  secured  the 
esteem,  the  confidence,  the  affection,  of  all  who  were  sufficiently 
acquainted  with  him  to  know  his  true  character.  He  was  for 
some  time  a  trustee  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  and  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  art-exhibitions  of  that  institution.  He  was 
elected,  11  November,  1858,  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society ;  an  honor  to  which  his  scholarly  acquire 
ments  and  literary  taste -justly  entitled  him.  He  married,  15 
January,  1840,  Caroline  Maria  Welch,  daughter  of  Francis 
Welch,  Esq.,  of  Boston.  They  had  three  children,  all  sons; 
the  eldest  of  whom  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1861. 

1838.  —  Dr.  WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS  BRIGGS,  of  Boston, 
died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  19  May,  1859,  aged  39.  He  was  the 
only  child  of  William  and  Mary  (Clark)  Briggs,  and  was 


278  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

born  in  Boston,  12  July,  1819.  His  father,  who  was  a  na 
tive  of  Little  Compton,  R.  I,  was  a  merchant  in  Boston, 
and  died  of  consumption  in  Matanzas,  Cuba  (whither  he  had 
gone  for  the  benefit  of  his  health),  14  May,  1828,  aged  37. 
His  remains  were  brought  back  to  Boston,  and  conveyed  to 
Watertown,  Mass.,  for  interment.  His  mother  was  a  daughter 
of  John  Clark,  Esq.,  of  Watertown,  where  she  was  born 
March,  1796  :  she  died  in  Boston,  19  January,  1854,  aged  57. 
Young  Briggs  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  admission  into 
college  at  Woburn  Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Alfred 
Washington  Pike  (D.C.  1815).  Thence  he  went  to  Framing- 
ham  Academy,  under  Barzillai  Frost  (H.C.  1830).  At  these 
institutions  he  remained  four  years ;  and  he  completed  his 
studies  under  Rev.  Theodore  Parker,  of  Watertown,  afterwards 
of  Boston,  with  whom  he  remained  one  year.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  medicine  at  the  Tremont  Medical  School  in 
Boston,  under  the  charge  of  Drs.  Jacob  Bigelow  (H.C.  1806), 
Edward  Reynolds  (H.C.  1811),  David  Humphreys  Storer 
(Bowd.C.  1822),  and  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  (H.C.  1829). 
On  completing  his  medical  studies,  he  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Boston  ;  but,  being  left  with  an  ample  competence, 
it  was  not  necessary  for  him  to  depend  upon  his  profession  as  a 
means  of  support.  Still,  however,  he  was  very  successful ;  and, 
until  his  health  failed,  was  rapidly  rising  to  distinction.  He 
was  of  a  most  amiable  disposition,  and  led  a  blameless  and 
exemplary  life.  The  death  of  his  mother  was  a  sad  affliction 
to  him,  from  which  he  seemed  never  to  recover.  The  incipient 
symptoms  of  consumption  not  long  afterwards  began  to  develop 
themselves,  and  he  endured  a  long  and  painful  sickness.  But, 
notwithstanding  all  his  sufferings,  not  a  word  of  complaint  ever 
passed  his  lips.  In  order  to  escape  the  rigors  of  a  northern 
climate,  he  passed  the  last  two  winters  of  his  life  with  a  relative 
in  Baltimore,  where  he  received  every  attention  and  comfort 
which  kind  affection  and  ^endearment  could  procure,  and  where 
he  calmly  and  peacefully  passed  away.  He  was  never  married. 
His  remains  were  brought  to  the  North,  and  interred  at  Mount 
Auburn. 


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1838. — ASA  HAMMOND  WHITNEY  died  in  Vicksburg, 
Miss.,  8  October,  1858,  aged  39.  He  was  son  of  Asa  and 
Mary  (Hammond)  Whitney,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  17  June, 
1819.  After  leaving  college,  he  made  a  voyage  to  the  Mediter 
ranean  for  his  health,  and  subsequently  went  to  Rio  Janeiro  as 
supercargo.  On  his  return,  he  embarked  in  business  as  a 
junior  partner  in  the  house  of  Henshaw  and  Whitney,  wholesale 
druggists,  in  Boston  ;  but  for  several  years  resided  in  Cambridge, 
where  he  built  and  occupied  the  house  now  owned  by  Charles 
Russell  Lowell,  Esq.  He  subsequently  removed  to  Norfolk, 
Va.,  where  he  managed  the  financial  affairs  of  the  Seaboard  and 
Roanoke  Railroad  Company  for  many  years  with  marked 
ability ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his  decease,  was  filling  an  important 
trust  in  Mississippi.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  ear 
nestness  of  character,  of  warm  and  cordial  feelings,  and  most 
courteous  and  winning  manners  ;  of  an  ardent  temperament  and 
a  strong  will ;  a  most  genial  companion,  and  a  steadfast  friend. 
He  married,  3  October,  1842,  Miss  Laura  Leffingwell  Hen 
shaw,  of  Alabama,  niece  and  adopted  daughter  of  the  late 
David  Henshaw,  of  Leicester,  Mass.  He  had  five  children, — 
viz.,  Laura  Leffingwell,  Anna  Henshaw,  Catharine  Virginia, 
Hammond,  and  Emily,  —  who,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1843. — JOSEPH  KURD  WALKER,  of  West  Townsend, 
Mass.,  died  at  the  residence  of  his  father,  in  Boston,  16  Octo 
ber,  1858,  aged  36.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  William  Johnson 
Walker  (H.C.  1810)  and  Eliza  (Hurd)  Walker,  and  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  19  September,  1822.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  in  Exeter,  N.H.  He  held  a  very  respectable 
rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  He  was  par 
ticularly  distinguished  for  talents  in  mathematics.  After  leaving 
college,  he  prepared  himself  for  the  profession  of  a  civil-engi 
neer,  in  which  business  he  became  quite  distinguished.  He 
made  the  surveys  and  superintended  the  construction  of  the 
Peterborough  and  Shirley  Railroad,  which  he  completed  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  stockholders,*  and  at  much  less  than 
the  estimated  cost.  A  few  years  afterwards  he  relinquished  the 
business  of  engineering,  purchased  a  farm  in  West  Townsend, 


280  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

and  devoted  the  remainder  of  his  days  to  agriculture.  He 
married,  in  1845,  Anna  M.  Babbit,  of  Charlestown.  They  had 
six  children,  of  whom  five  survived  him:  one  died  in  1855. 
His  widow  also  survived  him. 

1844. — JOSEPH  BROWN  SMITH  died  in  Louisville,  Ky., 
6  May,  1859,  aged  36.  He  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  14 
March,  1823.  At  birth,  his  sight  was  perfect ;  but,  ere  a  week 
had  passed,  a  disease  fastened  upon  his  eyes,  which  resulted  in 
total,  incurable  blindness.  When  three  years  of  age,  he  lost  his 
father.  His  mother  then  removed  to  Portsmouth,  N.H.,  where 
he  passed  eight  years.  The  following  sketch  of  his  life  is  com 
piled  from  a  funeral  discourse  on  his  life  and  character,  delivered 
by  Rev.  John  H.  Heywood,  of  Louisville  (H.C.  1836).  He 
was  endowed  with  a  mind  active  and  vigorous,  a  memory  very 
retentive  and  capacious.  From  early  childhood,  he  was  marked 
for  his  love,  his  yearning,  for  knowledge.  Sent  to  school  when 
but  four  years  old,  he  was  so  fortunate  as  to  have  for  his  teacher 
a  lady  who  had  a  just  view  of  education,  and  whose  schoolroom 
was  pervaded  by  the  affectionateness  which  makes  the  charm  of 
a  home.  When  nine  years  of  age,  he  was  placed  in  the  Institu 
tion  for  the  Blind  in  Boston,  under  the  charge  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Gridley  Howe,  who  saw  what  was  in  the  boy,  and  determined 
that  it  should  be  fully  brought  out.  Under  his  instruction,  he 
prosecuted  his  studies,  until,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  he  was 
prepared  to  enter  college.  He  passed  through  his  collegiate 
course  with  credit  to  himself,  and  received,  at  its  expiration,  his 
diploma ;  being  the  first  totally  blind  man  who  ever  graduated 
at  any  college  in  this  country.  He  was  a  good  scholar  in  Latin, 
Greek,  and  mathematics.  He  was  a  proficient  in  French  and 
German,  both  of  which  languages  he  understood  well,  and 
spoke  fluently  ;  and  had  an  extensive  and  thorough  acquaintance 
with  the  best  English  literature.  He  had  a  remarkable  talent 
for  music,  in  which,  by  his  attainments,  he  became  pre-eminent. 
At  eighteen  months,  he  could  sing  three  tunes.  When  nine 
years  of  age,  he  composed  a  march.  So  fond  of  musical  thought 
and  expression  was  he,  that,  when  a  mere  child,  he  was  often 
overheard  composing  in  his  sleep.  Sometimes,  when  between 


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the  ages  of  eight  and  ten,  strains  and  tunes  taught  him  by  his 
instructor  would  escape  him  ;  and  he  would  try  in  vain,  before 
going  to  bed,  to  recall  them.  In  his  sleep  they  would  come, 
as  if  conscious,  that,  having  once  been  given  him,  they  had  no 
right  to  leave  him  long ;  and  then  he  would  rise,  go  to  the 
piano,  and,  like  a  true  poet  or  sculptor,  embody  them,  not  in 
words  or  marble,  but  in  harmony.  Not  far  from  the  time  when 
he  entered  college,  he  composed  an  overture,  which  was  per 
formed  by  the  Boston  Academy  of  Music,  and  which  was  deeply 
interesting,  not  only  as  a  manifestation  of  his  rare  susceptibility 
and  extraordinary  capacity,  but  also  of  the  wonderful  knowledge 
he  even  then  possessed  of  the  deep,  intricate  science  of  music. 

In  September,  1844,  he  went  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  having 
been  appointed  professor  of  music  in  the  Asylum  for  the  Blind 
in  that  city  ;  and  there  he  resided  until  his  death.  With  so  fine 
a  susceptibility  to  the  influence  of  music,  with  so  thorough  a 
knowledge  of  its  principles,  he  was  eminently  fitted  to  appreci 
ate  and  enjoy  music  of  the  highest  order.  In  that  he  revelled. 
His  soul  responded  to  the  songs  and  choral  symphonies  in  which 
the  great  masters  gave  expression  to  thoughts  and  emotions  too 
vast  for  words,  too  deep  for  tears.  Such  were  the  rare  musical 
powers  and  attainments  of  this  gifted  man  ;  and  how  kindly  and 
faithfully  he  employed  them,  there  are  many  to  testify.  The 
private  pupils  whom  he  patiently  instructed — all  connected  with 
that  home  for  the  blind  to  which  he  consecrated  fourteen  of  the 
best  years  of  his  life,  and  for  whose  benefit  he  labored  with  the 
fidelity  of  an  earnest,  conscientious  Christian  teacher — can  never 
forget  him.  He  was  a  sincere,  hearty  Christian.  He  loved 
the  Bible  dearly.  Eight  years  before  his  death,  he  connected 
himself  with  the  church.  In  an  earnest,  humble,  and  devout 
spirit,  he  made  the  Christian  profession,  and  sought  to  live  in 
harmony  with  it.  His  resignation  to  the  will  of  God  was 
perfect,  for  life  and  for  death,  for  time  and  eternity. 

He  married,  first,  9  August,  1846,  Elizabeth  Jane  Cone, 
who  died  14  June,  1851  ;  and  second,  26  July,  1853,  Sarah 
J.  Nash.  He  left  two  sons  :  the  elder,  the  child  of  the  first 
marriage,  bearing  the  name  of  the  great  composer,  Joseph 

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Haydn ;    the   younger,    named    for  an   intimate   friend,   Bryce 
Patten. 

1848.  — ENOCH  LINCOLN  CUMMINGS  died  in  Portland,  Me., 
21  January,  1859,  aged  31.  He  was  son  of  Col.  Simeon  and 
Mary  (Cushman)  Cummings  ;  and  was  born  in  Paris,  Me., 
23  May,  1827.  His  father,  who  was  son  of  Jesse  and  Nancy 
Cummings,  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  or  Button,  Mass.  His 
mother  was  a  native  of  Paris.  He  pursued  his  preparatory 
studies  mostly  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me.  ;  and  entered  Waterville 
College  in  1843,  where  he  remained  one  year  and  two  terms. 
He  then  left ;  went  to  Cambridge,  where  he  continued  his 
studies  privately,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  at  Harvard 
in  1845.  After  graduating,  he  studied  law  a  little  more  than  a 
year  with  his  brother,  Benjamin  C.  Cummings,  in  Paris  ;  and 
then  entered  the  office  of  William  Willis  (H.C.  1813),  and 
William  Pitt  Fessenden  (Bowd.  C.  1823),  in  Portland,  where 
he  completed  his  legal  studies ;  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  Cumberland  county,  in  October,  1850.  He  immediately 
opened  an  office  in  Portland,  and  devoted  himself  entirely  to 
business.  His  brother,  with  whom  he  studied  in  Paris,  moved 
to  Portland  a  few  years  after,  where  he  died  in  1857  or  1858. 
Their  mother  (a  woman  of  great  energy  and  good  sense)  and 
one  brother  survived  him,  both  living  in  Paris.  Their  father 
has  deceased.  Had  Mr.  Cummings's  life  been  spared,  and 
an  opportunity  been  given  for  the  full  development  of  his 
powers,  his  habits  of  industry  and  perseverance  were  such,  that 
he  would  have  attained  a  high  rank  in  his  profession.  But, 
dear  as  was  the  tie  \vhich  bound  him  to  his  associates  in  life, 
there  was  a  closer  and  more  endearing  fellowship  to  which  his 
surviving  friends  turned  in  the  hour  of  their  bereavement.  The 
last  year  of  his  life  was  one  of  Christian  activity  and  useful 
ness,  which  makes  up  his  brightest  record.  Having,  about  a 
year  before  his  death,  united  with  the  church  of  which  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Chickering  was  pastor,  he  entered  at  once  heartily  into 
the  new  service  to  which  he  committed  himself;  and  carried 
into  it  the  same  elements  of  activity  and  devotion  which  had 
characterized  him  as  a  business-man.  A  meeting  of  the  mem- 


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bers  of  the  Cumberland  bar  was  held  immediately  after  his 
death,  at  which  appropriate  resolutions  were  passed,  expressive 
of  their  profound  regret  and  sincere  sorrow  at  the  loss  of  their 
associate,  and  tendering  to  his  wife  and  family  their  deepest 
sympathy  and  heartfelt  sorrow  for  their  bereavement.  Mr. 
Cummings  married,  28  July,  1852,  Annie  N.  Clifford,  only 
daughter  of  Hon.  Nathan  Clifford,  of  Portland,  an  associate- 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  formerly  a 
member  of  Congress  from  Maine,  attorney-general  of  the  United 
States,  and  minister  to  Mexico.  They  had  three  children,  all 
of  whom  survive.  Judge  Clifford  began  practice  in  Newfield, 
a  small  town  in  York  county,  Me.  ;  and  removed  to  Portland 
about  the  year  1849. 

1851. — Rev.  GEORGE  BRADFORD  died  in  Water-town, 
Mass.,  17  February,  1859,  aged  30.  He  was  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Lucy  (Peterson)  Bradford,  and  was  born  in  Duxbury, 
Mass.,  3  June,  1828.  He  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Gov. 
Bradford  of  Plymouth  Colony.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Partridge  Academy  in  Duxbury.  While  in  college,  he  held 
a  high  rank  as  a  scholar ;  was  elected  by  his  classmates  to 
deliver  the  class-oration  at  the  close  of  the  senior  year,  and 
graduated  with  distinguished  honors.  He  returned  to  Duxbury 
at  the  end  of  his  collegiate  course,  anjl  was  for  two  years  pre 
ceptor  of  the  academy  at  which  he  had  pursued  his  preparatory 
studies.  In  August,  1852,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Unita 
rian  church  in  Duxbury  ;  and,  about  that  time,  he  decided  to 
enter  the  gospel-ministry,  — a  choice  of  profession  of  which  his 
friends  soon  acknowledged  the  wisdom.  He  entered  the  Divin 
ity  School  at  Cambridge  in  1853  ;  and,  after  finishing  the 
regular  course  of  study,  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  Unita 
rian  church  in  Watertown,  6  November,  1856.  He  had  only 
time  to  fairly  enter  upon  his  career  of  professional  and  social 
usefulness,  when  the  symptoms  of  consumption,  of  long  stand 
ing,  perhaps,  but  hitherto  scarcely  observed,  manifested  them 
selves  ;  and,  after  an  illness  of  a  few  months,  he  gave  way, 
and,  sinking  at  the  last  rapidly,  but  peacefully  died,  surrounded 
by  his  friends  and  relatives,  without  pain  and  without  regret. 


284  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

"  It  is  hard  to  leave  the  world  when  one  has  but  just  begun  his 
work  here,"  he  said,  on  the  last  day  of  his  life,  to  a  near  friend ; 
"but  death  of  itself  has  no  terrors."  All  those  who  knew  him 
intimately  could  well  understand,  that  in  that  calm  and  stead 
fast  mind,  trained  to  early  maturity  by  a  life  of  Christian 
virtue,  and  imbued  with  the  deepest  Christian  faith,  there  was 
no  regret,  except  for  those  whom  he  left  behind  him.  He 
was  a  devoted  pastor,  who  brought  to  his  work  a  mind  of  no 
ordinary  depth  and  compass,  a  judgment  singularly  correct, 
and  a  devotion  to  duty  which  is  rarely  seen.  His  generous 
friendship  never  failed,  while  his  exterior  reserve  covered  a 
nature  of  wondrous  geniality,  and  of  genuine  enthusiasm ;  and 
his  calm,  upright,  and  resolute  walk  in  life  seemed  the  charac 
teristics  inherited  from  the  Puritan  governor  from  whom  he 
was  descended.  He  married,  18  February,  1857,  Ruth  Ann 
Ford,  of  Duxbury,  who  survives  him.  They  had  no  children. 

1851. — FRANCIS  OLIVER  DABNEY,  of  Boston,  died  in 
Beirut,  Syria,  26  December,  1858,  aged  28.  He  was  son  of 
Charles  William  and  Frances  Alsop  (Pomeroy)  Dabney,  and 
was  born  in  Fayal,  Azores  (where  his  father  resided  as  Ameri 
can  consul),  17  March,  1830.  His  mother  was  formerly  of 
Brighton,  Mass.  He  was  fitted  for  college  mostly  under  tutors 
in  Fayal,  and  the  last  year  under  the  instruction  of  Eben  Smith 
Brooks,  of  Cincinnati  (H.C.  1835).  Immediately  after  gradu 
ating,  he  entered  the  counting-room  of  Messrs.  Dabney  and 
Cunningham,  of  Boston,  for  the  purpose  of  preparing  himself 
for  the  mercantile  profession.  He  was  subsequently  admitted 
as  a  partner  in  that  house,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
He  was  unmarried.  On  the  15th  of  September,  1858,  he  left 
New  York,  in  the  steamship  "Africa,"  for  Liverpool,  on  busi 
ness  of  the  house  with  which  he  was  connected  ;  expecting  to  be 
absent  about  a  year.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  at  Liver 
pool,  he  proceeded  east  as  far  as  Beirut,  in  which  place  and 
vicinity  he  intended  to  remain  until  his  return  home.  He  was 
in  perfect  health  until  near  the  middle  of  December ;  when  he 
was  seized  with  an  alarming  illness,  which,  in  two  weeks,  termi 
nated  fatally.  Although  he  died  in  a  distant  land,  he  was  sur- 


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rounded  by  kind  and  sympathizing  friends  ;  and  all  that  love 
and  skill  could  do  was  done  to  rescue  him  from  death.  The 
last  three  months  of  his  life,  he  was  the  honored  guest  of  a 
wealthy  and  influential  Arab  gentleman,  who  evinced  a  devo 
tion  and  regard  for  him,  in  his  last  illness,  that  could  not  have 
been  surpassed  by  the  dearest  relative.  During  the  last  days  of 
Mr.  Dabney's  life,  this  gentleman  never  left  his  bedside ;  and 
he  saw  the  grave  close  over  the  object  of  his  solicitude  with  a 
grief  that  did  honor  to  his  heart,  and  that  told  most  eloquently, 
to  all  who  witnessed  it,  what  must  have  been  the  character  of  one 
who  could  inspire  such  affection.  His  mortal  remains  were  laid 
in  the  beautifully-situated  cemetery  of  the  American  mission. 
Mr.  Dabney  had  not  gone  far  enough  in  life's  journey  to  be 
known  to  many  beyond  the  circle  of  his  friends  ;  but  his  energy 
and  upright  manliness  struck  all  who  came  near  him.  Seldom 
are  so  much  firmness  and  integrity,  and  such  a  chivalrous  sense  of 
honor,  shown  by  one  so  young.  For  these  noble  qualities,  he 
might  well  be  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 

1851. — WILLIAM  PAISLEY  FIELD,  of  Randolph,  Mass., 
died  at  the  residence  of  his  father,  in  Newton  Lower  Falls, 
Mass.,  5  May,  1859,  aged  31.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Justin  and  Harriet  (Power)  Field,  and  was  born  in  Northfield, 
Mass.,  27  December,  1827.  His  father,  now  living  in  Newton, 
and  doing  business  in  Boston  as  a  lawyer,  was  the  son  of  Sam 
uel  Field,  and  was  born  in  Northfield.  His  mother  was  born 
in  Boston.  The  family  removed  to  Boston  when  the  subject  of 
this  notice  was  one  year  old.  He  entered  the  Boston  Latin 
School  in  August,  1836  ;  and  left  in  the  spring  of  1841,  on 
account  of  ill  health.  He  remained  at  home  a  year  or  two ; 
after  which  he  entered,  as  an  apprentice,  the  flour-store  of 
Messrs.  Earle  and  Brown,  No.  9,  Lewis  Wharf;  where  he  re 
mained  about  four  years.  He  then  suddenly  determined  to  go 
to  college  ;  left  the  store  on  the  1st  of  May,  1847,  reviewed  his 
studies  by  himself,  and  entered  the  freshman  class  the  same 
year.  He  attained  a  high  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated 
with  distinguished  honors.  In  his  junior  year,  he  gained  a 
second  prize  for  a  dissertation.  In  his  senior  year,  he  taught 


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school  for  a  short  time  in  Harvard,  Mass.  He  possessed 
great  musical  talent ;  was  organist  at  the  Episcopal  church 
in  Cambridge,  when  in  college  ;  and  had  constantly  played  the 
organ  in  church  frojn  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Two  of  his 
brothers  —  Thomas  Power  and  Justin  —  graduated  at  Amherst 
College  in  1834  and  1835  respectively.  On  leaving  college,  he 
went  to  Philadelphia ;  where  he  taught  one  year  in  the  Protest 
ant  Episcopal  Seminary.  He  then  returned,  and  spent  the 
following  year  in  teaching  private  pupils  in  Cambridge.  He 
entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  at  the  second  term  in 
1853-4;  and  took  his  degree  of  LL.B.  in  July,  1855.  In 
March,  1857,  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Ran 
dolph,  Mass.  ;  where  he  continued  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  was  unmarried.  He  was  of  an  amiable  disposition, 
and  led  a  life  of  unblemished  integrity. 

1853. — WILLIAM  HENRY  EOWE  died  in  Boston,  22  July, 
1858,  aged  27.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  Ann 
(Fletcher)  Rowe,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  6  October,  1830. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Kensington,  N.H.  ;  was  a  carpenter ; 
and  died  in  Boston,  28  August,  1843,  aged  43.  His  mother 
was  probably  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  She  died  in  Boston, 
13  October,  1830,  aged  23.  The  subject  of  this  notice,  when 
five  years  of  age,  was  accidentally  hit  on  the  left  knee  by  a 
stone,  which  lamed  him  for  life.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
the  Boston  Latin  School,  where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded 
to  him  for  his  superior  scholarship.  While  in  college,  he  taught 
school  during  the  winter  vacations,  in  his  freshman  year,  in 
Middleton,  Mass;  in  his  sophomore  year,  in  Deerfield,  N.H.  ; 
in  his  junior  year,  in  Braintree,  Mass  ;  in  his  senior  year,  in 
Taunton,  Mass.  He  was  a  diligent  student,  his  conduct  was 
unexceptionable,  and  he  graduated  with  high  honors.  Imme 
diately  after  leaving  college,  he  entered  as  a  student  the  office 
of  Fisher  Allen  Kingsbury,  Esq.,  in  Weymouth,  Mass.  ;  under 
whose  tuition  he  pursued  the  study  of  the  law  two  years. 
While  in  this  place,  he  was  instrumental  in  establishing  a  de 
bating  society,  of  which  he  was  the  leading  spirit,  and  which 
was  highly  successful.  Meeting  accidentally,  in  Boston,  some 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  287 

gentlemen  from  the  West,  he  was  induced,  by  the  flattering 
prospects  held  out  for  young  lawyers  in  that  part  of  the  country, 
to  go  to  Davenport,  lo.  ;  where  he  entered  the  office  of  Hon. 
John  P.  Cook,  who  was  at  that  time  a  representative  in  Con 
gress  from  Iowa.  Here  he  finished  his  legal  studies  ;  and  in 
March,  1856,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Davenport.  He 
immediately  began  practice,  still  continuing  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
Cook.  His  success  was  very  great ;  and  he  was  soon  in  full 
practice,  with  a  brilliant  prospect  before  him.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  energy ;  and  a  too-constant  attention  to  business  prob 
ably  affected  his  health. 

Early  in  the  year  1858,  he  experienced  a  change  of  heart, 
which  induced  him  to  resolve  upon  a  different  course  of  life. 
In  a  letter,  dated  9  March,  1858,  to  a  friend  in  Boston,  he 
writes :  "  I  humbly  trust  that  I  have  become  a  Christian ; 
that  God,  in  his  infinite  mercy,  has  pardoned  me,  through  the 
atoning  merits  of  Christ.  I  feel  that  I  am  weak  indeed ;  far, 
very  far,  from  being  established  as  a  disciple  of  Christ :  but  I 
also  feel  that  I  have  obtained  something  that  I  never  had  before  ; 
that  my  life,  slowly  and  waveringly  indeed,  is  inclining  up  to 
God  and  Christ,  and  away  from  the  world  and  death."  He 
further  adds :  "  I  shall  probably  give  up  the  profession  of 
law,  and  study  for  the  ministry ;  and  I  earnestly  pray  to  God 
that  he  will  accept  and  prepare  me  for  the  holy  work.  With 
God's  permission,  I  expect  to  enter  the  seminary  at  Andover  at 
the  commencement  of  the  next  term,  viz.,  September  next ;  and 
shall  probably  therefore  return  to  the  East  in  the  course  of  a 
few  months  :  when,  I  don't  exactly  know." 

But  upon  this  new  profession  he  was  not  permitted  to  enter. 
In  March,  the  incipient  symptoms  of  that  fell  disease,  consump 
tion,  began  to  be  developed,  and  rapidly  increased ;  and  it 
soon  became  manifest  that  death  had  marked  him  for  its  victim. 
His  illness  was  not  known  to  his  friends  here  until  some  time 
afterwards  ;  but,  when  the  sad  news  reached  them,  they  took 
measures  for  his  return  to  his  native  city.  He  reached  Boston 
the  1st  of  July,  in  a  state  of  extreme  debility ;  and  after  three 
weeks'  great  bodily  suffering,  but  in  a  very  happy  state  of  mind, 


288  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1858-59. 

he  expired,  with  a  full  confidence  of  a  joyful  immortality.  He 
was  greatly  beloved  by  his  acquaintances  and  relatives,  who, 
from  his  blameless  life  and  brilliant  prospects,  had  anticipated 
for  him  a  long  career  of  success  and  usefulness.  He  was 
unmarried. 

1853. — JOHN  HENRY  SULLIVAN  was  drowned  in  Lake 
Michigan,  27  August,  1858,  aged  25.  On  the  afternoon  of 
that  day,  he  and  Mr.  R.  P.  Jennings  went  out  from  Milwaukie 
for  a  sail  on  the  lake,  in  the  "  Galatea,"  a  four-oared  boat  belong 
ing  to  the  Galatea  Boat-club,  'of  which  Mr.  Sullivan  was  a 
member.  Both  the  gentlemen  were  skilful  and  experienced  in 
the  management  of  a  boat :  but  a  gale  came  on  at  nightfall, 
causing  a  heavy  sea ;  and  they  did  not  return.  The  members  of 
the  boat-club  took  a  tug-boat,  and  went  in  search  of  their  friends. 
In  the  mean  time  the  tidings  reached  Chicago,  where  Mr.  Sulli 
van  had  resided  for  nearly  two  years  previously  to  settling  in 
Milwaukie  ;  and  a  party  of  his  friends  started  immediately  for 
Milwaukie,  and  joined  in  the  anxious  search  for  the  missing  ones. 
Fragments  of  the  "  Galatea  "  were  found  scattered  along  the  shore 
for  a  distance  of  six  or  seven  miles.  She  was  a  new  and  beau 
tiful  boat,  and  the  fragments  were  easily  identified  by  her  owners 
arid  builder.  Day  after  day  the  search  was  renewed,  and  re 
wards  were  offered  to  enlist  the  services  of  the  shore  fishermen ; 
but  each  day  weakened  the  slender  hope  that  the  young  men  had 
been  saved.  The  body  of  Mr.  Jennings  was  at  length  found, 
half-buried  in  the  sand ;  but  Mr.  Sullivan's  has  never  been 
recovered.  He  was  unmarried.  He  was  the  only  son  of  John 
Whiting  and  Marion  (Dix)  Sullivan,  of  Boston,  and  was  born 
in  Dorchester,  Mass,  (where  his  parents  were  then  temporarily 
residing),  30  October,  1832.  He  entered  the  Boston  Latin 
School  when  only  nine  years  old,  but  completed  his  preparatory 
studies  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Mass.  While  in 
college  he  bore  an  unblemished  character,  and  was  much  beloved 
by  his  class.  In  Plymouth,  Mass.,  where  he  spent  several  of 
his  vacations,  he  had  many  true  friends,  who  will  long  remem 
ber  him  as  a  most  genial  companion,  a  kindly  and  pure-minded 
boy.  After  graduating,  he  studied  law  for  two  years  in  the 


1858-59.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  289 

office  of  Baker  and  Peabody,  in  Concord,  N.H.  He  then 
entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he  completed  his 
legal  studies,  and  soon  afterwards  emigrated  to  the  West.  He 
settled  first  in  Clinton,  lo.  ;  but  soon  removed  to  Chicago, 
where  he  was  induced  to  abandon  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  enter  the  commercial-agency  office  of  B.  Douglass  and  Co. 
Here  he  remained  until  the  spring  of  1858,  when  he  went  to 
superintend  the  Milwaukie  branch  of  the  agency.  He  was  also 
connected,  from  time  to  time,  with  various  newspapers  in  New 
England  and  the  West,  as  correspondent,  contributor,  and  lite 
rary-critic.  Wherever  he  went,  he  made  warm  and  appreciating 
friends,  both  among  his  business  acquaintance  and  in  general 
society.  Not  only  was  he  highly  educated,  thoroughly  well 
read,  possessed  of  business  ability  and  decided  literary  and 
musical  talent,  a  most  sprightly  wit  and  lively  fancy,  but  he  had 
a  truly  kind  and  pure  heart.  He  never  spoke  slightingly  of  any 
one,  was  peculiarly  generous  and  noble  in  his  disposition,  and 
invariably  courteous  to  old  and  young,  to  rich  and  poor  alike. 

When  all  hope  of  his  safety  was  given  up,  the  Galatea  Boat- 
club  met,  and  passed  the  following  resolutions  in  regard  to  their 
lost  brother :  "  Whereas  we  may  no  longer  indulge  the  hope 
but  that  a  sudden  and  grievous  dispensation  of  Providence  has 
severed  the  links  of  our  brief  association  in  the  transition  from 
this  earth  of  a  gifted  and  highly  esteemed  fellow-member,  the 
going-out  of  whose  life,  in  the  full  vigor  of  manhood  and  use 
fulness,  has  filled  our  hearts  with  the  profoundest  sorrow  ;  and 
whereas,  after  long  and  patient  endeavor,  the  poor  consolation 
of  recovering,  and  consigning  to  a  fitting  resting-place,  all  that 
remains  to  earth  of  our  departed  friend  has  thus  far  been  denied 
us  :  therefore  be  it  Resolved,  That  we  deeply  and  sincerely  de 
plore  the  removal  from  this  life  of  our  late  friend  and  fellow- 
club-man,  John  H.  Sullivan,  whose  refined  and  scholarly  attain 
ments,  blameless  life,  and  generous  impulses,  endeared  him  by 
ties  of  no  ordinary  regard  to  each  and  every  member  of  our 
association.  Resolved,  That  to  those,  who,  from  ties  of  kindred 
or  long  and  happy  association,  were  nearer  and  dearer  to  our 
lost  companion,  unto  whose  hearts  this  great  affliction  shall 

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bring  the  tenderest  sorrow,  —  to  such,  and  to  all  who  are  com 
pelled  with  us  to  taste  of  this  bitter  cup,  we  extend  our  kind 
liest  sympathy  and  condolence."  The  Wisconsin  bar  also  passed 
a  series  of  resolutions  in  expression  of  their  kind  feeling  and 
respect  for  him. 

1854. — DAVID  HENRY  MORDECAI,  of  Charleston,  S.C., 
died  in  Nice,  Italy,  22  January,  1859,  aged  25.  He  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Moses  Cohen  and  Isabel  (Lyons) 
Mordecai,  and  was  born  in  Charleston,  13  November,  1833. 
Both  his  parents  were  of  Jewish  origin.  His  father,  who  is  a 
merchant,  was  born  in  Charleston  in  February,  1805  ;  and  is 
the  son  of  Moses  Cohen  Mordecai,  who  was  born  in  England. 
His  mother,  who  is  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Rachel  Lyons, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  during  a  temporary  residence  of  her 
parents  in  that  city,  in  March,  1805.  Mr.  Mordecai  was  fitted 
for  college  at  home  ;  entered  the  junior  class  in  South-Carolina 
College  in  December,  1851 ;  and  remained  there  until  Decem 
ber,  1852,  when,  with  several  others,  he  received  an  honorary 
dismissal  (the  college  refusing  to  abolish  the  system  of  bursary 
commons) ,  and  entered  Harvard  the  second  term  of  the  junior 
year.  Here  he  immediately  took  a  very  high  rank,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  scholars  in  his  class.  He  remained 
until  the  14th  of  April  of  the  following  year,  when  he  was 
obliged  to  leave  on  account  of  the  delicate  state  of  his  health ; 
but  the  college  faculty  conferred  upon  him  his  degree  with  the  rest 
of  his  class.  He  afterwards  read  law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon. 
James  Lewis  Petigru,  of  Charleston ;  and  then  went  to  Europe 
to  finish  his  studies  and  improve  his  health.  But  death,  with  its 
relentless  hand,  —  who  knows  no  distinction  between  man  and 
man,  between  virtue  and  vice,  genius  and  imbecility,  —  struck 
him  down  in  his  promising  manhood,  at  the  very  threshold  of 
the  goal  at  which  the  hopes  of  his  family  and  friends  would  have 
been  realized.  He  was,  in  point  of  talents  and  attainments, 
perhaps  the  first  man  of  his  age  in  his  native  state.  A  brilliant 
sphere  was  opened  before  him  :  his  future  was  a  perspective  of 
the  brightest  auguries.  Possessing  a  mind  among  the  quick 
est  in  conception,  a  memory  that  appropriated  without  effort 


1858-59.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  291 

the  treasures  of  learning,  a  judgment  ripe  for  his  years,  he 
united  with  these  endowments  that  patient  perseverance,  with 
out  which  natural  gifts  are  the  foliage  without  the  fruit  of  intel 
lectual  culture.  Alas  that  a  life  so  rich  in  promise  should  be 
so  soon  ended  ;  that  the  associations  which  so  intimately  blended 
social  with  intellectual  merit  should  be  so  suddenly  severed ; 
that  the  memories  of  friendship,  the  anticipations  of  future 
eminence,  the  images  of  parental  hope,  the  visions  that  cluster 
round  one  with  faculties  so  gifted,  and  a  life  so  radiant  in  its 
prospects,  should  have  been  so  prematurely  obliterated  ! 

1854.  —  ALFRED  HAMPTON  PRESTON,  of  Columbia,  S.C., 
died  in  Rome,  Italy,  16  January,  1859,  aged  24.  He  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  John  S.  and  Caroline  Martha  (Hamp 
ton)  Preston,  and  was  born  in  Abingdon,  Washington  county, 
Va.,  3  June,  1834.  His  father,  a  sugar-planter,  was  son 
of  Gen.  Francis  Preston,  whose  wife,  Sarah  Campbell,  was 
daughter  of  Gen.  William  Campbell,  of  King's  -  Mountain 
celebrity  (where  he  was  commander),  and  niece  of  Patrick 
Henry.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Gen.  Wade  Hampton, 
and  was  born  at  The  Woodlands,  Richmond  District,  S.C. 
Gen.  Hampton's  second  wife,  Mary  Cantey,  of  St.  Matthew's 
Parish,  S.C.,  was  a  niece  of  Gen.  Sumter.  Mr.  Preston's 
father  had  established  himself  in  Columbia,  Richland  District, 
S.C.,  where  he  married  ;  and  he  travelled  to  and  from  Virginia 
each  season.  His  interest  was  in  Louisiana,  but  his  citizenship 
was  in  South  Carolina ;  and  he  was  twice  in  the  South-Carolina 
Legislature.  Mr.  Preston  travelled  much  in  the  United  States. 
He  studied  with  a  private  tutor  several  years  ;  came  to  Cambridge 
15  July,  1852  ;  and  in  six  weeks,  under  James  Coolidge  Carter 
(H.C.  1850),  was  prepared,  and  entered  the  junior  class,  1 
September,  1852.  After  graduating,  he  went  to  Germany  to 
continue  his  studies,  which  were  cut  short  by  a  fever,  which 
settled  upon  his  lungs.  The  slow  and  insidious  decline  which 
followed,  resisting  all  that  human  kindness  could  effect,  served 
but  to  show  in  bright  characters  the  beautiful  confidence  of  the 
young  Christian  in  his  progress  to  the  rich  inheritance,  through 
his  Redeemer,  of  eternal  life.  In  his  later  moments,  his  gentle- 


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ness  and  meek  submission  to  the  will  of  God  were  only  exceeded 
by  his  cheerful  enjoyment  of  that  "  peace  which  passeth  under 
standing,"  and  which  divested  his  dying  bed  of  any  fear  of  the 
destroyer.  Cut  down  as  he  was  in  the  brightest  promise  of 
early  usefulness,  his  bereaved  parents  and  sorrowing  friends 
would  not  recall  him  from  that  bliss  which  is  the  attainment  of 
the  righteous.  He  was  a  high-toned  gentleman,  an  affectionate 
and  devoted  son  and  brother,  and  a  true  friend. 


1859-60.] 


OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  293 


1859-60. 


179(3. — WILLIAM  WELLS  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  21 
April,  1860,  aged  87  years  lacking  six  days.     He  was  son  of 
Rev.   William  and  Jane    (Hancox)  Wells,   and  was   born   in 
Bromsgrove,  Worcestershire,  England,   27  April,  1773.     His 
father  was  a  Unitarian  clergyman,   an  intimate  friend  of  Dr. 
Priestley.     During  the  occurrence  of  the  riots  which  drove  that 
eminent  theologian  from  his  congregation  and  his  home,  Mr. 
Wells's  chapel  at  Bromsgrove,  fifteen  miles  from  Birmingham, 
was  threatened  with  destruction  by  the  mob.     In  consequence 
of  such  a  prospect,  and  the  gloomy  and  distracted  state  of  that 
part  of  the  kingdom,  he  determined  to  emigrate  with  his  family 
to    America;    and  arrived  in   Boston  in  June,  1793.     From 
Boston   he   went   to    Brattleborough,  Vt.,  where  he  preached 
"  the  faith  that  was  in  him,"  but  was  not  settled  as  pastor  of  any 
society.      In  1818,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College.     He  died  in  Brat 
tleborough,  9  December,  1827,  aged  83.     Mr.  Wells's  mother 
was  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Hancox,  of  Dudley,  in  Worces 
tershire,  England.     Before  coming  to  this  country,  Mr.  Wells, 
jun.,   had  gone  through  a  course  of  studies  at  the  college  in 
Hackney,  England  ;  having  been  fitted  by  the  celebrated  classi 
cal  scholar,   Gilbert  Wakefield.     After  he  came   to  America, 
and  before  going  to  college,  he  taught  school  in  Wethersfield, 
Conn.     He  entered  college  in  the  last   term   of    the    junior 
year  in  1795,  and  at  once  took  a  high  rank  in  his  class.     He 
was  particularly  distinguished  for  his  attainments  in  the  Latin 
and  Greek  classics.     In  1798,  he  was  appointed  Latin  tutor  in 
the  college  ;  an  office  which  he  held  two  years.     He  intended  to 
study  for  the  ministry  ;  but  as  his  health  was  delicate,  his  lungs 
being  somewhat  affected,  he  relinquished  his  purpose.     In  1800, 


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he  visited  England.  In  1802,  he  was  appointed  usher  in  the 
Boston  Latin  School,  where  he  remained  until  August,  1804. 
He  then  engaged  in  business  as  a  bookseller,  in  Court  Street, 
Boston;  which  he  conducted  alone  until  about  1815,  when  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Robert  Lilly,  under  the  firm  of  Wells 
and  Lilly.  While  in  this  business,  he  taught  a  private  classical 
school  in  Boston.  He  retired  from  his  partnership  with  Mr. 
Lilly  about  the  year  1830,  and  removed  to  Cambridge  ;  where 
he  opened  a  classical  school  for  boys,  which  he  continued  for 
many  years  with  much  success,  until  the  infirmities  of  age  com 
pelled  him  to  relinquish  it.  He  was  highly  respected  as  a  man 
of  extensive  literary  acquirements,  as  well  as  a  good  and  useful 
citizen  of  unblemished  moral  character.  He  had  been  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences. 

He  married,  3  May,  1808,  Frances  Boott,  daughter  of  Kirk 
Boott,  Esq.,  of  Boston.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  seven 
children,  —  three  sons  and  four  daughters.  One  of  the  sons 
deceased.  The  other  children,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 
One  of  the  daughters  —  Frances  Boott  —  is  the  wife' of  Rev. 
William  Newell,  D.D.,  of  Cambridge. 

1800. — WILLIAM  SAWYER  died  in  Wakefield,  N.H.,  5 
July,  1860,  aged  85.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Jeruslia 
(Flint)  Sawyer,  and  was  born  in  Westminister,  Mass.,  26 
October,  1774.  His  parents  were  both  natives  of  Reading, 
Mass.,  and  removed  to  Westminster  soon  after  their  marriage. 
His  father  died  26  July,  1797.  While  laboring  in  the  field,  lie 
suddenly  fell,  and  instantly  expired.  His  mother  died  20  Feb 
ruary,  1821.  Young  Sawyer  was  fitted  for  college  at  Westford 
Academy,  under  Amos  Crosby  (H.C.  1786).  While  in  col 
lege,  he  taught  school,  in  vacation,  one  winter  in  that  part  of 
Chelmsford  which  is  now  Lowell,  and  two  winters  in  his  native 
town.  He  studied  law  with  Henry  Mellen,  of  Dover,  N.H. 
(H.C,  1784);  and,  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he,  in 
August,  1803,  established  himself  as  a  lawyer  in  Wakefield, 
where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  quite  suc 
cessful  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  several  times 


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elected  a  representative  to  the  New-Hampshire  legislature  ;  and, 
after  the  division  of  the  county  of  Strafford,  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  Carroll-county  bar.  He  retired  from  profes 
sional  practice  many  years  ago,  having  acquired  a  compe 
tence  ;  and  devoted  himself  to  agriculture  and  the  improvement 
of  the  farming  interest  in  his  vicinity.  He  sustained  through 
life  an  unblemished  moral  character. 

He  married,  in  1804,  Mary  Yeaton,  of  Portsmouth,  N.H. 
The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  five  children,  — three  sons  and  two 
daughters.  William,  the  eldest  son,  settled  as  a  trader  in 
Wakefield.  George  Yeaton,  the  second  son  (Bowd.  C.  1826), 
studied  law  with  his  father,  and  settled  in  practice  in  Nashua, 
N.H.  He  became  an  associate-judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  Hampshire.  Charles  Haven,  the  third  son,  settled  on 
his  father's  farm.  All  the  sons  married.  The  eldest  daugh 
ter  married  Dr.  Thomas  Lindsey,  a  physician  in  Lincoln, 
Me.  The  second  daughter,  Augusta  Mehitabel,  married  Jo 
seph  Pike,  and  lived  in  Brookfield,  N.H.,  a  town  adjoining 
Wakefield. 

1800. — JOHN  WADSWORTH  died  in  Hiram,  Me.,  22  Jan 
uary,  1860,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Peleg  (H.C. 
1769)  and  Elizabeth  (Bartlett)  Wadsworth,  and  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  1  September,  1781.  His  father,  who  was 
son  of  Deacon  Peleg  Wadsworth,  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Mass. , 
6  May,  1748.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
He  joined  the  army  as  captain  of  a  company  of  minute-men  at 
Koxbury,  in  the  beginning  of  the  war ;  and,  by  his  skill  and 
courage,  rose  to  the  rank  of  brigadier-general.  He  was  chosen 
representative  to  Congress  in  1792,  and  was  successively  re- 
elected  until  1806,  when  he  declined  a  further  nomination.  He 
died  in  Hiram,  18  November,  1829,  aged  81.  His  mother  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  9  August,  1753.  She  was  sister  of  Joseph 
Bartlett  (H.C.  1782),  the  eccentric  poet  and  humorist.  Mr. 
Wadsworth  was  fitted  for  college  at  Fryeburg  Academy.  He 
was  remarkably  comely  and  graceful :  his  manners  and  carriage 
were  polished  and  courtly  in  the  highest  degree.  He  possessed 
superior  talents,  and  ranked  very  high  as  a  scholar  in  his  class. 


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[1809-60. 


Towards  the  close  of  his  collegiate  course,  his  health  failed  ;  and 
he  left  in  the  latter  part  of  his  senior  year,  but  received  his 
degree  with  his  class.  He  soon  afterwards  made  a  voyage  to 
Liverpool  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  but  returned  in  the  same 
vessel  in  which  he  went  out.  He  went  to  the  South  as  a  teacher, 
and  spent  several  years  in  the  southern  and  middle  states. 
He  taught  in  Natchez,  Miss.  ;  was  a  private  teacher  in  the 
Berrien  family  in  Georgia,  and  also  in  that  of  Governeur 
Morris  in  New  York.  He  then  studied  law  with  Hon.  Isaac 
Parker  (H.C.  1786),  and  opened  an  office  in  Vassalborough, 
Me.,  but  soon  abandoned  the  profession.  While  his  father  was 
a  member  of  Congress,  he  passed  a  considerable  time  at  Wash 
ington,  much  to  the  detriment  of  his  business-habits.  He 
retired  to  his  father's  residence  in  Hiram  ;  and,  his  health  being 
in  a  somewhat  precarious  state,  he  did  not  pursue  any  regular 
business. 

He  married,  in  1836  or  1837,  Ellen  George,  of  Con 
cord,  N.H.,  or  vicinity,  but  had  no  children.  His  wife  sur 
vives  him. 

1802. — JAMES  DAVENPORT  died  in  Boylston,  Mass.,  27 
April,  1860,  aged  81.  He  was  son  of  Matthew  and  Patience 
(Goodnow)  Davenport,  and  was  born  in  Sterling,  Mass,  (where 
his  parents  resided  a  few  months) ,  24  January,  1779.  His  name, 
originally,  was  Matthew  Davenport,  which  he  changed  about 
1835,  taking  the  name  of  James  for  a  son  who  died  in  St.  Louis 
in  1833,  and  because  James  was  an  ancient  family  name,  and  the 
name  of  the  first  Davenport  who  came  from  England  to  New 
Haven,  and  settled  in  1656  on  the  present  Davenport  place, — 
situated  partly  in  Boylston  and  partly  in  West  Boylston,  and 
a  considerable  part  of  which  has  continued  in  the  family 
ever  since.  Mr.  Davenport  was  fitted  for  college  at  Leicester 
Academy.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  two  years  witH 
Hon.  Edward  Bangs,  of  Worcester  (H.C.  1777),  and  one 
year  with  Hon.  Tristram  Burgess,  of  Providence,  K.I.  (B.U. 
1796).  Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  settled  in  Cum 
berland,  E.I.,  where  he  practised  his  profession  from  March, 
1804,  to  April,  1815  ;  when  he  removed  to  his  homestead  in 


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Boylston ;  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life, 
being  occupied  in  the  business  of  farming,  although  he  con 
tinued  to  be  a  member  of  the  bar  and  a  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  was  universally  respected,  and  was  frequently  consulted,  as 
well  as  called  upon  to  act,  as  a  trial-justice.  Three  or  four  years 
before  his  death,  his  mental  faculties  became  impaired,  and  at 
times  his  once-strong  mind  seemed  but  a  mere  wreck  of  what  it 
had  been.  It  was  thought  that  the  deaths  of  several  of  his 
children,  and  the  loss  of  his  property,  with  other  trials,  seriously 
affected  his  mind.  He  had  been  failing  in  health  the  whole  of 
the  last  year,  in  consequence  of  a  cancer  on  his  lip  ;  but  the  im 
mediate  cause  of  his  death  was  influenza,  which  induced  inflam 
mation  of  the  lungs.  Three  days  before  his  last,  one  side 
became  paralyzed,  which  deprived  him  of  the  power  of  speech  ; 
but  previously  he  appeared  conscious  of  his  near  dissolution,  and 
spoke  of  his  faith  and  trust  in  God. 

He  married,  27  May,  1804,  Sallie  Andrews,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Daniel  Andrews,  of  Boylston,  $,  most  excellent  man, 
and  father  of  an  equally  excellent  family.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  was  twelve  children,  —  six  sons  and  six  daughters  ;  of 
whom  six  survived  him, — four  sons  and  two  daughters.  One 
son  died  at  ten  years  of  age,  and  one  daughter  at  the  age  of 
seven  months.  All  the  others  lived  to  maturity.  Their  mother 
survived  her  husband,  retaining  much  of  her  youthful  vigor. 

1803. — Rev.  DAVID  TEXXEY  KIMBAI^L  died  in  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  3  February,  1860,  aged  77.  He  was  son  of  Lieut. 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Tenney)  Kimball,  and  was  born  in  Brad 
ford,  Mass.,  23  November,  1782.  When  a  boy,  he  exhibited 
a  great  passion  for  learning ;  but  so  industrious  was  he  in  the 
business  of  agriculture,  that  his  father  used  to  say  that  he  should 
not  know  how  to  spare  him,  and  send  him  to  college,  if  he  had 
health  to  pursue  the  labors  of  the  field.  He  began  the  study  of 
Virgil,  in  the  district  school,  under  the  instruction  of  Moses 
Dow,  of  Atkinson,  N.H.,  afterwards  Rev.  Moses  Dow,  of  Bev 
erly,  Mass.  (D.C.  1796).  He  became  a  student,  3  May,  1798, 
in  Atkinson  Academy,  under  Hon.  John  Vose  (D.C.  1795) 
as  preceptor.  That  thorough  scholar,  judicious  teacher,  and 

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upright  man  always  spoke  of  him  as  one  of  the  most  exem 
plary  and  amiable  young  men,  and  one  of  the  best  scholars 
under  his  instruction ;  and,  when  he  was  requested  to  name  a 
Fourth-of-July  speaker  from  among  his  students,  he  selected 
young  Kimball  for  the  purpose,  who  delivered  an  oration  which 
was  well  received.  Leaving  the  academy  14  August,  1799, 
he  entered  college.  He  sustained  a  very  respectable  standing  in 
his  class,  attended  diligently  to  every  branch  of  study,  but  ex 
celled  in  belles-lettres,  almost  invariably  receiving  distinguished 
marks  of  approbation  on  his  themes  from  that  accomplished 
scholar  and  accurate  .writer,  Dr.  Eliphalet  Pearson.  Imme 
diately  after  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed  instructor  in 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  where  he  remained  one  year.  He 
then  began  his  theological  studies  with  Rev.  Jonathan  French, 
of  Andover  (H.C.  1771)  ;  having,  as  fellow-students,  Samuel 
Walker  (D.C.  1802),  afterwards  Rev.  Mr.  Walker,  of  Danvers, 
Mass.;  Samuel  Gile  (D.C.  1804),  afterwards  Rev.  Dr.  Gile, 
of  Milton;  Samuel  Greele  (H.C.  1802),  now  Deacon  Greele, 
of  Boston  ;  and  John  Farrar  (H.C.  1803),  his  classmate,  after 
wards  professor  of  mathematics  in  Harvard  College.  His  first 
pulpit-performances  on  a  Sunday  were  17  March,  1805.  He 
preached  for  the  first  time  in  Ipswich,  22  September,  1805. 
From  that  time  until  his  ordination,  with  the  exception  of  thir 
teen  Sundays,  he  supplied  the  pulpit  in  Ipswich.  On  the  17th 
of  June,  1806,  the  church  unanimously  invited  him  to  become 
their  pastor,  and  the  parish  concurred  with  only  one  dissenting 
vote.  He  was  ordained  8  October,  1806  ;  and  there  he  labored, 
with  great  diligence  and  faithfulness,  for  nearly  forty  years  be 
fore  he  was  relieved  from  a  portion  of  his  duties  by  the  assist 
ance  of  a  colleague.  For  ten  or  twelve  years,  he  instructed  the 
children  of  his  society  at  the  meeting-house,  and  at  his  own 
dwelling-house,  in  the  Assembly's  Catechism.  The  number  of 
children  present  varied  from  120  to  200.  When  the  Sunday- 
school  was  established,  20  June,  1818,  with  145  scholars,  he 
acted  as  superintendent,  and  took  part  in  its  immediate  instruc 
tion.  Few  men  took  a  deeper  interest  in  the  intellectual,  moral, 
and  religious  welfare  of  the  community  than  he.  In  December, 


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1818,  he  instructed  the  young  ladies  of  his  society,  at  his  house, 
in  Wilbur's  Catechism,  and  continued  it  a  long  time  ;  and  also, 
during  the  same  time,  he  instructed  the  young  of  both  sexes  in 
sacred  history.  He  preached  more  than  a  hundred  sermons 
exclusively  to  the  young.  Fourteen  evenings  in  one  winter 
were  occupied  in  a  course  of  fourteen  lectures  to  young  men,  on 
the  text,  "Is  the  young  man  Absalom  safe?"  in  which  he 
aimed,  as  far  as  possible,  to  bring  before  them  those  principles 
and  practices  which  tend  to  the  moral  ruin  of  the  young.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  signers  of  the  Massachusetts  Society 
for  the  Suppression  of  Intemperance,  constituted  in  May,  1813. 
He  was  also  secretary  of  the  Education  Society  of  Essex  County 
and  Essex  North,  from  the  establishment  of  the  former,  in 
1816,  to  the  time  of  his  death ;  and,  what  is  remarkable,  never 
failed,  it  is  said,  in  an  appointment,  and  never  went  to  the  an 
nual  meeting  unprepared  with  a  report  carefully  made  out.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  modesty  and  humility,  a  faithful  servant  in 
his  Master's  vineyard,  and  one  of  the  worthiest  members  of  the 
community.  For  many  years  he  kept  a  journal,  in  which  were 
recorded  interesting  incidents  of  his  life.  In  this  journal,  under 
date  of  12  October,  1806,  is  a  prayer  which  he  offered  the 
Sunday  after  his  ordination,  of  which  the  following  is  a  part : 
"Teach  me  how  to  pray  for  this  people.  May  they  always 
be  near  my  heart,  especially  when  I  address  the  throne  of 
grace  !  While  I  have  breath  to  pray,  may  I  not  cease  making 
mention  of  them  in  my  prayers  I "  This  petition  was  literally 
answered ;  for  the  last  audible  prayer  he  uttered  was  "  for  my 
people." 

He  married,  20  October,  1807,  Dolly  Varnum  Coburn, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Peter  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Coburn,  of  Dra- 
cut,  Mass.,  and  grand-daughter  of  Deacon  David  Poor,  of 
Andover.  This  union  was  replete  with  happiness.  They  had 
seven  children,  —  five  sons  and  two  daughters;  of  whom  two 
sons  died  before  their  father.  The  other  children,  with  their 
mother,  are  living. 

He  never  lost  his  interest  in  the  languages.  He  read  almost 
daily  a  portion  of  the  Old  Testament  in  Hebrew,  and  of  the 


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New  Testament  in  Greek.  He  enjoyed  greatly  a  good  recita 
tion  in  Latin,  and  also  in  mathematics.  He  wrote  in  his  diary, 
18  November,  1859,  "In  the  afternoon,  I  attended  the  exami 
nation  of  the  Ipswich  High  School.  I  took  the  direction  of  a 
Latin  class,  and  made  a  short  address  to  the  school,  in  which  I 
spoke  of  the  great  interest  I  felt  in  this  and  all  our  schools,  and 
mentioned  the  fact,  that  it  is  my  constant  practice,  every  even 
ing,  to  seek  the  greatest  blessing  from  the  highest  source  on  all 
the  young  people  in  this  town.  I  then  spoke  of  the  immense 
amount  of  moral  power  concentrating  in  the  scholars  belonging 
to  this  school,  and  urged  them  to  do  all  in  their  power  for  the 
general  good. 

"November  23.  This  is  my  birthday.  I  am  now  seventy- 
seven  years  old.  My  day  of  probation  is  almost  ended.  The 
question  which  I  have  often  put  to  others  is  a  solemn  one  to 
me,  —  Are  you  ready  for  its  close?  I  surely  ought  to  have  my 
lamp  trimmed  and  burning. 

"December  11.  My  wife  having  observed  that  few  of  those 
who  have  died  in  our  society  during  the  time  of  my  ministry, 
according  to  the  record,  were  as  old  as  we  are,  my  thoughts, 
after  retiring  to  bed,  ran  very  much  on  our  nearness  to  our 
eternal  home ;  and  when  I  awoke  in  the  morning,  as  well  as 
a  number  of  times  during  the  night,  I  found  myself  praying 
that  an  abundant  entrance  might  be  administered  to  her,  and 
to  us  both,  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and 
Saviour." 

His  mind  and  body  were  so  vigorous,  that  he  was  likely,  in 
the  estimation  of  his  family  and  friends,  to  live  to  a  very  ad 
vanced  age.  Though  his  call  was  sudden,  and  his  sufferings, 
owing  to  his  disease  (lung  fever,  attacking  both  his  lungs) ,  ex 
treme,  not  a  murmur  escaped  his  lips.  It  was  a  privilege  never 
to  be  forgotten,  to  stand  by  his  bedside,  and  witness  his  transi 
tion  from  earth  to  heaven.  At  the  moment  of  his  soul's  depart 
ure  from  the  body,  there  came  to  his  lips  a  smile  of  ineffable 
beauty. 

His  attachments  were  very  strong.  He  enjoyed  Commence 
ment  at  Cambridge  exceedingly.  These  seasons  of  re-union 


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with  his  beloved  classmates  and  very  many  literary  friends  gave 
him  heartfelt  pleasure ;  although,  as  he  expressed  himself  not 
long  before  his  death,  "  it  was  sad  to  miss  so  many  who  have 
gone  to  their  graves,  with  whom  I  have  trodden  the  paths  of 
literature  in  company." 

1803. — Rev.  SAMUEL  WILLARD  died  in  Deerfield,  Mass., 
8  October,  1859,  aged  83.  He  was  son  of  William  and  Cathe 
rine  (Wilder)  Willard,  and  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  18 
April,  1776.  He  was  fitted  for  college  principally  by  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Thayer,  D.D.,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.  (H.C.  1789). 
At  the  close  of  his  collegiate  studies,  he  determined  upon  the 
gospel-ministry  as  his  future  vocation ;  but,  immediately  after 
graduating,  he  went  to  Exeter  as  assistant-preceptor  in  the 
academy  at  that  place,  where  he  continued  until  August,  1804, 
and  employed  most  of  his  leisure  time  in  the  studies  of  his 
chosen  profession,  under  Rev.  Jesse  Appleton,  D.D.,  of  Hamp 
ton,  N.H.  (D.C.  1792),  afterwards  president  of  Bowdoin 
College.  His  continuance  with  Mr.  Appleton  was  of  short 
duration ;  for  early  in  October,  the  same  year,  he  was  ap 
pointed  tutor  in  Bowdoin  College ;  which  appointment  he 
accepted.  There,  too,  he  employed  his  leisure  time  in  prepara 
tions  for  the  ministry,  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Joseph 
McKeen,  D.D.  (D.C.  1774),  president  of  the  college.  In 
September,  1805,  he  returned  to  Cambridge  to  finish  the  course 
of  theological  study  he  had  begun  under  Dr.  Appleton,  and 
continued  under  Dr.  McKeen.  After  a  few  weeks,  he  was 
licensed  by  the  Cambridge  Association  to  preach.  He  preached 
his  first  sermon  in  Deerfield,  15  March,  1807.  In  June,  he 
received  an  invitation  to  settle  there,  and  accepted  it.  The  12th 
of  August  was  the  day  first  appointed  for  his  ordination ;  and 
the  council  assembled,  composed  principally  of  the  Calvinistic 
persuasion.  It  was  about  this  time  that  the  first  indications 
were  made  apparent  that  this  denomination  were  preparing  to 
separate  themselves  from  the  Arminian  and  liberal  churches. 
The  council,  after  a  two-days'  session  and  a  rigid  examination 
of  the  candidate,  refused  to  ordain  him ;  not  deeming  the  prin 
ciples  he  avowed  to  come  up  to  their  standard  of  faith.  Another 


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council  was  called,  and  he  was  ordained  23  September,  1807. 
From  that  time,  he  became  a  pioneer  in  the  cause  of  liberal 
Christianity.  He  labored  faithfully  and  acceptably  among  the 
people  who  had  called  him  to  be  their  spiritual  guide.  He  early 
took  a  deep  interest  in  public  schools,  and  wrote  a  series  of 
schoolbooks,  which  were  long  and  successfully  used.  He  was 
a  scientific  musician  ;  and  was  the  author  of  the  "  Deerfield  Col 
lection  of  Sacred  Music,"  which  deservedly  held  a  high  rank. 
"  It  aimed  to  secure,  by  the  simplest  and  most  practicable  means, 
an  invariable  coincidence  between  the  poetic  and  the  musical 
emphases,  and  thus  to  combine  the-  two  powers  for  the  high  pur 
pose  of  religious  impression."  Many  of  the  hymns  in  his  col 
lection  were  of  his  own  composition ;  and,  after  its  publication, 
he  committed  to  memory  every  hymn  in  the  volume.  In  1819, 
his  sight  became  so  dim  that  he  could  neither  read  nor  write  ; 
and  then  his  devoted  and  affectionate  wife  cheerfully  supplied  all 
his  needs,  as  far  as  human  help  could  do  it,  aided  by  their  chil 
dren  and  friends.  In  September,  1829,  he  resigned  his  pastoral 
charge,  but  continued  to  officiate  to  his  people  occasionally 
until  near  the  close  of  his  life.  His  loss  of  sight  induced  him 
to  make  attempts  to  strengthen  his  memory,  which  he  did  to  a 
wonderful  degree ;  and  he  accordingly  accustomed  himself  to 
commit  to  memory  daily  something  of  value.  His  wife  would 
read  passages  over  and  over,  until  he  attained  them ;  and,  in 
his  hours  of  solitude,  he  would  keep  repeating  them.  The 
amount  thus  committed  became  prodigious.  Many  books  of 
the  New  Testament,  and  the  Psalms  and  Prophets  of  the  Old, 
he  could  repeat  with  an  accuracy  which  was  unerring.  The 
severe  affliction  of  blindness  he  submitted  to  with  meek  submis 
sion  to  the  will  of  the  Sovereign  Disposer.  For  forty  years,  he 
was  not  able  to  look  upon  the  beauties  of  the  earth,  or  the  glo 
ries  of  heaven.  He  had  not  seen  the  face  of  his  beloved  wife, 
of  his  virtuous  children,  or  his  troops  of  friends ;  yet  not  a 
word  of  complaint,  not  a  whisper  of  uneasiness,  nor  a  tear  of 
sorrow.  He  was  a  modest  but  large  benefactor  to  society,  and 
his  parish  loved  and  respected  him  without  cessation.  If  there 
was  a  truly  Christian  household  in  the  state,  that  family  circle 


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was  his  ;  and  many  loved  to  sit,  and  sun  themselves  in  the  light 
that  was  ever  pouring  from  his  rich  and  healthy  mind.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences ; 
and,  in  1826,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

He  married,  30  May,  1808,  Susan  Barker,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Joshua  Barker,  of  Hingham,  Mass.  (H.C.  1772).  They  had 
three  children, — two  daughters  and  one  son,  —  who  survive 
him.  The  son  inherited  his  father's  sad  infirmity  of  blindness. 
His  wife  died  24  August,  1857,  aged  74  years. 

1804. — Dr.  JOHN  MAITLAND  BREWER  died  in  Beverly, 
N.J.,  5  November,  1859,  aged  78.  He  was  son  of  David  and 
Comfort  (Wheeler)  Brewer,  and  was  born  in  Framingham, 
Mass.,  10  April,  1781.  His  name,  originally,  was  John  Brew 
er,  but  many  years  since  he  took  the  intermediate  name  of 
Maitland.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Framingham  Academy. 
He  entered  Brown  University  in  1800,  where  he  remained  two 
years  ;  when  he  left,  and  entered  the  junior  class  at  Harvard 
College,  14  October,  1802.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he 
was  appointed  perceptor  of  the  same  academy  in  which  he  had 
pursued  his  preparatory  studies  for  college,  where  he  continued 
two  years.  He  then  studied  divinity  with  his  pastor,  Eev. 
David  Kellogg,  D.D.  (D.C.  1775),  of  Framingham.  After 
preaching  a  short  time  to  good  acceptance,  he  received  a  call  to 
take  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  church  in  Dover,  Mass.,  but  de 
clined  the  invitation  on  account  of  the  inadequacy  of  the  salary 
offered.  He  soon  afterwards  relinquished  preaching,  and  took 
charge  of  an  academy  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  re 
mained  several  years.  He  then  removed  to  Germantown,  Penn,, 
where  he  continued  the  occupation  of  teaching  with  much  suc 
cess  as  an  instructor,  and  with  pecuniary  profit  to  himself.  He 
afterwards  went  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  studied  medicine. 
In  1837,  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  Philadelphia,  and  practised  medicine  in  that 
city  until  1850 ;  when,  having  become  wealthy,  he  removed  to 
Beverly,  N.J.,  where  he  owned  real  estate  to  a  considerable 
amount,  and  where  he  built  several  houses,  one  of  which  he 


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occupied  himself,  and  there  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He 
was  an  expert  financier,  and  the  latter  years  of  his  life  were  de 
voted  almost  exclusively  to  "  increasing  his  store,"  in  which  he 
took  great  satisfaction,  and  was  highly  successful.  He  was 
never  married. 

1808.  —  CHARLES  FLANDERS  died  in  Plainfield,  N.H.,  15 
April,  1860,  aged  72.  He  was  son  of  Nehemiah  and  Sarah 
(French)  Flanders,  and  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  11 
February,  1788.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Michael  Walsh, 
of  Newburyport.  After  leaving  college,  having  chosen  law  for 
a  profession,  he  pursued  his  studies  partly  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Samuel  Lorenzo  Knapp  (D.C.  1804),  and  partly  with 
Little  and  Banister,  of  Newburyport  (D.C.  1797).  Having 
been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  established  himself  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Plainfield.  Possessing  a  clear,  discerning, 
and  logical  mind,  by  untiring  industry  and  devoted  attention  to 
the  interests  of  his  clients,  he  soon  rose  to  distinction,  and 
acquired  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice.  For  nearly  fifty 
years,  he  was  distinguished  as  an  honored  member  of  the  New- 
Hampshire  bar,  an  able  lawyer,  a  safe  counsellor,  and  an  honest 
man.  Nor  were  his  talents  and  usefulness  without  appreciation 
by  the  people  among  whom  he  so  long  resided.  He  several 
times  represented  Plainfield  in  the  New-Hampshire  legislature  : 
not  so  often  as  he  would  have  done,  had  his  political  views  been 
different.  He  was  of  the  old  Federal  National-Republican 
school,  to  which  he  adhered  consistently  and  strenuously.  He 
was,  at  one  time,  solicitor  for  Sullivan  county.  In  1847,  the 
honorary  degree  of  master  of  arts  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
Dartmouth  College.  About  the  year  1848,  he  removed  to 
Manchester,  N.H.,  where  he  resided  several  years;  but  re 
turned  to  Plainfield  some  four  or  five  years  before  his  death. 
He  was  a  kind  husband  and  father,  a  worthy  and  respected 
citizen  ;  fulfilling  all  the  relations  of  life  with  conscientious  and 
scrupulous  integrity  and  fidelity. 

He  married,  20  August,  1815,  Lucretia  Kingsbury,  of  Keene, 
,N.H.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  four  sons  and  one  daugh 
ter, —  Charles,  George  M.,  William  M.,  Henry,  and  Ellen. 


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Charles  was  a  merchant  in  New  York,  and  died  a  few  years 
since.  George  M.,  a  lawyer,  and  William  M.,  a  merchant, 
both  resided  in  Boston.  Henry  became  a  distinguished  lawyer 
and  writer  in  Philadelphia.  He  is  the  author  of  "  Lives  and  Times 
of  the  Chief- Justices  of  the  United  States,"  in  two  parts : 
the  first  containing  the  lives  of  John  Jay  and  John  Rutledge, 
published  in  1855  ;  and  the  other  those  of  William  Gushing 
Gliver,  Gliver  Ellsworth,  and  John  Marshall,  in  1858.  The 
work  is  written  in  a  beautiful  style,  the  biographies  being  inter 
spersed  with  many  stirring  incidents  of  the  times,  rendering  it 
an  exceedingly  fascinating  book.  He  has  also  written  two  other 
works,  which  are  esteemed  high  authority  by  the  legal  profession, 
-"A  Treatise  on  Maritime  Law,"  published  in  1853  ;  and  "A 
Treatise  on  the  Law  of  Shipping,"  published  in  1858.  Ellen 
became  the  wife  of  Dr.  Norman  Curtis  Stevens,  a  much-esteemed 
physician  in  Boston. 

1808. — Eev.  RALPH  SANGER  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
6  May,  1860,  aged  73.  He  was  the  fourth  son  of  Rev.  Zede- 
kiah  (H.C.  1771)  and  Irene  (Freeman)  Sanger,  and  was  born 
in  Duxbury,  Mass.,  22  June,  1786.  His  father,  who  was  son 
of  Richard  and  Deborah  (Rider)  Sanger,  was  born  in  Sherborn, 
Mass.,  4  October,  1748;  was  ordained  at  Duxbury,  Mass., 
3  July,  1776;  dismissed,  at  his  own  request,  10  April,  1786; 
was  installed  at  Bridgewater  as  colleague  with  Rev.  John 
Shaw  (H.C.  1729),  17  December,  1788.  Mr.  Shaw  died  29 
April,  1791,  aged  84;  and,  fr<5m  that  time,  Mr.  Sanger  dis 
charged  the  laborious  duties  of  pastor  alone  until  his  death, 
which  took  place  17  November,  1820,  at  the  age  of  72.  In 
addition  to  his  pastoral  duties,  he  instructed  a  classical  school. 
He  was  highly  esteemed  for  genius  and  learning,  reverenced  as 
a  minister,  and  sought  for  as  a  counsellor.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  ;  and,  in  1807, 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  Brown  University.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted 
for  college  by  his  father,  and  graduated  with  the  highest  honors 
of  his  class.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  divinity  with  his 
father.  In  1811,  he  was  appointed  tutor  at  Cambridge,  where 

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he  remained  one  year.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Dover,  Mass.,  16  September,  1812,  as  successor  of  Rev. 
Benjamin  Caryl  (H.C.  1761),  who  died  13  November,  1811,  at 
the  age  of  79  years.  Here  he  labored  with  great  fidelity,  and 
in  perfect  harmony  with  the  people  of  his  charge,  until  his  death, 
a  period  of  forty-seven  years  and  seven  months.  He  was  sole 
pastor  until  about  a  year  before  his  decease,  when  the  Rev. 
Edward  Gr.  Barker  was  ordained  as  colleague  with  him.  Mr. 
Caryl  was  ordained  10  November,  1762  ;  and  it  is  worthy  of 
note  that  the  pastorates  of  these  two  clergymen  comprised,  with 
an  interval  of  only  ten  months,  a  period  of  ninety-seven  years 
and  six  months.  About  four  years  before  his  death,  his  house 
was  set  on  fire  by  an  incendiary,  and  destroyed.  He  soon  after 
wards  removed  to  Cambridge,  to  the  house  of  his  son-in-law, 
Mr.  William  W.  Gannett,  where  he  resided  during  the  remain 
der  of  his  life,  although  he  continued  his  pastoral  labors  over 
his  society  in  Dover,  as  before.  He  was  elected  a  representative 
in  the  state  legislature  from  Dover  in  1837,  1845,  1847,  1851, 
and  1854.  In  1858,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

Dr.  Sanger  was  extensively  known,  and  universally  respected 
for  his  mild,  amiable  disposition,  and  spotless  integrity.  As  a 
Christian  minister,  his  wisdom,  prudence,  fidelity,  and  useful 
ness  won  for  him  a  name  that  will  be  sacredly  cherished  in  the 
church,  and  in  many  homes  where  his  influence  was  felt  and  his 
labors  were  known.  For  the  promotion  of  agriculture,  of  tem 
perance,  and  of  social  elevation  and  improvement  in  every  way, 
his  labors  were  modestly  yet  earnestly  employed.  He  was  a 
man  of  scholarly  and  liberal  attainments,  of  a  frank  and  cheerful 
temperament,  distinguished  for  his  sterling  virtues  and  his  mod 
est  worth.  In  his  death,  a  worthy  man  and  a  sincere  Christian 
has  gone  to  his  rest. 

He  married,  in  July,  1817,  Charlotte  Kingman,  of  East 
Bridgewater,  who  was  born  5  July,  1792.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  was  six  children,  — four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

1808.  — Hon.  SAMUEL  EMERSON  SMITH  died  in  Wiscasset, 
Me.,  3  March,  I860,  aged  71.  His  death  was  very  sudden.  He 


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retired,  about  eleven  o'clock,  in  his  usual  health, — having  just 
completed  the  solution  of  a  difficult  mathematical  problem  upon 
which  he  had  been  engaged  during  the  evening,  —  and  soon  after 
wards  breathed  his  last.  He  was  the  seventh  child  and  third 
son  of  Manasseh  (H.C.  1773)  and  Hannah  (Emerson)  Smith, 
and  was  born  in  Hollis,  N.H.,  12  March,  1788.  His  parents 
removed  to  Wiscasset  the  year  of  his  birth.  His  father,  who 
was  the  son  of  Abijah  Smith,  was  born  in  Leominster,  Mass., 
25  December,  1749.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Leominster,  in  Hollis- 
ton,  and  in  Wiscasset;  and  was  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court.  He 
died  21  May,  1823,  aged  73.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was 
fitted  for  college,  partly  at  Wiscasset,  and  partly  at  Groton 
(Mass.)  Academy.  He  attained  to  a  distinguished  rank  in  his 
class,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  After  leaving  college, 
he  studied  law,  for  a  time,  with  Hon.  Samuel  Dana,  of  Groton  ; 
afterwards  with  his  brothers  Manasseh  Smith  (H.C.  1800),  of 
Warren,  Me.,  and  Joseph  Emerson  Smith  (H.C.  1804) ,  of  Bos 
ton.  He  was  admited  to  the  bar  in  Boston,  25  February,  1812, 
and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Wis 
casset.  In  1819,  he  was  elected  to  represent  Wiscasset  in  the 
general  court  in  Boston,  and  was  elected  to  the  legislature  of 
Maine  in  1820,  after  the  separation  of  that  state  from  Masssachu- 
setts.  He  was  appointed  chief-justice  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  in  1821,  and  a  justice  of  the  state  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
in  1822  ;  which  situation  he  retained  until  1830,  when  he  was 
elected  governor  of  Maine.  He  was  re-elected  governor  for  the 
political  years  1831-32  and  1832-33,  and  was  re-appointed 
justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  early  in  1835 ;  which  office 
he  resigned  in  1837.  In  October,  1837,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  commissioners  to  revise  the  public  laws  of  Maine.  On 
his  election  to  the  gubernatorial  chair,  he  removed  to  Augusta, 
where  he  resided  until  July,  1836,  when  he  returned  to  Wis 
casset.  He  was  unostentatious  in  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow- 
citizens,  honest  in  all  his  dealings,  exemplary  in  his  habits  of 
life,  beloved  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

He  married,  12  September,  1832,  Louisa  Sophia,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Henry  Weld  Fuller  (D.C.  1801),  of  Augusta;  and 


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had  five  children,  —  all  sons.      His  wife  and  children  survived 
him. 

1810. — Dr.  JOSEPH  EATON  died  at  Fort  Hamilton,  N.Y., 
17  March,  1860,  aged  75.  He  was  son  of  Edmund  and  Sally 
(Brown)  Eaton,  and  was  born  in  Reading,  Mass.,  24  July, 
1784.  His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Nicholas  Brown,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Reading.  She  was  also  a  relation  of  Gen. 
Benjamin  Brown,  of  Reading,  who  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolu 
tion,  and  a  general  in  the  militia.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  Mass.  He 
was  much  assisted,  in  acquiring  his  education,  by  his  relative, 
Rev.  Oliver  Brown  (H.C.  1804),  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  then 
chaplain  of  the  state-prison.  After  leaving  college,  he  chose  the 
medical  profession ;  and,  having  pursued  his  studies  for  some 
time,  he  entered  the  army  of  the  United  States,  14  April,  1812, 
as  surgeon's-mate.  This  position  he  resigned,  12  December, 
1813.  He  was  appointed  hospital-surgeon's  mate,  15  April, 
1814 ;  and,  having  completed  his  medical  studies,  he  received 
his  degree  of  M.D.  that  year.  He  was  commissioned  as  assist 
ant-surgeon  with  the  rank  of  captain,  1  June,  1821,  which  post 
he  retained  during  the  remainder  of  his  life  ;  and,  at  his  death,  he 
was  the  senior  surgeon  in  the  service.  He  was  an  intelligent 
gentleman,  and  a  faithful  public  servant.  He  married  Sally 
Smith,  of  Salem,  Mass.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  six 
children,  —  one  son  and  five  daughters.  The  son,  whose  name 
is  Joseph,  entered  the  army  ;  and,  during  the  Mexican  war, 
was  aide  to  Gen.  Taylor.  He  had  the  reputation  of  being  a  brave 
officer.  The  daughters  have  resided  in  the  vicinity  of  Fort 
Hamilton.  Their  mother  died  about  nineteen  years  since. 

1810.  — ISAAC  REDINGTON  HOWE  died  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 
15  January,  1860,  aged  67.  He  was  son  of  David  and  Eliza 
beth  (Redington)  Howe,  and  was  born  in  Haverhill,  13  March, 
1791.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  An 
dover.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law,  under  the 
instruction  of  Hon.  George  Bliss,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  (Y.C. 
1784)  ;  and  completed  his  studies  with  Hon.  William  Prescott, 
of  Boston  (H.C.  1783).  After  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he 


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opened  an  office  in  his  native  town,  where  he  resided  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  was,  for  many  years,  active  in  his 
profession,  in  which  he  acquired  a  highly  respectable  rank ;  but 
he  gave  up  his  business  some  sixteen  years  before  his  death, 
alleging,  as  it  is  said,  that  he  did  not  regard  it  as  an  honest  pro 
fession.  In  this,  probably,  his  peace  principles,  which  were  well 
known,  actuated  him.  He  wrote  much  for  the  press,  and  was 
at  one  time  associated  in  conducting  the  "  Haverhill  Gazette." 
He  was  a  great  advocate  of  all  that  related  to  mechanics  and  the 
arts  ;  and,  in  these  matters,  his  mind  was  far  in  advance  of 
the  age.  He  was  never  selfish  or  partisan  in  his  character.  He 
aimed  at  truth  and  independence,  and  never  committed  his  con 
duct  or  opinions  to  the  dictation  of  party.  He  was  a  gentleman 
of  great  kindness  and  gentleness  of  disposition.  For  several 
years  before  his  death,  he  was  in  ill  health,  and  was  but  little 
known  away  from  his  own  fireside,  being  but  seldom  abroad. 
Possessed  of  unusual  amiability,  he  had  no  enemies.  He  was 
particularly  upright  and  honorable  in  all  his  business  transactions, 
and  left  a  character  above  reproach. 

Mr.  Howe  married,  16  June,  1816,  Sarah;  daughter  of  Dr. 
Nathaniel  Saltonstall,  of  Haverhill  (H.C.  1766),  and  sister 
of  Hon.  Leverett  Saltonstall,  of  Salem  (H.C.  1802).  They 
had  eight  children,  — four  sons  and  four  daughters,  —  of  whom 
three  sons  and  one  daughter,  with  their  mother,  survived  their 
father.  The  children  are  as  follows:  1.  Nathaniel  Salton 
stall,  born  24  April,  1817  (Y.C.  1835)  ;  lawyer  in  Haver 
hill,  and  judge  of  probate ;  has  been  member  of  the  state 
senate.  2.  Mary  Cooke,  born  25  March,  1819  ;  married,  30 
September,  1851,  James  H.  Carleton,  a  merchant  in  Haverhill. 
3.  Caroline  Matilda,  born  27  September,  1821  ;  died  9  August, 
1844.  4.  Ann  Elizabeth,  born  14  November,  1823;  died 
7  July,  1845.  5.  William  Garland,  born  28  June;  died  26 
August,  1826.  6.  Frances  Garland,  born  8  October,  1827  ; 
died  5  September,  1828.  7.  William  Garland,  born  1  August, 
1829  ;  broker  in  Boston.  8.  Francis  Saltonstall,  born  8  No 
vember,  1831  (H.C.  1852)  ;  lawyer  in  Chicago. 

1810.  —  Rev.  CYRUS  PEIRCE  died  in  West  Newton,  Mass., 


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5  April,  1860,  aged  69.  He  was  the  youngest  of  twelve  chil 
dren  —  five  sons  and  seven  daughters  —  of  Isaac  and  Hannah 
(Mason)  Peirce  ;  and  was  born  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  15  August, 
1790.  He  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  college  at  Fra- 
mingham  Academy,  and  completed  them  under  the  instruction  of 
Eev.  Charles  Stearns,  D.D.  (H.C.  1773),  of  Lincoln,  Mass. 
While  in  college,  he  maintained  the  reputation  of  a  pure,  up 
right  young  man  ;  a  faithful  and  indefatigable  student ;  an  accu 
rate,  though  not  a  brilliant,  scholar.  During  his  sophomore 
year,  in  the  winter  of  1807-8,  he  began  his  labors  as  a  school 
teacher  in  the  village  of  West  Newton,  — in  the  same  town,  and 
not  far  from  the  very  spot,  where  he  closed  his  life,  upwards  of 
fifty-three  years  afterwards.  Immediately  after  leaving  college, 
he  accepted  an  invitation  to  take  charge  of  a  private  school  in 
Nan  tucket.  Here  he  taught,  two  years,  with  great  fidelity  and 
success.  During  that  time,  he  determined  to  study  for  the  min 
istry  ;  and,  in  1812,  he  returned  to  Cambridge  to  pursue  his 
theological  studies.  After  three  years  spent  there,  he  was  per 
suaded  to  return  to  Nantucket,  and  resume  his  work  as  a  teacher, 
where  he  remained  three  years.  In  1818,  he  left,  and  began 
preaching.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  church  in  North  Read 
ing,  Mass.,  18  May,  1819.  Here  he  remained  a  most  faithful 
and  discreet  preacher  of  the  gospel  for  eight  years ;  but,  having 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  he  was  not  called  to  preach  so  much 
as  to  teach,  he  resigned  his  pastoral  charge,  19  May,  1827,  and 
returned  to  school-keeping,  as  that  which  should  thenceforth  be 
the  business  of  his  life.  In  company  with  a  relative,  Mr. 
Simeon  Putnam  (H.C.  1811),  he  took  charge  of  a  school  in 
North  Andover,  Mass.  Here  he  remained  four  years ;  when 
at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  his  former  friends,  in  1831,  he  re 
turned  to  Nantucket.  His  return  was  most  cordially  welcomed  ; 
and  he  immediately  found  himself  at  the  head  of  a  large  and 
lucrative  school.  This  school  he  continued  to  teach  six  years, 
during  which  time  he  was  occasionally  blessed  with  able  assist 
ants  ;  and  among  them  was  Miss  Maria  Mitchell,  who  had  been 
his  pupil,  and  who  has  since  obtained  a  world-wide  fame  as  an 
astronomer.  In  1837,  he  relinquished  his  private  school,  and 


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became  the  principal  of  Nantucket  High  School.  This  school 
he  kept  two  years.  In  1839,  when  the  first  normal-school  on 
this  continent  was  established  at  Lexington,  Mass.,  he  was,  at 
the  earnest  solicitation  of  the  late  Horace  Mann,  induced  to  take 
charge  of  it;  and  entered  upon  his  labors,  3  July,  1839.  He 
began  with  only  three  scholars.  The  contrast  between  the  full 
and  flourishing  establishment  he  had  just  left  at  Nantucket,  and 
the  "  beggarly  account  of  empty  boxes  "  which  was  daily  before 
him  for  the  first  three  months,  was  very  disheartening.  How 
ever,  he  had  put  his  hand  to  the  plough,  and  of  course  the  fur 
row  must  be  driven  through,  ay,  and  the  whole  field  be  turned 
over,  before  he  would  relinquish  his  effort.  He  set  about  his 
work  as  one  determined  to  "  do  with  his  might  what  his  hand 
found  to  do."  He  soon  made  his  three  pupils  conscious  that 
there  was  more  to  be  known  about  even  the  primary  branches  of 
education  than  they  had  dreamed ;  and  better  methods  of  teach 
ing  reading,  spelling,  grammar,  and  geography,  than  were 
practised  in  the  schools.  Their  reports  of  the  searching  thor 
oughness  and  other  excellent  peculiarities  of  the  normal-teacher 
attracted  others  to  him.  The  number  of  his  pupils  steadily 
increased  from  term  to  term,  until,  at  the  expiration  of  his 
first  three  years'  service,  there  were  forty-two  ;  at  which  time 
he  was  obliged  to  resign  in  consequence  of  failing  health,  and  he 
returned  to  Nantucket :  but,  at  the  end  of  two  years,  he  was  so 
far  recruited  as  to  be  able  to  resume  the  charge  of  the  school,  to 
which  he  was  unanimously  elected  in  1844  ;  it  having  been  re 
moved  to  West  Newton.  He  continued  in  charge  of  the  school 
until  1849,  when  he  was  again  compelled  to  resign  on  account 
of  his  health.  He  retired  with  the  highest  recommendation  of 
the  Board  of  Education  and  others  for  his  fidelity  and  success. 

A  purse  containing  five  hundred  dollars  was  contributed  by 
his  pupils  and  other  friends,  and  was  presented  to  him,  to  enable 
him  to  go  to  Europe  as  a  delegate  to  the  Peace  Congress,  then 
to  be  held  shortly  in  Paris.  This  was  almost  the  only  recreation 
he  had  allowed  himself  to  take  after  leaving  college  in  1810. 
He  spent  several  months  in  travelling  in  England  and  on  the 
Continent.  Soon  after  his  return,  he  became  an  associate  with 


312  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  T.  Allen,  a  young  and  ardent  successful  teacher, 
in  the  management  of  an  academy  in  West  Newton.  Here  he 
labored  with  all  the  zeal  of  his  younger  days,  until  his  health 
again  compelled  him  to  retire,  although  he  nominally  remained 
an  associate  until  his  death.  He  passed  away  calmly  and 
serenely,  with  the  love  and  respect  of  all  wTho  knew  him. 

He  married,  about  the  year  1816,  Harriet  Coffin,  of  Nan- 
tucket,  but  had  no  children. 

1811. — CLARKE  GAYTON  PICKMAN  died  in  Boston,  11  May, 
1860,  aged  68.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Col.  Benjamin 
(H.C.  1784)  and  Anstis  (Derby)  Pickman,  and  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  22  November,  1791.  His  father  was  born  in 
Salem,  30  September,  1763.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  fortune; 
was  a  member  of  both  branches  of  the  state  legislature  and  of 
the  executive-council ;  a  delegate  in  1820  to  the  convention 
for  revising  the  constitution  of  Massachusetts  ;  and  a  representa 
tive  in  Congress,  from  Essex  South  District,  from  1809  to  1811. 
He  died  11  August,  1843,  aged  79.  His  mother  was  a  daugh 
ter  of  Elias  Hasket  Derby,  an  eminent  and  wealthy  merchant 
of  Salem.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Jacob  Newman  Knapp 
(H.C.  1802),  who  for  several  years  kept  a  classical  school  in 
Salem.  He  was  taken  ill  in  his  sophomore  year,  and  did  not 
again  reside  in  college ;  but  received  a  degree  with  his  class. 
He  then  turned  his  attention  to  theological  studies,  intending  to 
take  orders  in  the  Episcopal  church,  but  not  under  the  direction 
of  any  clergyman.  He  was  ordained  a  deacon,  and  read  the 
service  a  few  times  ;  but  did  not  afterwards  pursue  the  profes 
sion.  He  was  long  subject  to  undue  nervous  excitement,  which 
occasionally  resulted  in  temporary  alienation  of  mind  to  such  a 
degree,  that  it  was  necessary,  more  than  once,  to  place  him  in  an 
asylum  for  the  insane,  for  short  periods.  He  possessed  a  benev 
olent  disposition,  which  he  manifested  by  educating  several 
meritorious  children  who  were  left  orphans  in  straitened  cir 
cumstances.  He  delivered  an  address  before  the  East-Cam 
bridge  Temperance  Society,  22  December,  1835,  and  another 
before  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society  at  East  Cambridge,  18 
December,  1836  ;  both  of  which  were  published.  In  the  fol- 


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lowing  extract  from  the  latter,   he   evidently  alludes  to   him 
self  :- 

"  It  has  pleased  God  to  create  men  with  different  degrees 
of  talent ;  and,  of  course,  their  pursuits  must  be  attended  writh 
different  degrees  of  success.  In  the  complicated  concerns  of 
human  life,  it  must  also  happen,  that  to  equal  talent  there  can 
not,  at  all  times,  be  given  equal  opportunities  of  exertion. 
Hence  it  is,  that,  while  one  man  is  able  to  succeed  in  his  object 
of  desire,  another  is  kept  back,  sometimes  by  weakness,  some 
times  by  his  crimes,  often  by  a  course  of  events  which  he  cannot 
control,  and  for  the  influences  of  which  no  cause  can  be  assigned 
but  the  good  pleasure  of  our  Creator." 

For  many  years,  he  had  no  permanent  place  of  abode.  He 
resided  in  Charlestown,  East  Cambridge,  Boston,  and  other 
places  in  this  vicinity.  He  was  never  married. 

1814.  —  BENJAMIN  APTHORP  GOULD  died  in  Boston,  24 
October,  1859,  aged  72.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Benjamin 
and  Grizzel  (Ap thorp)  Gould,  and  was  born  in  Lancaster, 
Mass.,  15  June,  1787;  but  removed,  when  quite  young,  with 
his  father's  family,  to  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  most  of  his 
youthful  days  were  passed.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Dummer 
Academy  in  Newbury,  Mass.  While  in  college,  he  attained 
a  high  rank  in  scholarship,  and  was  particularly  distinguished 
for  his  attainments  in  the  Latin  and  Greek  classics.  In  April 
of  his  senior  year,  an  offer  was  made  to  him  to  take  charge  of 
the  public  Latin  School  in  Boston ;  which  had  become  greatly 
reduced,  both  in  regard  to  the  number  of  its  scholars,  arid  the 
want  of  a  proper  discipline.  Whereupon  he  made  application 
to  the  government  for  leave  of  absence  for  the  remainder  of  his 
collegiate  course ;  which,  in  consideration  of  his  diligence  as  a 
student,  his  exemplary  deportment,  and  the  urgency  of  the 
Boston  school-committee  to  obtain  his  valuable  services,  was 
granted,  with  the  further  privilege,  that  he  should  receive  his 
degree  with  his  class  at  the  next  Commencement.  In  the  month 
of  May  following,  he  began  his  labors  as  principal  of  the  school  ; 
and  the  highest  anticipations  of  his  friends  were  realized.  The 
institution,  under  his  vigorous  and  unwearied  exertions,  soon 

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314  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

rose  to  a  degree  of  prosperity  which  it  had  never  before  at 
tained.  He  continued  to  hold  the  office  of  principal,  with  undi- 
minished  popularity  and  success,  for  fourteen  years.  In  1828, 
his  health  having  become  somewhat  impaired  by  his  long  and 
arduous  labors,  he  resigned  his  situation,  and  entered  upon  mer 
cantile  business,  in  which  he  continued  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  became  a  large  ship-owner,  and  was  extensively  engaged  in 
the  Calcutta  trade,  which  he  pursued  with  good  judgment  and 
with  much  success ;  but  he  always  retained  an  interest  for  the 
school  of  which  he  was  so  long  the  head.  When  the  Latin- 
School  Association  was  formed,  he  was  unanimously  elected  its 
president ;  a  post  which  he  held,  by  successive  re-elections,  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  common-council 
in  1834,  1835,  1836,  and  1837,  and  was  for  several  years  one 
of  the  school-committee.  He  was  a  man  of  extensive  literary 
attainments,  and  was  a  member  of  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  numerous 
pupils,  who  ever  retained  an  affectionate  regard  for  their  faithful 
instructor.  His  moral  character  was  without  a  blemish. 

He  married,  2  December,  1823,  Lucretia  Dana  Goddard, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Goddard,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  —  a  most 
amiable  and  accomplished  lady,  — who  survives  him.  They  had 
four  children,  —  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  —  all  of  whom  are 
living.  The  elder  son,  Benjamin  Ap thorp  Gould,  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1844,  and  is  the  well-known  astronomer. 

1814. — THOMAS  WALLET  PHILLIPS,  of  Boston,  died  at 
his  summer  residence  in  Nahant,  Mass.,  8  September,  1859, 
aged  62.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  John  (H.C.  1788) 
and  Sally  (Walley)  Phillips,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  16  Janu 
ary,  1797.  His  father  was  born  in  Boston,  26  November, 
1770,  was  an  eminent  lawyer,  was  judge  of  the  Court  of  Com 
mon  Pleas  in  Suffolk  county,  was  for  many  years  president  of 
the  state  senate,  and  was  the  first  mayor  of  Boston.  He  died 
29  May,  1823,  aged  52.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Walley  ;  was  born  25  March,  1772  ;  and  died 
4  November,  1845,  aged  73.  His  brothers  and  sisters,  all  of 
whom  survive  him,  are  Sarah  Hurd,  wife  of  Professor  Alonzo 


1859-60.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  315 

Gray,  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  ;  Margaret,  wife  of  Dr.  Edward 
Reynolds,  of  Boston  ;  Miriam,  wife  of  Rev.  George  Washing 
ton  Blagden,  of  Boston  ;  Rev.  John  Charles  Phillips  (H.C. 
1826),  of  Methuen,  Mass.;  George  William  Phillips  (H.C. 
1829)  ;  Wendell  Phillips  (H.C.  1831)  ;  and  Grenville  Tudor 
Phillips  (H.C.  1836), — the  last  three  of  Boston.  He  was  sent 
in  early  boyhood  to  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Mass., 
which  was  founded  by  one  of  his  relatives,  and  was  there  fitted 
for  college.  After  graduating,  he  read  law  with  Hon.  Lemuel 
Shaw  (H.C.  1800),  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in 
1817.  For  about  fourteen  years,  he  practised  law  with  much 
success  in  Boston,  until  he  succeeded  the  late  Joseph  H.  Pierce 
as  clerk  of  the  Municipal  Court ;  the  arduous  duties  of  which 
office  he  filled  with  great  ability,  and  with  perfect  acceptance  to 
the  public,  until  his  decease.  Although  of  a  retiring  disposition, 
he  was  at  various  times  called  from  his  much-loved,  quiet  life  at 
home,  to  take  part  in  other  official  duties.  In  1827,  he  was  an 
influential  member  of  the  common-council,  under  the  mayoralty 
of  the  elder  Quincy ;  and,  in  1829,  he  performed  the  duties  of 
school-committe  man  for  the  ward  in  which  he  resided.  In  1834 
and  1837,  he  served  the  city  as  a  representative  in  the  legisla 
ture.  But  the  most  important  position  which  he  occupied  was 
that  of  clerk  of  the  Municipal  Court ;  which  office  he  held  under 
the  appointment  of  Judge  Peter  Oxenbridge  Thacher  (H.C. 
1796),  in  1830,  and  which,  in  its  various  changes,  he  retained 
by  successive  appointments  and  elections.  For  many  years,  he 
was  a  worthy  and  conscientious  member  of  the  Masonic  frater 
nity  ;  having  received  the  degrees  in  Mount- Lebanon  Lodge,  of 
Boston,  in  July,  1821.  The  next  year,  he  became  a  member 
of  St.  Andrew's  Lodge,  of  Boston, — -one  of  the  most  ancient 
and  respectable  in  the  country, — in  which  he  'for  many  years 
held  the  office  of  treasurer ;  and  was  one  of  the  members'-com- 
mittee,  dispensing  charity  with  an  open  hand  and  liberal  heart. 
Jn  all  the  relations  of  life,  he  was  a  most  worthy  man ;  and 
by  his  genuine  kindliness  of  heart,  and  amiability  of  character, 
made  warm  friends  of  all  with  whom  he  associated. 

He  married,   18    March,   1824,   Anna  Jones,   daughter   of 


316  NECROLOGY   OP   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

Samuel  Dunn,  of  Boston.  Two  children  of  this  marriage 
survived  him,  —  John,  an  engineer  of  promise,  at  one  time 
employed  in  the  construction  of  railways  in  Chile ;  and  Samuel 
Dunn  (H.C.  1861),  who  died  in  the  service  of  the  Educational 
Commission  for  Freedmen,  in  1862.  His  wife  also  survived  him. 

1814. — THOMAS  WETMORE  died  in  Boston,  30  March, 
1860,  aged  64.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  William  (H.C.  1770) 
and  Sarah  (Waldo)  Wetmore,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  31 
August,  1795.  His  father,  who  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Hannah  (Hobbs)  Wetmore,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Conn., 
30  October,  1749  ;  was  a  lawyer  by  profession ;  practised  a 
short  time  in  Salem,  and  removed  thence  to  Boston,  where  he 
was  appointed  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  ;  an  office 
which  he  held  many  years.  He  died  in  Boston,  18  November, 
1830,  aged  81.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college 
at  the  public  Latin  School  in  Boston.  After  graduating,  he 
studied  law ;  and,  having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened 
an  office  in  Boston,  but  retired  from  practice  many  years  before 
his  death,  being  possessed  of  an  ample  competence  of  worldly 
estate.  He  was  a  most  useful  and  highly  respected  citizen,  and 
devoted  many  years  of  his  life  to  the  interests  of  the  city.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  common-council  from  1829  to  1832; 
was  an  alderman  in  1833,  1834,  1835,  1837,  1838,  1839, 
1841,  1842,  1843,  1844,  and  1847.  He  was  also  for  several 
years  a  member  of  the  board  of  water -commissioners.  He 
was  once  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  mayor ;  but  there  being 
two  other  candidates,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  being 
necessary  for  a  choice,  there  was  no  election ;  and  he  then  with 
drew  from  the  contest.  He  was  never  married. 

1818. — Rev.  JOSEPH  AUGUSTUS  EDWIN  LONG  died  in 
Hookset,  N.  H.',  3  May,  1860,  aged  65.  He  was  son  of 
Nathan  and  Mary  (Blaisdell)  Long,  and  was  born  in  Ames- 
bury,  Mass.,  8  November,  1794.  His  name,  originally,  was 
Joseph  Long  ;  but,  in  1820,  he,  by  authority  of  the  legislature, 
took  the  intermediate  names  of  Augustus  Edwin.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Amesbury  Academy,  but  concluded  to 
become  a  merchant ;  and  for  that  purpose  entered  the  counting- 


1859-60.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  317 

room  of  Zebedee  Cook,  on  India  Wharf,  Boston,  as  a  clerk, 
where  he  remained  one  summer :  but,  business  being  dull  in 
consequence  of  the  embargo  which  existed  at  that  time,  he 
relinquished  his  purpose  of  a  mercantile  life,  went  to  Phillips 
Academy,  Exeter,  N.H.,  where  he  reviewed  his  studies  under 
Dr.  Benjamin  Abbot,  and  entered  college  in  1814.  Immedi 
ately  after  graduating,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School  at  Cam 
bridge  as  a  student,  where  he  remained  one  year  and  a  half; 
instructing,  at  the  same  time,  a  select  number  of  private  pupils. 
He  then  returned  -to  Amesbury,  where  he  continued  his  theo 
logical  studies  with  his  brother-in-law,  Kev.  Benjamin  Sawyer 
(D.C.  1808),  now  of  Salisbury,  Mass.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Essex  North  Association,  10  October,  1820  ;  and 
went  immediately  to  Kensington,  N.H.,  where  he  preached,  for 
the  first  time,  29  October  of  the  same  year.  He  continued  his 
labors  there  to  good  acceptance  until  5  June,  1822,  when  he 
was  ordained  as  an  evangelist ;  the  church  and  society  not  being 
able  to  settle  and  support  a  pastor.  He  continued  to  preach, 
and  perform  all  the  ministerial  duties,  until  8  April,  1823.  He 
then  went  to  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  where  he  performed  the  duties 
of  ministerial  pastor  six  or  eight  months.  After  leaving  this 
place,  he  was  employed  as  a  missionary  in  the  state  of  Maine 
about  a  year  and  six  months.  He  often  spoke  of  these  eighteen 
months  as  the  most  pleasant  in  his  life ;  and  the  people  among 
whom  he  labored  spoke  of  him  with  much  respect  and  warm 
affection.  He  then  went  to  Hookset,  where  he  preached  most 
of  the  time  until  1832  ;  when  he  went  to  Sandown,  where  he 
preached;  and  at  Epping,  Nottingham,  and  Poplin  (now  Fre 
mont),  for  three  or  four  years.  In  Biddeford  and  Lyman,  Me., 
he  was  employed,  as  stated  supply,  about  two  years.  In  the 
autumn  of  1837,  he  returned  to  his  house  and  home  in  Hookset. 
After  this  time,  his  health  being  feeble,  he  preached  only  occa 
sionally.  He  was  often  sent  for  to  officiate  at  funerals  ;  on 
r  which  occasions,  he  was  said  to  be  gifted  in  prayer,  and  in 
adapting  his  remarks  to  the  bereaved  mourners. 

His  death  was  very  sudden.      He  went  to  Concord,  N.H., 
the  2d  of  May  ;  returned  home  about  five  o'clock,  P.M.,  as  well  as 


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he  had  been  for  some  weeks ;  and  died  the  next  morning, 
exchanging  this  for  a  better  world,  calmly  and  peacefully.  For 
some  weeks  previous  to  his  death,  he  often  said  he  thought  he 
should  not  live  but  a  short  time  ;  that  he  should  die  suddenly  ; 
and  gave  directions  respecting  his  funeral. 

He  married,  9  September,  1830,  Anna  Matilda  Milton, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Charles  William  Milton,  of  Newburyport, 
Mass.  ;  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  Joseph  Samuel  Head,  and  a 
daughter,  Mary  Jane, — both  well  settled  in  life.  These,  with 
their  mother,  survived  him. 

1819. — Hon.  ROBERT  CROSS  died  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  9 
November,  1859,  aged  60.  He  was  son  of  Major  William  and 
Ruth  (Stacy)  Cross,  and  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  3 
July,  1799.  He  was  grandson  of  Col.  Ralph  Cross,  of  the 
army  of  the  Revolution,  —  afterwards  Gen.  Cross  of  the  militia  ; 
and  was  appointed,  by  Jefferson,  collector  of  Newburyport.  His 
mother  was  a  native  of  Gloucester,  Mass.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover  ;  and  graduated  with  high 
honors.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed 
usher  in  the  Boston  Latin  School,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
He  then  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Ebenezer  Moseley,  of 
Newburyport  (Y.C.  1802)  ;  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
Essex  bar  in  December,  1823  ;  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Newburyport,  where  he  remained  several  years. 
He  then  removed  to  Amesbury,  Mass.,  where  he  continued  his 
profession  with  great  industry,  fidelity,  and  success,  and  en 
joyed  repeated  marks  of  the  public  confidence.  He  was  elected 
a  representative  to  the  state  legislature  from  Newburyport  in 
1827.  In  1832,  he  was  chosen  senator  from  Essex  district, 
and  again  in  1842.  In  1844,  he  removed  to  Marshall,  in  the 
state  of  Michigan,  where  he  resided  until  1849,  when  he 
returned  to  Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Lawrence,  where  he 
continued  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death.  He 
was  an  accomplished  scholar,  a  sound  lawyer,  and,  in  the  highest 
sense  of  the  word,  a  gentleman,  —  endeared  to  his  friends,  and 
respected  by  the  community » 

He  married,  in  1828,  Mary  Cabot  Tyng,  daughter  of  Hon. 


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Dudley  Atkins  Tyng,  of  Newburyport  (H.C.  1781).  They 
had  four  children  ;  viz.,  Robert  D.,  Mary  R.  (deceased),  Ralph 
(deceased) ,  and  Charles  E.  His  eldest  son  resides  in  Michigan, 
and  his  youngest  is  a  cadet  at  West  Point.  His  wife  died  very 
suddenly,  of  cholera,  in  Michigan,  in  July,  1849. 

1820.  Rev.  BENJAMIN  KENT,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  died  in 
the  insane-hospital  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  5  August,  1859,  aged 
65.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Rhoda  (Hill)  Kent,  and  was 
born  in  that  part  of  Charlestown  which  is  now  within  the  limits 
of  Somerville,  Mass.,  25  May,  1794.  He  pursued  his  prepara 
tory  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  James  Russell,  of 
West  Cambridge,  Mass.  (H.C.  1811).  He  held  a  high  rank 
in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  The  part  assigned 
to  him  on  his  graduation  was  a  poem  "  On  Rank  and  Titles  ;  " 
which  was  replete  with  sparkling  wit,  and  elicited  greater  ap 
plause  than  any  other  performance  that  day.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  theology  at  the  Divinity  School  in  Cam 
bridge.  He  was  ordained,  7  June,  1826,  as  colleague  with 
Rev.  John  Allyn,  D.D.  (H.C.  1785),  over  the  Unitarian 
church  in  Duxbury,  Mass.  Here  he  labored  with  great  fidelity, 
and  to  the  entire  acceptance  of  the  society,  until  ill  health  com 
pelled  him  to  ask  a  dismission,  which  was  with  much  reluctance 
granted  7  June,  1833.  To  his  unwearied  labors  the  town  was 
much  indebted  for  the  establishment  of  a  high-school,  which, 
principally  through  his  instrumentality,  was  begun  ;  and  by  his 
exertions  a  sum  sufficient  for  its  maintenance  was  raised,  and 
teachers  eminently  qualified  for  the  duties  of  instructors  were 
procured.  It  was  first  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  George  Putnam 
(H.C.  1826),  now  the  Rev.  Dr.  Putnam,  of  Roxbury ;  who 
was  succeeded  by  Mr.  William  Augustus  Stearns  (H.C.  1827), 
now  the  Rev.  Dr.  Stearns,  president  of  Amherst  College. 

From  Duxbury,  Mr.  Kent  removed,  in  1833,  to  Roxbury  ; 
where  he  taught  a  private  academy  for  young  ladies  for  several 
years.  He  was  afterwards  librarian  of  the  Roxbury  Athe 
naeum  until  within  two  or  three  years,  when  the  feeble  state  of 
his  health  compelled  him  to  relinquish  it.  He  was  a  great  suf 
ferer  for  many  years  from  extremely  severe  headache,  —  so  severe 


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that  it  several  times  resulted  in  fits  of  insanity,  such  as  to  render 
it  necessary  to  remove  him  to  the  hospital  for  the  insane.  He 
was  aware  when  these  fits  were  coming  upon  him,  and  would 
give  directions  for  his  removal  when  it  should  be  necessary. 
But  all  these  afflictions  he  endured  with  remarkable  patience  and 


resignation. 


Mr.  Kent  was  a  great  lover  of  antiquity.  He  ransacked 
garrets,  collected  many  autographs  and  literary  documents  of  the 
Pilgrims,  and  made  several  discoveries  of  interest.  He  was  a  man 
of  superior  intellect,  great  originality,  keen  wit,  and  a  fine  poetic 
taste.  He  delivered,  several  years  ago,  the  poem  before  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  at  Cambridge.  His  health  was  broken 
down  by  hard  labor.  His  life  affords  a  noble  example  of  pa 
tience,  self-devotion,  enthusiasm,  and  virtue,  through  a  life  of 
uncommon  trials. 

He  married,  27  September,  1826,  Eleanor  Bradford,  of 
Boston.  They  had  four  children,  —  all  daughters,  —  who,  with 
their  mother,  survive  him. 

1820.  —  Rev.  STEPHEN  SCHUYLER  died  in  Ehinebeck, 
Duchess  county,  N.Y.,  1  November,  1859,  aged  58.  He  was 
son  of  Philip  J.  and  Sarah  (Rutsen)  Schuyler,  and  was  born 
in  Rhinebeck,  18  April,  1801.  At  the  age  of  eight  years,  he 
was  sent  to  Medfield,  Mass.,  to  school,  under  the  charge  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Prentiss,  D.D.  (H.C.  1766),  preparatory  for  entering 
college,  where  he  remained  three  years  ;  thence  to  Cambridge 
and  Brighton  three  years  ;  thence  to  Albany,  N.Y.,  one  year ; 
when  he  entered  Union  College  at  Schenectady.  There  he 
remained  two  years,  when  he  left;  and  in  August,  1818,  he  en 
tered  the  junior  class  at  Harvard  College.  While  in  college, 
he  was  studious,  exemplary  in  his  deportment,  attained  a  high 
rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  honors.  Immediately 
after  leaving  college,  he  selected  the  profession  of  law,  and  be 
came  a  student  in  the  office  of  Francis  Livingston,  Esq.,  at 
Rhinebeck,  and  in  that  of  Samuel  Jones,  Esq.  (Y.C.  1790), 
who  was  subsequently  chancellor  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
the  first  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  finally  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state,  by  elec- 


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tion  under  the  new  judiciary  system.  He  received  his  diploma 
as  an  attorney  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state  of  New  York 
in  October,  1823.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of 
the  divine  law,  and  became  a  student  in  the  Divinity  School 
at  Cambridge  for  two  years,  from  September,  1824,  to  August, 
1826.  Compelled  by  ill  health  to  abandon  the  practice  of 
law  in  the  city  of  New  York,  he  became,  in  1830,  a  permanent 
resident  of  his  native  place,  Ehinebeck.  He  married,  11  De 
cember,  1831,  Catharine  Morris.  Three  children  were  the 
issue  of  this  marriage;  viz.,  1.  Stephen  E.,  born  23  Novem 
ber,  1832.  2.  Sarah  Catharine,  born  27  April,  1840;  died 
8  June,  1848,  aged  eight  years,  one  month,  eleven  days. 
3.  Rutsen,  born  19  April,  1849  ;  died  8  March,  1852,  aged  two 
years,  ten  months,  eighteen  days.  The  lady  whom  he  married, 
was,  by  religious  profession,  a  member  of  the  Methodist-Epis 
copal  church,  and  he  became  a  member  of  the  same  church  in 
1834  ;  was  licensed  as  a  local  preacher  in  the  same  year ;  was 
ordained  to  the  order  of  deacon  in  1839,  and  to  that  of  elder  in 
1844.  He  was  a  most  sincere  believer  in  the  doctrine  of  the 
denomination  which  he  had  embraced,  and  was  a  faithful  and 
efficient  laborer  in  his  Master's  vineyard  until  his  health  failed. 
In  1851,  he  had  a  severe  hemorrhage  from  the  lungs  ;  but,  by 
great  care,  he  rallied  again,  although  he  was  always,  after  that, 
subject  to  a  severe  cough  and  occasional  bleeding.  For  the  last 
two  years  of  his  life,  his  health  was  very  feeble.  In  May  pre 
vious  to  his  death,  he  said  to  his  friends  that  he  might  get  through 
the  summer,  but  should  not  live  through  the  fall.  The  disease 
gradually  wasted  his  body  away,  but  his  mind  continued  calm 
and  cheerful  until  the  very  last.  He  made  all  his  arrangements 
for  his  departure  to  that  bright  world  which  his  pure  spirit  was 
so  fully  prepared  to  enter,  and  he  gradually  passed  away  into 
that  solemn  darkness  which  mortal  eye  cannot  pierce,  but  which 
to  him,  doubtless,  is  lighted  up  by  the  radiance  of  a  never- 
ending  noon.  His  wife  survived  him  ;  and  his  only  remaining 
child  was  a  civil-engineer,  residing  in  Mississippi. 

1822. — JOHN  FROST  died  in  Philadelphia,  28  December, 
1859,   aged    59.       He   was    son    of    Nathaniel    and    Abigail 

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(Kimball)  Frost,  and  was  born  in  Kennebunk,  Me.,  26  Jan 
uary,  1800.  In  early  life  he  manifested  great  fondness  for 
study.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  at  the  academy  in 
Gorham,  Me.  ;  and,  in  1818,  he  entered  Bowdoin  College, 
where  he  remained  one  year,  when  he  left,  and  entered  the 
sophomore  class  at  Harvard  College.  He  held  an  honorable 
rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  high  honors. 
In  the  winter  immediately  subsequent  to  leaving  college,  he 
taught  school  in  Cambridgeport.  In  1823,  he  was  appointed 
principal  of  the  Mayhew  School  in  Boston,  which  position  he 
held  about  four  years.  In  1828,  he  removed  to  Philadelphia; 
passing  the  winters  of  1827— 8  and  1828—9  in  Cuba  to  recover 
from  severe  attacks  of  bleeding  from  the  lungs.  From  1828  to 
1838,  he  conducted  a  school  for  young  ladies  ;  and,  at  the  latter 
date,  accepted  the  situation  of  professor  of  belles-lettres  at 
the  Central  High-School  in  Philadelphia,  which  he  resigned,  in 
1845,  to  devote  himself  entirely  to  literary  pursuits.  He  was, 
during  a  great  portion  of  his  life,  a  book-maker,  —  probably  the 
most  prolific  one  our  country  has  yet  produced.  To  that  pur 
suit  he  sacrificed  every  thing  else.  He  made  his  pupils  his 
assistants,  and  thus  lost  for  his  female  school  the  patronage  of 
some  of  the  wealthy  families.  He  mingled  the  same  pursuit 
with  his  teachings  in  the  High  School,  and  with  a  similar  result. 
The  two  things  were  incongruous,  and  the  passion  for  literature 
triumphed.  It  is  impossible  to  give  a  list  of  the  numerous 
works  he  wrrote  and  compiled.  They  were  principally  histories, 
many  of  them  bearing  a  fictitious  name  on  the  titlepage.  His 
tory  was  his  speciality,  and  this  exhaustless  mine  he  worked  in 
every  way.  His  "  Pictorial  History  of  the  United  States  "  sold 
largely,  upwards  of  fifty  thousand  copies  having  been  disposed 
of  some  years  ago  ;  and  it  is  still  popular.  Next  to  his  histori 
cal  works,  his  biographies  fill  the  largest  space.  He  employed 
writers,  engravers,  and  designers,  and  had  a  regular  workshop 
for  the  production  of  books.  Nevertheless,  his  mind,  which 
was  exceedingly  suggestive,  was  the  architect  of  every  thing. 
By  unceasing  industry  in  his  vocation,  the  volumes  of  his 
compilation  numbered  upwards  of  three  hundred.  He  was  a 


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scholar  of  ripe  attainments,  well  versed  in  the  Spanish  and 
French  languages.  Although  his  talents  and  attainments  were 
universally  admitted  to  be  of  a  high  order,  his  love  of  study 
and  reading  never  flagged.  Every  new  publication,  from  which 
he  hoped  to  derive  fresh  information,  was  read  with  attention  ; 
and  his  wonderfully  fine  memory  treasured  up  all  of  interest. 
In  1843,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  laws  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Marshall  College  in  Pennsylvania. 

He  married,  4  May,  1830,  Sarah  Ann  Burditt,  daughter  of 
James  White  and  Mary  (Rhoades)  Burditt,  of  Boston.  They 
had  ten  children,  all  born  in  Philadelphia;  viz.,  1.  Mary  Cor 
delia,  born  28  April,  1831.  2.  Caroline  Augusta,  born  3  July, 
1833  ;  married,  8  March,  1854,  Dr.  J.  R.  Rowand.  3.  James 
W.  Burditt,  born  31  July,  1835  ;  died  15  December,  1835." 
4.  Sarah  Annie,  born  20  May,  1837.  5.  George  Frederic, 
born  16  October,  1839.  6.  Frances  Emily,  born  19  May, 
1842  ;  died  6  August,  1846.  7.  Morton,  bom  6  February, 
1845  ;  died  5  February,  1847.  8.  Charles  William,  born  10 
April,  1848.  9.  Arthur  Burditt,  born  17  January,  1851.  10. 
Francis  Burditt,  born  5  November,  1855  ;  died  15  April,  1857. 

Mr.  Frost's  domestic  relations  were  those  of  a  sincere  Chris 
tian,  a  most  loving  husband,  and  a  kind  parent.  A  long  life  of 
incessant  study  and  labor  ended  with  a  peaceful  and  happy 
death.  Weighed  down  in  his  last  years  by  business  perplexi 
ties  and  troubles,  his  perfect  trust  in  a  protecting  Providence, 
and  his  gentle  loving-kindness  in  his  family,  were  never  disturbed 
by  worldly  difficulties.  His  last  illness  was  very  short,  and  his 
death  fearfully  sudden  :  yet,  though  often  in  severe  bodily  pain, 
his  mind  was,  through  all  his  sickness,  calm,  quiet,  and  peace 
ful  ;  seeming  to  have  laid  aside  all  earthly  cares,  to  wait  in 
perfect  love  and  hope  the  release  from  his  burdens  here. 

1824.  —  Rev.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  BURN AP  died  in  Bal 
timore,  Md.,  8  September,  1859,  aged  56.  He  was  son,  and 
the  youngest  of  thirteen  children,  of  Rev.  Jacob,  D.D.  (H.C. 
1770)  and  Elizabeth  (Brooks)  Burnap,  and  was  born  in  Mer- 
rimack,  N.H.,  30  November,  1802.  His  father  was  born  in 
Reading,  Mass.,  2  November,  1748;  was  ordained  pastor  of 


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the  church  in  Merrimack,  14  October,  1772  ;  and  died  26  De 
cember,  1821,  aged  73  ;  having  sustained  his  pastoral  relation 
ship  with  his  people  upwards  of  forty-nine  years.  His  mother 
was  the  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Ruth  (Albree)  Brooks,  of  Med- 
ford,  Mass.,  and  sister  of  the  late  Gov.  John  Brooks.  The 
subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in 
Thetford,  Yt.,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  theology  at  the  Divinity  School  in  Cam 
bridge.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First  Independent 
(Unitarian)  Church  in  Baltimore,  23  April,  1828,  as  successor 
of  Rev.  Jared  Sparks  (H.C.  1815),  where  he  labored  with 
great  acceptance  until  his  decease,  a  period  of  thirty-one  years. 
In  this  outpost  of  the  Unitarian  faith,  although  not  gifted  with 
such  an  address  as  might  be  supposed  to  captivate  a  Southern 
audience,  he  soon  obtained  a  standing  in  his  congregation,  and 
a  reputation  with  the  public,  such  as  few  clergymen  have  en 
joyed  ;  and  maintained  them  unimpaired  through  his  ministry. 
He  retained  to  the  last  an  earnest  simplicity  of  character, 
which  was  his  peculiar  trait ;  and  commanded  universal  respect 
for  his  genial  disposition  and  high  Christian  aims.  He  was  not 
brilliant,  but  was  solid ;  and  his  discussions,  whether  social  or 
from  the  pulpit,  were  marked  by  strict  logic  and  conscientious 
fairness.  His  publications,  mostly  upon  religious  topics  and 
moral  subjects,  were  numerous,  and  of  a  high  order  of  merit. 
His  social  position  in  Baltimore  gave  him  a  wide  sphere  of  use 
fulness,  independently  of  his  labors  in  his  pastoral  relation ;  and 
he  did  much,  by  means  of  lectures,  to  elevate  and  refine  public 
sentiment,  and  to  diffuse  useful  knowledge.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Maryland  Historical  Society ;  and  was  one  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Peabody  Institute  in  Baltimore,  the  build 
ing  for  the  accommodation  of  which  has  just  been  erected. 
His  thorough  scholarship,  and  his  large  acquaintance  with 
books,  rendered  his  aid  in  that  body  most  valuable,  particularly 
in  connection  with  the  organization  of  the  library,  a  subject  in 
which  he  felt  a  deep  interest.  In  1849,  the  degree  of  doctor 
of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

He    married,    18    July,    1831,    Nancy  Williams,  daughter 


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of  Amos  A.  Williams,  Esq.,  a  distinguished  merchant  of  Bal 
timore.  They  had  three  children,  —  one  son  and  two  daugh 
ters  ;  of  whom  the  son  and  one  daughter  died  in  infancy.  The 
other  daughter  and  her  mother  are  living. 

He  published,  in  1835,  a  volume  of  "Lectures  to  Young 
Men  on  the  Cultivation  of  the  Mind,  the  Formation  of  Charac 
ter,  and  the  Conduct  of  Life  ; "  in  the  same  year,  a  volume  of 
"Lectures  on  the  Sphere  and  Duties  of  Woman ;"  in  1842, 
"Lectures  on  the  History  of  Christianity."  In  1844,  he  con 
tributed  to  Sparks's  American  Biography  a  memoir  of  Leonard 
Calvert,  first  Governor  of  Maryland.  In  1845,  he  published 
"  Expository  Lectures  on  the  Principal  Texts  of  the  Bible 
which  relate  to  the  Doctrine  of  the  Trinity ;  "  a  volume  of 
"Miscellanies,"  and  a  "Biography  of  Henry  T.  Ingalls."  In 

1848,  he  published  a  small  work  entitled  "Popular  Objections 
to  Unitarian  Christianity  Considered  and  Answered  ;  "  and,  in 
1850,  twenty  discourses  "On  the  Rectitude  of  Human  Nature." 
He  was  a  contributor  to  the  pages  of  the  "  Christian  Examiner  " 
from  the  year  1834. 

1824.  —  CALEB  MORTON  STIMSON  died  in  Newton  Lower 
Falls,  Mass.,  6  July,  1860,  aged  56.  He  was  son  of  Samuel 
and  Susanna  (Bigelow)  Stimson,  and  was  born  in  Newton, 
13  April,  1804.  His  father,  who  was  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Sarah  Stimson,  was  born  in  Boston  in  1765  ;  was  brought  up 
a  merchant ;  travelled  abroad  to  some  extent ;  and  finally  settled 
in  business,  as  a  grocer,  on  Long  Wharf,  Boston,  having  en 
tered  into  partnership  with  his  younger  brother,  Caleb.  He 
was  married,  4  July,  1796,  by  Rev.  John  Thornton  Kirkland, 
to  Susanna  Bigelow.  They  had  but  two  children,  — the  subject 
of  this  notice,  and  one  elder  brother  who  died  in  infancy.  When 
the  yellow-fever  broke  out  in  Boston,  his  father  relinquished 
business,  removed  to  Newton,  where  he  purchased  a  farm,  on 
which  he  lived  until  his  death,  which  took  place  in  November, 

1849,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.     His  mother  was  the 
daughter   of  Thorn  is   and   Betsey   (Wales)   Bigelow,   of  Wal- 
tham,  Mass.     Young  Stimson  was  fitted  for  college  mostly  by 
Rev.  Charles  Train,  of  Framingham,  Mass.  (H.C.  1805),  but 


326  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

passed  a  few  months  in  completing  his  preparatory  studies  at 
Milton  Academy.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  part 
at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  and  partly  in  the  office  of 
Hon.  Lemuel  Shaw  (H.C.  1800),  of  Boston.  He  was  admit 
ted  to  the  bar  in  Boston  in  1827  or  1828,  but  did  not  enter  into 
practice ;  for,  being  an  only  child,  at  his  father's  express  desire 
he  went  to  reside  with  him  at  Newton,  and  remained  there,  with 
the  exception  of  some  brief  intervals,  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  Inheriting  an  ample  competence,  and  his  health  having 
been  for  many  years  in  a  very  feeble  state,  he  pursued  no  regular 
business.  Possessing  a  most  amiable  disposition,  he  led  a 
blameless  life,  and  finally  passed  away  with  calmness  and  com 
posure,  leaving  no  enemy  behind  him. 

He  married,  27  April,  1847,  Charlotte  Augusta  Crehore, 
daughter  of  Lemuel  Crehore,  of  Newton,  but  had  no  children. 
His  wife  survived  him. 

1825. — HILARY  BRETON  CENAS  died  in  New  Orleans,  26 
October,  1859,  aged  53.  He  was  son  of  Blaise  and  Catharine 
(Baker)  Cenas,  and  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  5  November, 
1805.  He  was  prepared  for  college  by  Rev.  James  F.  Hull, 
rector  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia.  On  leaving  college,  he 
chose  the  profession  of  law,  and  pursued  his  studies  under 
the  instruction  of  William  Christy  and  John  R.  Grymes,  of  New 
Orleans  ;  and,  after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  opened  an  office 
in  that  city,  where  he  practised  for  several  years ;  but  subse 
quently  relinquished  it,  and  established  himself  as  a  notary- 
public.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  great  affability  of  manner,  was 
highly  esteemed  for  his  many  excellent  personal  qualities,  and 
retained  the  confidence  of  a  large  business-acquintance  in  the 
exercise  of  the  duties  of  his  important  profession. 

He  married,  February,  1833,  Margaret  Pierce,  of  New  Or 
leans,  who  survived  him.  They  had  thirteen  children,  —  seven 
sons  and  six  daughters,  —  of  whom  two  sons  and  all  the  daughters 
survived  him. 

1830. — JOHN  WHITE  BROWNE,  of  Boston,  was  instantly 
killed  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  1  May,  1860,  by  accidentally  falling 
from  the  platform  of  a  railroad-car  while  the  train  was  in  motion. 


1859-60.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  327 

He  was  fifty  years  of  age.  He  was  son  of  James  and  Lydia  (Vin 
cent)  Browne,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  29  March,  1810. 
His  father  was  the  eldest  lineal  descendant  of  Elder  John  Browne, 
the  ruling  elder  of  the  First  Church  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay 
Colony  at  Salem,  whose  acceptance  of  the  eldership  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Higginson  made  the  condition  of  his  own  settlement  as 
pastor.  His  great-grandfather,  for  whom  he  was  named,  was 
John  White  ;  whose  daughter,  Mary  White,  was  the  wife  of 
Elder  William  Browne,  and  mother  of  James  Browne,  the  father 
of  John  White  Browne.  Both  William  and  James  were  elders 
in  the  East  Church,  Salem,  — Unitarian,  under  the  pastorate  of 
the  late  Dr.  William  Bentley  (H.C.  1777),  —  James  succeed 
ing  at  the  death  of  his  father. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Salem 
Classical  School,  under  the  charge  of  Theodore  Ames  and  Henry 
Kemble  Oliver.  While  in  college,  he  was  the  chum  of  Hon. 
Charles  Sumner.  He  attained  a  very  high  rank  of  scholar 
ship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinguished  honors.  He 
studied  law  one  year  at  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  one  year 
with  Hon.  Rufus  Choate  (D.C.  1819),  and  one  year  with  Hon. 
Leverett  Saltonstall  (H.C.  1802)  in  Salem.  He  practised  his 
profession  several  years  in  Lynn,  Mass.  ;  but,  about  twelve 
years  before  his  death,  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  continued 
in  practice,  principally  as  a  conveyancer,  until  his  decease.  In 
1837,  he  was  elected  a  representative  to  the  legislature  ;  and 
in  1838,  during  his  absence  from  the  state,  he  was  nominated  by 
the  whig  party  of  Essex  county  as  a  candidate  for  the  state 
senate.  On  his  return,  he  declined  the  nomination,  for  the  rea 
son  that  he  was  unwilling  to  become  the  candidate  of  any  party 
for  political  office.  From  that  time  he  carefully  avoided  political 
prominence  (although  he  took  a  warm  and  constant  interest  in  the 
course  of  public  affairs),  devoting  himself  with  extreme  assiduity 
to  the  business  of  his  profession.  He  took  an  especially  service 
able  part  in  almost  every  effort  for  criminal  reform,  and  for  the 
improvement  of  prison  discipline,  during  his  long  period  of  active 
professional  service ;  and  was  also  earnestly,  though  quietly, 
devoted  to  the  promotion  of  the  antislavery  movement.  His 


328  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

daily  life  was  an  exhibition  of  a  noble,  highly  cultivated  intellect, 
of  the  purest  morality,  and  the  gentlest  kindly  feelings  for  the 
welfare  of  the  whole  human  race. 

He  married,  in  1842,  Martha  Ann  Gibbs,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Barnabas  Lincoln,  of  Hingham,  Mass.  They  had  but  one 
child,  —  a  daughter  (Laura  Lincoln  Browne) ,  —  who,  with  her 
mother,  survived  him. 

1830. — Dr.  HENRY  LINCOLN  died  in  Lancaster,  Mass., 
29  February,  1860,  aged  55.  He  was  son  of  William  and  Ta- 
bitha  (Kendall)  Lincoln,  and  was  born  in  Leominster,  Mass., 
11  August,  1804.  His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  died  in  Leo- 
minster,  27  December,  1846.  His  mother  was  daughter  of 
Edward  Kendall,  of  Fitzwilliam,  N.H.,  originally  from  Leo- 
minster.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  in  part,  by  Hon.  Joseph 
Gowing  Kendall  (H.  C.  1810),  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  then 
practising  law  at  Leominster ;  and  in  part  at  Lawrence 
Academy  in  Groton.  After  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Phila 
delphia,  where  he  studied  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Jackson,  of  that  city ;  and  received  his  degree  of  M.D. 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1834.  Returning  to  Mas 
sachusetts,  he  established  himself  in  Lancaster,  where  he  acquired 
an  extensive  practice,  and  was  highly  respected.  He  married, 
14  February,  1838,  Martha  Bond;  and  had  children, — 
William  Henry  (who  died  before  him),  Mary  Catharine,  Ellen 
Sears,  Martha  Bond,  Francis  Newhall,  and  Edward  Hartwell. 
His  widow  survived  him. 

1838. — ABEL  Fox  died  of  consumption,  in  Quincy,  111., 
14  November,  1859,  aged  41  years.  He  was  son  of  Oliver  and 
Mary  (Dorr)  Fox,  and  was  born  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  21  Au 
gust,  1818.  His  mother  was  sister  of  the  late  Samuel  Dorr,  of 
Boston,  for  many  years  president  of  the  New-England  Bank. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  partly  at  Leices 
ter  Academy,  and  completed  his  studies  at  Exeter  (N.H.) 
Academy.  He  did  not  study  a  profession  ;  but,  soon  after  he 
graduated,  removed  to  Quincy,  111.,  and  devoted  himself  to 
agriculture.  He  there  married  the  widow  of  his  brother,  Henry 
Fox.  Her  maiden  name  was  Abby  Whittemore,  formerly  of 
Boston.  He  left  no  children. 


1859-60.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  329 

1843. — ELTSHA  WIXSLOW  TRACY  died  in  Hampshire, 
Kane  county,  111.,  5  February,  1860,  aged  36.  He  was  son 
of  Elisha  and  Lucy  C.  (Huntington)  Tracy,  and  was  born 
in  Norwich,  Conn.,  8  April,  1823.  His  name  originally  was 
Winslow  Decatur  Tracy,  which  was  changed  soon  after  he 
graduated.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in 
Cheshire,  Conn.  He  pursued  his  professional  studies  at  the 
Law  School  in  Cambridge.  Having  come  into  possession  of  a 
considerable  fortune  soon  after  leaving  college,  by  the  death  of 
his  father,  he  went  to  Chicago,  111.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  fall  of  1844,  and  at  once  took  a  high  rank  in  his 
profession.  The  "Chicago  Times"  thus  speaks  of  his  abilities  : 
"  His  powers  of  intellect  were  indeed  remarkable.  His  mind 
possessed  that  comprehensive  quality  which  beholds  a  subject  at 
once  in  all  its  various  aspects,  and  perceives  their  relations  and 
bearings  without  the  labor  of  study.  Its  habit  was  eminently 
philosophical,  its  tone  strong  and  vigorous.  He  wTas  no  follower 
of  other  men's  thoughts.  His  utterance,  whether  in  a  set  speech 
or  unpremeditated  debate,  betrayed  an  originality  of  thought,  a 
clearness  of  comprehension,  which  are  seldom  found  even  in  our 
most  eminent  men.  His  imagination,  too,  was  .extremely  fine; 
and  his  speeches  very  frequently  embraced  figures  and  tropes  of 
surprising  beauty.  Indeed,  an  elevated  poetical  quality,  united 
with  originality  of  ideas  and  philosophical  treatment  of  subjects, 
were  the  distinguishing  characteristics  of  his  oratory." 

Mr.  Tracy  never  held  any  political  office.  He  married,  in 
November,  1858,  Lizzie  Thayer,  a  young  and  amiable  lady 
of  Chicago  ;  and  with  his  bride  went  immediately  to  Europe, 
where  he  spent  about  a  year  in  travelling  in  England  and  on 
the  Continent.  On  his  return,  he  purchased  a  form  in  the  town 
of  Hampshire,  Kane  county,  with  the  design  of  abandoning  the 
law,  and  engaging  in  agriculture.  There  he  died,  leaving  a 
widow  only  twenty  years  of  age,  but  no  children. 

1848.  —  JAMES  ATHERTON  DUGAN  died  in  Brewster,  Mass., 
5  June,  1860,  aged  33.  He  was  son  of  James  and  Sophia 
(Atherton)  Dugan,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  4  February,  1827. 
He  received  his  education  wholly  at  the  public  schools  in  Boston, 

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330  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

and  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Latin  School.  He  was  a 
remarkably  studious,  bright,  and  exemplary  scholar  when  a  boy  ; 
so  much  so,  that  three  Franklin  medals  were  awarded  to  him  at 
three  several  schools  which  he  attended  ;  namely,  at  the  Wells 
School  in  1838,  at  the  English  High  School  in  1842,  and  at  the 
Latin  School  in  1844.  While  in  college,  he  attained  a  high 
rank  in  scholarship,  and  was  a  great  favorite  among  his  class 
mates.  But  in  his  junior  year  his  health  failed,  so  that  he  was 
unable  to  continue  his  studies  ;  and  he  was  obliged  to  leave.  He 
went  a  voyage  to  Rio  Janeiro,  and  returned  with  his  health  in  a 
great  measure  restored  ;  and  his  degree  was  conferred  upon  him 
in  1851.  After  his  return,  he  taught  a  private  school  in  Bed 
ford,  Mass.,  for  some  time  ;  after  which  he  was  engaged  as  an 
assistant  in  the  school  of  Mr.  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell  (H.C. 
1827)  in  Boston.  He  next  removed  to  Brewster,  Mass.,  where 
he  opened  a  private  school,  which  he  continued  as  long  as  his 
health  would  permit.  He  was  a  popular  teacher,  of  unblemished 
moral  character ;  and  his  early  death  was  a  sad  affliction  to  his 
family  and  friends.  His  father  died  suddenly  at  Brewster,  while 
on  a  visit  to  that  place,  10  August,  1858,  aged  66. 

He  married,  5  August,  1852,  Helen,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Cobb,  Esq.,  of  Brewster.  They  had  three  children,  — two  sons 
and  one  daughter,  —  who,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1848.  —  SAMUEL  PARSONS  died  in  Philadelphia,  28  October, 
1859,  aged  30.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Brown 
(Allen)  Parsons,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  2  May,  1829.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  the  public  Latin  School  in  Boston, 
where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded  to  him  for  superior  scholar 
ship.  He  held  a  highly  respectable  rank  in  his  class,  and  gradu 
ated  with  distinction.  After  leaving  college,  he  pursued  the 
study  of  law,  partly  in  the  office  of  Charles  Bishop  Goodrich 
(B.C.  1822),  and  partly  in  that  of  William  Brigham  (H.C. 
1829),  of  Boston.  Having  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  opened 
an  office  in  Boston  ;  but,  his  health  failing,  he  left  the  city,  and 
resided  for  a  time  on  his  father's  farm  in  Newton,  where  he  in  a 
great  measure  recovered,  and  then  concluded  to  change  his  resi 
dence  to  Philadelphia,  but  did  not  long  survive  after  his  removal 
to  that  city.  He  was  unmarried. 


18,59-60.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  331 

1848. — Dr.  ADAMS  WILEY,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  died  in 
Clifton,  Mich.,  to  which  place  he  had  gone  for  the  benefit  of  his 
health,  2  April,  1860,  aged  33.      He  was  son  of  Thomas  and 
Margaret  (Wright)  Wiley,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  16  Novem 
ber,  1826.     He  was  a  twin, — the  two  graduating  in  the  same 
class.     As  they  were  born  the  same  year  that,  the  two  presidents, 
Adams  and  Jefferson,  died,  their  parents   named  them  Adams 
and  Jefferson  respectively.      The  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
notice  was    born    in    Reading,  now  South    Reading,  Mass.,  7 
August,  1784  ;  and  died  in  Roxbury,  25  May,   1860  ;   having 
survived  his  son  only  seven  weeks  and  four  days.     His  mother 
was  born  in  Boston,  23  March,  1791 ;    and  his  parents  were 
married  by  Rev.  John  Murray,   2  December,   1810.     He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  Lunenburg  Academy,  of  which  John  Rod 
man  Rollins  (D.C.  1837)  was  principal.     While  in  college,  he 
was  a  diligent  student,  attained  a  very  respectable  standing  in 
scholarship,  and  his  deportment  and  moral  character  were  with 
out  a  blemish.     After  leaving  college,  he  pursued  his  professional 
studies  at  the  Tremont  Medical  School  in  Boston  ;  and,  having 
received  his  degree  of  M.D.  in  1852,  he  established  himself  in 
Roxbury,  where,  by  his  judicious  practice,  he  became  quite  popu 
lar,  and  the  prospect  opened  to  him  a  wide  field  for  success  and 
eminence  in  his  profession.     During  his  residence  in  Roxbury,  he 
was  appointed  one  of   the  physicians  of  the  dispensary ;    and 
was  also  secretary  of  the  athenaeum,  in  which  institution   he 
took  a  lively  interest.     Amiable  in  his  disposition  and  manners, 
cultivated  in  mind  and  tastes,  genial  and  generous  in  his  feel 
ings,  pure  and  exemplary  in  his  whole  conduct  and  character, 
he  was   esteemed  and  loved  by  a  large  circle  of  kindred  and 
friends.     His  death  came  upon  him  somewhat  unexpectedly,  but 
it  was  singularly  calm  and  beautiful;  and,  to  quote  an  expression 
from  a  pencilled   note  written  by  him  but  the   (Jay  before  his 
decease,  he  was  "  full  of  faith  in  a  God  who  had  showed  his  love 
for  sinners."     He  was  never  married. 

1852.  —  CHARLES  WEXTWORTH  UPHAM  died  in  Buffalo, 
N.Y.,  2  April,  1860,  aged  29.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon. 
Charles  Wentworth  (H.C.  1821)  and  Mary  Ann  (Holmes) 


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Upbam,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  19  August,  1830. 
His  father,  who  was  son  of  Judge  Joshua  Upham  (H.C.  1763), 
of  Brookfield,  Mass.,  a  refugee,  was  born  in  St.  John,  N.B., 
4  May,  1802.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Abiel  (Y.C. 
1783)  and  Sarah  (Wendell)  Holmes,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 

In  the  summer  of  1839,  young  Upham  was  sent  to  St.  John, 
N.B.  (where  his  aunt,  Fanny  Wendell,  resided),  to  improve  his 
health  ;  where  he  spent  nearly  seven  months.  On  his  return  the 
following  year,  he  went  to  the  Ropes  farm  in  Danvers,  where 
he  passed  the  summer,  and  where  he  repeatedly  went ;  his  pa 
rents,  on  account  of  his  health,  always  sending  him  away  from 
school  during  the  summer  season.  In  the  interim  he  attended  the 
Salem  schools,  and  finally  there  completed  his  preparation  for 
college  at  the  Latin  School,  under  Mr.  Oliver  Carleton  (D.C. 
1824).  In  the  summer  of  1847,  with  Darwin  Erastus  Ware, 
of  his  class,  and  Henry  Stone,  who  entered  Harvard,  but  gradu 
ated  at  Bowdoin  College,  he  went  to  Portland  by  steamboat. 
There  he  and  his  companions,  dressed  in  pedestrian  style,  went 
on  foot  round  the  White  Mountains  to  Andover,  Me.,  back  to 
Winnipiseogee,  thence  through  Concord,  N.H.,  home,  all  the 
way  on  foot,  having  been  absent  twenty-one  days.  In  the  sum 
mers  of  1849  and  1851,  he  also  made  excursions  to  the  White 
Mountains  ;  and,  in  the  vacation  in  his  senior  year,  he  journeyed 
to  Brandon,  Vt.,  to  Washington,  D.C.,  and  to  Providence, 
R.I.  He  was  college  marshal  at  the  inauguration  of  President 
Sparks  in  the  spring  of  1849  ;  chief-marshal  at  the  celebration 
of  the  seventy-fifth  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
17  June,  1850  ;  chief-marshal  at  the  railroad  jubilee  celebra 
tion  in  Boston,  in  September,  1851  ;  chief-marshal  at  the  class- 
day  ;  and  vice-president  at  the  class-supper.  He  suggested  the 
idea  of  class-daguerrotypes,  first  carried  out  in  the  class  to  which 
he  belonged,  and  which  has  since  been  succeeded  by  photographs 
in  later  classes. 

Immediately  after  graduating,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at 
Cambridge  ;  and,  after  remaining  the  usual  period,  he  received 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
and  opened  an  office  in  Salem.  In  1855,  he  went  to  Europe, 


1859-60.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  333 

where  he  remained  about  two  years,  enriching  his  mind  by  vis 
iting  the  most  interesting  portions  of  England  and  the  Continent, 
and  increasing  his  stock  of  useful  information ;  but,  as  he  was 
about  to  leave  England  on  his  return,  the  first  symptoms  of  that 
fell  disease,  consumption,  appeared,  which  terminated  his  life. 
In  the  summer  of  1857,  he  removed  to  Buffalo,  where  he  estab 
lished  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  ;  having  been 
admitted  a  partner  with  Hon.  S.  G.  Haven  and  William  Dor- 
sheimer,  under  the  firm  of  Haven,  Dorsheimer,  and  Upham. 
The  firm  was  originally  Fillrnore,  Hall,  and  Haven.  With  a 
handsome  person,  fine  colloquial  powers,  and  a  mind  enriched 
by  the  observations  and  experiences  of  foreign  travel,  he  was  a 
favorite  with  all  who  knew  him,  and  every  thing  seemed  to  pro 
mise  for  him  a  brilliant  and  successful  career.  It  was,  however, 
otherwise  ordered  ;  and  he  was  cut  down  in  the  morning  of  life  : 
but  he  submitted  to  his  inevitable  doom  with  a  cheerful,  Chris 
tian  resignation,  and  with  a  full  confidence  of  a  blessed  immor 
tality  beyond  the  grave. 

He  married,  22  June,  1859,  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Solomon  G.  Haven,  of  Buffalo  ;  who  survived  the  partner  of 
her  affections. 

The  members  of  the  bar  in  Buffalo  held  a  meeting  on  the 
evening  of  the  4th  of  April,  at  which  appropriate  and  respectful 
tributes  were  paid  to  the  memory  of  their  youthful  associate  ; 
and  subsequently  attended  the  funeral  in  a  body,  pursuant  to  a 
vote  to  that  effect. 

1854. — JAMES  BROWN  KENDALL  died  at  the  residence  of 
his  father,  in  Saxonville  (Framingham,  Mass.),  9  October, 
1859,  aged  25  years,  lacking  two  days.  He  was  the  only  son 
of  Rev.  James  Augustus  (H.C.  1823)  and  Maria  Boyle 
(Brown)  Kendall,  and  was  born  in  Medfield,  Mass.,  11  Octo 
ber,  1834.  When  about  two  and  a  half  years  old,  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Saxonville  ;  about  two  years  later,  to  Stow, 
Mass.  ;  and  in  July,  1842,  to  Cambridge ;  which  place  was  his 
residence  until  the  summer  previous  to  his  death.  He  was  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Hopkins  Classical  School  in  Cambridge,  under 
Edmund  Burke  Whitman  (H.C.  1838),  now  of  Kansas.  He 


334  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

graduated  with  high  honors.  In  the  winter  of  his  junior  year, 
he  taught  school  in  Scussett  ('Sandwich,  Mass.).  After  gradu 
ating,  he  taught  with  great  success  a  private  classical  school  in 
Portsmouth,  N.H.,  for  two  years;  in  the  mean  time  pursuing 
the  study  of  law,  which  he  subsequently  continued  and  com 
pleted  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge.  Having  been  admitted 
to  the  bar,  he,  in  partnership  with  his  classmate,  Payson  Elliot 
Tucker,  opened  an  office  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  in  the  summer  of 
1859.  About  two  months  afterwards,  he  was  seized  with 
typhoid-fever,  of  which  he  died  after  a  brief  illness.  He  was 
brilliant,  witty,  learned,  of  stern  integrity  and  high  moral  char 
acter. 

1855.  —  ANDREW  LAMMEY  YONGUE  was  killed  on  the  Char 
lotte  and  South-Carolina  Railroad,  at  Columbia,  S.C.,  17 
November,  1859,  aged  31.  He  was  the  youngest  of  three 
children  (the  others,  a  brother  named  Robert  A.,  and  a  sister 
named  Sarah)  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Lammey)  Yongue, 
and  was  born  in  Buckhead,  Fairneld  District,  S.C.,  12  April, 
1828.  Both  his  parents  died  several  years  since.  His  father 
died  13  November,  1842,  aged  77  years;  and  his  mother  died 
19  January,  1844.  He  was  prepared  for  South-Carolina  Col 
lege  at  the  Mount-Zion  Collegiate  Institute,  J.  W.  Hudson, 
principal,  Winnsborough ,  S.C.  He  entered  the  sophomore 
class  of  the  South-Carolina  College,  December,  1851 ;  and  left, 
December,  1852,  with  one  hundred  and  ten  others,  who  were 
compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  what  is  known  as  the  "  Biscuit 
Rebellion."  He  entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Harvard  Col 
lege,  March,  1853.  It  was  his  intention,  after  graduation,  to 
prepare  for  the  ministry  :  but  his  health  became  delicate  from 
exposure  during  his  residence  at  college,  and  passing  to  and  fro, 
so  that,  in  a  measure,  he  had  to  give  up  study,  and  he  settled 
on  a  farm  inherited  from  his  father  ;  but  becoming  embarrassed  by 
the  deaths  of  his  negroes,  and  other  misfortunes,  he  was  forced 
to  change  his  business.  He  then  taught  school  for  eighteen 
months,  with  a  view  still  for  the  ministry,  if  his  health  would 
permit.  To  raise  further  funds  to  enable  him  to  carry  out  his 
purpose,  he  obtained  the  situation  of  conductor  on  the  Charlotte 


18,39-60.]  •  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  335 

and  South-Carolina  Railroad.  About  three  months  after  enter 
ing  upon  his  new  duties,  he  met  with  the  unfortunate  accident 
which  terminated  his  life.  lie  attempted  to  step  on  the  train 
while  in  motion  :  his  foot  slipped,  and  he  fell  under  the  cars  ;  the 
wheels  passed  over  both  his  legs.  One  was  taken  off  above 
the  knee,  and  the  other  broken  above  the  ankle.  This  was  on 
the  16th  of  November;  and  he  died  the  next  day.  He  bore 
his  suffering  with  great  patience,  and  not  a  murmur  escaped  his 
lips  ;  believing  it  was  the  will  of  his  heavenly  Father  that  he 
should  die  thus,  and  for  some  good  end.  He  died  with  a  prayer 
upon  his  lips,  "Lord  Jesus,  receive  my  spirit."  He  was  buried 
at  the  Salem  church,  Fair-field  District,  of  which  he  was  a  mem 
ber.  He  was  never  married. 

One  calamity  follows  another  in  quick  succession.  Robert 
A.  Yongue,  the  only  brother  of  Andrew  L.,  died  on  the  4th  of 
February,  1860 ;  having  been  left  by  the  cars  seven  miles  from 
Charleston,  while  warming  himself  at  a  fire  by  the  road ;  and  in 
attempting  to  walk  over  a  high  trestle  (thirty  feet) ,  stepping  on 
a  rotten  plank  which  gave  way,  he  fell  through  the  distance  men 
tioned,  on  stumps,  and  into  water  four  feet  deep.  His  remains 
were  not  found  until  the  next  day.  The  expression  of  Andrew 
L.  Yongue,  that  his  death  was  for  some  good  end,  was  verified  : 
for  his  brother,  who  had  been  thoughtless  of  his  latter  end,  was 
almost  inconsolable  at  his  death  ;  from  that  period  became  a 
changed  man  ;  and  there  was  good  reason  to  believe  that  he  was 
prepared  for  the  sudden  and  unexpected  death  that  awaited  him. 
He  was  a  graduate  at  the  South-Carolina  College  some  years 
ago.  He  left  a  widow  and  two  children  to  mourn  their  irre 
parable  loss. 

Their  sister  Sarah,  the  only  surviving  member  of  the  family, 
became  the  wife  of  David  Milling,  Esq.,  of  Mill  View,  Fairfield 
District,  S.C.  ;  where  he  at  one  time  held  the  office  of  post 
master.  She  was  in  feeble  and  delicate  health  after  the  melan 
choly  deaths  of  her  brothers,  following  each  other  in  so  quick 
succession. 

1857. — EDWARD  THOMAS  DAMON,  of  AVayland,  Mass., 
died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  of  small-pox,  30  November,  1859, 


336  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1859-60. 

aged  25.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Rachel 
(Thomas)  Damon,  and  was  born  in  Wayland,  19  April,  1834. 
He  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  college  at  Lawrence 
Academy  in  Groton,  Mass.  ;  and  completed  them  under  the 
instruction  of  Mrs.  Samuel  Ripley,  of  Concord,  Mass.  He 
graduated  with  distinguished  honors.  After  leaving  college,  he 
began  the  study  of  medicine,  at  the  Medical  School  in  Boston, 
under  the  instruction  of  Drs.  John  Ware  (H.C.  1813)  and 
Morrill  and  Jeffries  Wyman  (H.C.  1833)  ;  and,  while  attending 
the  course  of  medical  lectures,  he  was  attacked  with  that  loath 
some  disease  which  terminated  his  life.  He  was  a  great  favorite 
wherever  he  was  known  ;  and  his  premature  removal,  just  as  a 
brilliant  prospect  for  the  future  was  opening  before  him,  was 
a  sad  affliction  to  his  parents  and  other  relatives,  as  well  as  to 
his  classmates  and  many  friends. 

1857.  —  GEORGE  HOLLINGS WORTH  died  in  Groton,  Mass., 
8  August,  1859,  aged  23.  He  was  son  of  John  Mark  and 
Emmeline  (Cornell)  Hollingsworth,  and  was  born  in  Braintree, 
Mass.,  29  July,  1836.  He  entered  the  Boston  Latin  School  at 
the  age  of  ten  ;  and,  after  remaining  there  somewhat  over  two 
years,  left,  upon  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  West  Cambridge  ; 
and  there  he  completed  his  preparatory  studies  for  admission  into 
college,  under  the  instruction  of  a  private  tutor.  He  taught  school 
during  the  winter  of  1857-8,  and  subsequently  was  engaged  in 
the  paper-manufacturing  business  with  his  father  in  Groton. 

1858. — AMORY  POLLARD  SAWYER  died  in  Bolton,  Mass., 
20  May,  1860,  aged  26.  He  was  son  of  Nathan  and  Lucinda 
(Pollard)  Sawyer,  and  was  born  in  Bolton,  30  October,  1833. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  high-school  in  Bolton.  The 
disease  by  which  he  was  so  prematurely  taken  away  was  con 
sumption,  the  incipient  symptoms  of  which  appeared  during 
his  junior  year  at  college ;  and  nearly  the  whole  of  his  senior 
year  he  was  absent  from  Cambridge,  returning  only  to  join  in 
the  festivities  of  Class-day.  While  his  health  permitted,  he 
was  a  diligent  and  faithful  student ;  of  modest,  unassuming  de 
portment  ;  winning  the  love  of  his  classmates  and  the  regard  of 
his  instructors. 


1859-60.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  337 

1859.  —  HEXRY  HUSTON  ABBOTT  died  in  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  of  typhoid-fever,  after  an  illness  of  eight  days,  22  July, 
1859,  aged  23.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  John  Gilman  and 
Sophia  (Huston)  Abbott,  and  was  born  in  Charlestown,  18 
July,  1836.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Concord,  N.H.,  and 
was  born  27  March,  1812.  His  mother  was  born  in  Farming- 
ton,  Me.,  23  December,  1814.  Young  Abbott  pursued  his 
preparatory  studies  at  the  high-school  in  Charlestown.  While 
in  college,  he  was  a  diligent  student,  constant  in  his  attendance 
at  all  recitations,  modest  in  his  demeanor,  and  exemplary  in  his 
conduct.  He  made  extraordinary  exertions  to  secure  the  advan 
tages  of  a  college  education,  intending  afterwards  to  devote  him 
self  to  the  business  of  a  teacher.  But  he  was  cut  off  in  the 
dawning  of  his  hopes  :  death  marked  him  as  the  first  victim  in 
his  class.  His  degree  was  conferred  upon  him  :  he  was  per 
mitted,  while  on  his  death-bed,  to  look  at  his  diploma;  but,  within 
forty-eight  hours  from  his  graduation,  he  ceased  to  live. 


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1860-61. 


1795.  —  Rev.  CALEB  BRADLEY  died  in  Westbrook,  Me., 
2  June,  1861,  aged  89  years.  He  was  son  of  Deacon  Amos 
and  Elizabeth  (Page)  Bradley,  and  was  born  in  that  part  of 
Dracut  which  is  now  within  the  limits  of  Lowell,  Mass,  12 
March,  1772.  His  parents  were  natives  of  Haverhill,  Mass. 
He  labored  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  seventeen  years  of 
age  ;  when  he  began  the  study  of  the  Latin  language,  under  the 
instruction  of  Eev.  Solomon  Aiken,  of  Dracut  (D.C.  1784). 
He  afterwards  studied  for  three  months  with  Rev.  Simon  Finley 
Williams,  in  Methuen  (D.C.  1785).  The  next  year,  he  en 
tered  Atkinson  (N.H.)  Academy,  where  he  completed  his  pre 
paratory  studies  ;  and  in  August,  1791,  he  entered  Dartmouth 
College,  where  he  remained  two  years ;  when  he  left,  and  en 
tered  the  junior  class  in  Harvard  College ;  where  he  graduated, 
in  due  course,  with  a  respectable  standing.  In  an  autobiog 
raphy,  he  stated,  that,  while  in  college,  he  "was  never  absent 
from  prayers,  nor  from  any  of  the  college  exercises ;  was  never 
admonished  or  fined."  Immediately  after  graduating,  he  began 
the  study  of  divinity  with  Rev.  Henry  Cumings,  of  Billerica, 
Mass.  (H.C.  1760).  Within  a  year  afterwards,  he  was  appro 
bated  by  the  Andover  Association,  and  preached  his  first  sermon 
in  Billerica.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Fal- 
mouth  (now  Westbrook),  Me.,  9  October,  1799.  He  con 
tinued  his  pastoral  labors  in  this  place,  with  great  diligence  and 
fidelity,  until  28  April,  1828,  when  he  resigned  his  charge ; 
and,  on  the  following  day,  the  Rev.  Henry  Cushing  Jewett 
(B.U.  1824)  was  ordained  as  his  successor.  The  society  were 
desirous  that  Mr.  Bradley  should  remain  as  senior  pastor,  and 
that  Mr.  Jewett  should  be  settled  as  his  colleague ;  but  he  pre 
ferred  to  be  relieved  from  the  burdens  and  responsibilities  of  the 


1860-61.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  339 

pastoral  charge.  He  did  not,  however,  give  up  preaching,  but 
continued  his  ministerial  labors.  For  more  than  six  years,  he 
officiated  as  chaplain  at  the  city  poor-house  in  Portland,  and  was 
twice  delegated  by  the  Maine  Missionary  Society  to  act  as 
missionary  in  the  county  of  Cumberland ;  and  he  continued  to 
preach  occasionally  in  various  places. 

He  married,  16  November,  1801,  Sally  Crocker,  of  Taun- 
ton,  Mass.  She  died  27  April,  1821,  leaving  six  children. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife,  in  1827,  Mrs.  Susan  Partridge 
(widow  of  Nathaniel  Partridge),  whose  maiden  name  was 
Susan  Smith,  originally  from  Wrentham,  Mass.  She  died  3 
November,  1843  ;  and  he  married  for  his  third  wife,  26  De 
cember,  1844,  Mrs.  Abigail  Codman,  widow  of  James  Codman, 
Esq.,  of  Gorham,  Me.  She  died  17  August,  1854.  She  was 
a  native  of  Halifax,  Mass. 

1797. — Hon.  DANIEL  APPLETON  WHITE  died  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  30  March,  1861,  aged  84  years.  He  was  son  of  Capt. 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Haynes)  White,  and  was  born  in  that  part 
of  Methuen  which  is  now  the  city  of  Lawrence,  7  June,  1776. 
In  June,  1792,  he  entered  the  academy  in  Atkinson,  N.H., 
where  he  was  fitted  for  college.  He  graduated  with  the  high 
est  honors  of  his  class.  With  a  love  of  sound  learning  and 
classic  literature,  his  mind  was  richly  imbued  with  the  element 
ary  course  of  college-life,  and  formed  a  sure  foundation  for 
future  progress  in  intellectual  culture.  In  1799,  he  was  ap 
pointed  a  tutor  in  the  Latin  department  of  the  college  ;  which 
post  he  occupied  until  1803.  During  that  time,  he  had  entered 
his  name  as  a  student-of-law  in  the  office  of  Francis  Dana 
Channing,  of  Cambridge  (H.C.  1794).  He  was  always  deeply 
interested  in  the  success  of  the  college ;  and  as  a  general 
supervisor  of  all  its  concerns,  as  a  temporary  member  of  the 
faculty,  and  member  of  the  board  of  overseers,  he  never  lost 
sight  of  its  interests.  In  September,  1803,  he  went  to  Salem 
for  a  year,  and  entered  the  law-office  of  Hon.  Samuel  Putnam 
(H.C.  1787),  afterwards  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court.  In 
Judge  Putnam's  office,  the  late  Hon.  John  Pickering  (H.C. 
1796)  was  a  fellow-student ;  and,  jointly  with  that  distinguished 


340  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

scholar,  young  White  prepared,  for  the  use  of  the  college,  an 
editon  of  °"  Sallust,"  which  was  published  by  Gushing  and 
Appleton ;  but  the  whole  edition,  as  soon  as  it  was  ready  for 
delivery,  was  destroyed  by  fire.  In  1804,  Judge  White  was 
admitted  to  the  Essex  bar,  and  established  himself  in  the  prac 
tice  of  law,  in  Newburyport,  in  the  days  when  there  were 
legal  giants  in  Essex,  and  when  his  discipline  and  well-stored 
mind  insured  for  him  a  successful  practice.  At  this  interesting 
period  of  our  political  history,  his  talents  and  discretion  drew 
him  into  the  arena  of  political  life  ;  and,  from  1810  to  1814,  he 
was  a  conspicuous  member  of  the  senate  of  Massachusetts,  under 
the  administration  of  Gov.  Strong  ;  and  was  a  firm  supporter  of 
his  patriotic  and  practical  policy.  In  November,  1814,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  Congress  from  Essex  North  District,  and 
commissioned ;  but,  before  the  meeting  of  Congress,  he  re 
signed,  to  accept  the  office  of  judge  of  probate,  to  which  he 
was  appointed  by  Gov.  Strong,  upon  the  resignation  of  Judge 
Holten,  in  May,  1815.  In  1817,  he  moved  to  Salem,  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  ;  continuing  to  fill  the  office 
of  probate-judge,  with  uncommon  ability,  until  he  resigned  it  in 
the  summer  of  1853 ;  blessed  with  an  old  age,  serene  and 
bright  to  the  latest  moment ;  and  enjoying,  by  universal  consent, 
the  distinction  of  being  regarded  as,  beyond  dispute,  the  first 
citizen  in  the  community  where  he  resided. 

Judge  White's  vast  literary  resources  were  always  at  the 
command  of  his  friends  and  the  public ;  and  he  was  the  dis 
penser  of  a  liberal  hospitality,  and  the  patron  of  every  good 
enterprise  —  moral,  aesthetic,  and  educational — which  tended  to 
foster  the  highest  interests  of  the  community.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  and  directors  of  the  Divinity  School  at  Cam 
bridge  ;  was  an  overseer  of  Harvard  College  from  1842  to 
1853 ;  delivered  the  address  at  the  second  meeting  of  the 
Association  of  the  Alumni  in  1844.  He  was  the  founder  of 
the  lyceum  in  Salem ;  was  the  president  of  the  athenaeum, 
and  presided  over  the  Essex  Institute  from  its  first  establish 
ment  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society ; 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences ;  and  received 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  341 

from  Harvard  College,  in  1837,  the  degree  of  doctor  of  laws. 
He  delivered  eulogies  on  the  decease  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Bowditch 
and  Hon.  John  Pickering.  He  was  the  author  of  several  other 
addresses  and  memoirs  of  great  literary  merit.  Early  in  his 
judicial  career,  he  wrote  a  valuable  book  on  probate  jurisdiction. 
As  an  author,  he  was  master  of  a  singularly  clear  and  nervous 
style,  which  was  exhibited  through  a  period  of  more  than  sixty 
years.  But  it  was  in  the  intimate  relations  of  family  and  friend 
ship  that  his  graces  and  excellences  as  a  man  and  a  Christian 
were  most  remarkable  ;  and  these  were  continued  literally  to  the 
the  very  last  minute  of  his  most  consistent  life,  in  loving  recog 
nitions,  sentences  of  faith,  and  prayer,  and  hymns  of  praise. 

Judge  White  married,  first,  24  May,  1807,  Mrs.  Mary  van 
Schalkwyck,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Josiah  Wilder  (Y.C. 
1767),  of  Lancaster,  Mass.  She  died  29  June,  1811 ;  and  he 
married,  second,  in  Salem,  1  August,  1819,  Mrs.  Eliza  Wetmore, 
daughter  of  William  Orne,  Esq.,  late  of  Salem,  merchant. 
She  died  27  March,  1821  ;  and  he  married,  third,  in  Charles- 
town,  22  January,  1824,  Mrs.  Ruth  Rogers,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Hurd,  Esq.,  late  of  Charlestown,  merchant.  He  had, 
by  his  first  wife,  three  daughters  ;  by  his  second  wife,  one  son, — 
William  Orne  White,  —  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1840, 
and  became  a  Unitarian  minister  in  Keene,  N.H.  ;  by  his  third 
wife,  one  son,  —  Henry  Orne  White,  — who  graduated  at  Har 
vard  College  in  1843,  and  became  a  physician  in  Salem;  also 
two  other  sons,  who  died  in  infancy. 

1.798. — ISAAC  FISKE  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  11  March, 
1861,  aged  82  years.  He  was  the  youngest  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Abigail  (Fiske)  Fiske,  and  was  born  in  Weston,  Mass.,  4 
December,  1778.  His  father  was  son  of  Nathan  and  Mary 
(Fiske)  Fiske,  and  was  born  in  Weston,  15  December,  1739. 
His  mother  was  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Pierce)  Fiske, 
and  was  born  in  Weston,  16  August,  1739.  The  ancestors  and 
brothers  of  Mr.  Fiske  were  remarkable  for  their  longevity. 
Three  of  his  brothers  died  at  the  ages  respectively  of  75 
years,  92  years  and  4  months,  and  93  years  and  6  months  ;  a 
sister  died  at  upwards  of  86  years ;  and  a  brother,  now  living, 


342  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

has  arrived  at  the  age  of  87  years.  Mr.  Fiske  was  fitted  for 
college  by  his  brother,  Rev.  Thaddeus  Fiske  (H.C.  1785). 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  with  Hon.  Artemas  Ward, 
then  of  Weston  (H.C.  1783)  ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1801, 
and  succeeded  to  the  lucrative  business  of  Mr.  Ward  after  the 
removal  of  the  latter  to  Charlestown.  He  approved  himself 
to  be  an  example  of  constancy,  skill,  and  fidelity,  in  his  official 
duties  ;  verifying  the  proverb  of  Solomon,  that  "  the  hand  of  the 
diligent  maketh  rich."  He  was  for  more  than  thirty  years 
register  of  probate  for  the  county  of  Middlesex,  having  been 
appointed  by  Gov.  Brooks  in  1817.  la  transacting  the  busi 
ness  of  this  office,  —  an  office  of  great  responsibility, — he  was 
remarkable  alike  for  accuracy  and  despatch,  and  no  less  for  his 
readiness  to  give  advice  and  directions,  when  called  for,  to  those 
who  were  intrusted,  as  executors  or  administrators,  with  the 
settlement  of  the  estates  of  the  deceased.  In  the  midst  of  his 
useful  labors  in  this  office,  he  was  superseded  in  the  year  1851, 
in  consequence  of  a  political  change  in  the  administration  of  the 
government  of  Massachusetts,  in  compliance  with  a  usage  not 
uncommon,  by  which  the  public  good  is  often  sacrificed  to  party 
preferences.  It  is  believed  that  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
the  oldest  member  of  the  Middlesex  bar,  counting  from  the  date 
of  admission ;  and,  in  point  of  age,  he  was  the  oldest,  with 
one  or  two  exceptions.  He  was  elected  representative  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1808,  1812,  1813,  and  1814.  In  1820,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  convention  which  revised  the  constitution 
of  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  Court  of  Sessions, 
until  that  court  was  superseded  by  the  appointment  of  county 
commissioners. 

He  married,  7  November,  1802,  Susan  Hobbs,  daughter -of 
Ebenezer  and  Eunice  (Spring)  Hobbs,  of  Weston ;  and  the 
issue  of  this  marriage  was  six  sons  and  one  daughter,  of  whom 
two  sons  only  survived  him.  The  oldest  son,  Augustus 
Henry  Fiske,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1825,  and  is  a 
distinguished  lawyer  in  Boston.  Mr.  Fiske's  wife  died  8  Janu 
ary,  1831,  aged  48  ;  and  he  married,  in  1832,  Sophronia  Hobbs, 
sister  of  his  former  wife,  who  survived  him. 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  343 

1800. — Rev.  CHARLES  LOWELL  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
20  January,  1861,  aged  78  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  John 
(H.C.  1760)  and  Rebecca  (Russell)  Lowell,  and  was  born  in 
Boston,  15  August,  1782.  His  father  was  son  of  Rev.  John 
Lowell  (H.C.  1721)  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  which  town  he  was 
born  17  June,  1743.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Boston;  was  a 
member  of  the  convention  which  framed  the  constitution  of 
Massachusetts ;  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  In  1789,  he  was  appointed, 
by  ^Washington,  judge  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 
He  died  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  6  May,  1802,  aged  58  years. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  a  student  at  Andover  Academy 
three  or  four  years,  under  Abiel  Abbot  (H.C.  1787)  and  Mark 
Newman  (D.C.  1793)  ;  and  was  afterwards  placed  under  the 
instruction  of  Rev.  Zedekiah  Sawyer  (H.C.  1771),  in  South 
Bridgewater,  where  he  completed  his  preparatory  studies,  and 
entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1797.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  law  one  year  with  his  elder  brother,  John  Lowell,  jun. 
(H.C.  1786),  when  he  relinquished  it  for  the  study  of  theology. 
In  the  autumn  of  1802,  he  went  to  Scotland,  and  entered  the 
divinity-school  of  the  Edinburgh  University,  where,  among  his 
fellow-students,  was  the  renowned  Sir  David  Brewster.  He  took 
a  letter  of  introduction  from  Dr.  James  Currie,  of  Liverpool, 
to  Dugald  Stewart,  whose  lectures  he  attended,  and  whom  he 
considered,  from  the  gracefulness  and  eloquence  of  his  delivery, 
the  copiousness  and  beauty  of  his  illustrations  (often  extem 
poraneous),  as  the  finest  lecturer  he  had  ever  heard.  He 
also  attended  the  lectures  of  Hope  and  Murray  in  chem 
istry,  of  Brown  in  rhetoric,  and  of  others.  In  Edinburgh, 
he  formed  an  intimate  acquaintance  and  established  a  corre 
spondence  with  Dr.  Thomas  Brown,  the  distinguished  succes 
sor,  as  he  had  been  the  pupil,  of  Dugald  Stewart.  He  was 
well  acquainted  with  Francis  Jeffrey,  the  editor  of  the  "Edin 
burgh  Review."  In  the  summer  of  1803,  he  made  a  pedes 
trian  tour  through  the  Highlands  of  Scotland  ;  and,  after  spend 
ing  another  winter  in  Edinburgh,  he  left  that  city  for  London 
in  the  spring  of  1804.  He  took  a  letter  of  introduction  from 


344  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

Earl  Buchan  to  Earl  Stanhope,  father  of  Lady  Hester  Stan 
hope.  He  visited  Porteus  (bishop  of  London),  Mr.  Wilber- 
force,  and  other  distinguished  persons  ;  from  all  of  whom  he 
received  great  attentions.  Wilberforce  introduced  him  into  a 
favorable  place  in  the  House  of  Commons,  where  he  heard  Pitt, 
Fox,  Sheridan,  and  other  distinguished  men.  Pitt,  he  said, 
had  a  sharp  face  and  a  very  large  nose.  In  his  manner  he 
was  very  vehement,  and  by  no  means  graceful ;  constantly 
moving  his  body  forward,  and  beating  the  air  in  the  same  direc 
tion  with  his  right  arm.  Fox  was  more  calm,  and  somewhat 
colloquial ;  Sheridan,  graceful  in  his  manner,  and  speaking  as 
if  reciting  from  a  book.  He  also  witnessed  the  performances 
of  John  P.  Kemble,  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Siddons.  He  attended 
on  the  preaching,  among  others,  of  John  Newton,  and  the  eccen 
tric  but  eloquent  Eowland  Hill. 

From  London,  Dr.  Lowell  went  to  Paris  at  an  eventful 
period,  and  had  frequent  opportunities  of  seeing  Napoleon 
Bonaparte,  who  had  just  become  emperor,  and  whose  assump 
tion  of  the  imperial  purple  rendered  him  extremely  unpopular. 
He  was  present  at  the  first  appearance  of  Napoleon  after  he 
was  proclaimed  emperor.  He  saw  Talleyrand  the  day  before 
he  died.  After  a  tour  through  Holland  and  Switzerland,  he 
returned  to  Scotland,  and  spent  another  winter  in  Edinburgh. 
In  the  spring  of  1805,  he  left  Edinburgh;  passed  a  little  time 
with  a  maternal  uncle  at  Clifton,  near  Bristol,  Eng.  ;  preached 
at  Bristol  and  Hackney ;  and  returned  to  his  native  country. 
On  his  return  home,  he  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Zedekiah 
Sanger,  of  South  Bridgewater,  and  Rev.  David  Tappan  (H.C. 
1771),  professor  of  divinity  at  Cambridge.  He  was  ordained 
over  the  West  Church  in  Boston,  1  January,  1806.  As  a 
preacher,  he  was  eminently  popular ;  and  he  was  almost  adored 
by  his  parishioners.  Graceful  as  an  orator,  with  a  voice  of 
uncommon  sweetness,  he  preached  with  such  an  ardor  and 
sincerity,  that  he  seemed  to  his  hearers  to  be  almost  divinely 
inspired.  He  continued  sole  pastor  of  the  church  for  more 
than  thirty-seven  years.  His  health  having  become  feeble,  the 
Rev.  Cyrus  Augustus  Bartol  (Bowd.  C.  1832)  was  ordained 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  345 

as  his  colleague,  1  March,  1837,  where  he  still  remains  :  but 
Dr.  Lowell  continued  his  pastoral  connection  with  his  church 
until  his  death  ;  although  he  was  unable  to  officiate,  except  occa 
sionally,  for  several  years  before  his  decease.  Soon  after  his 
colleague  was  ordained,  he  revisited  Europe.  In  Edinburgh, 
he  met  Dr.  Brewster  and  others  of  his  former  fellow-students. 
He  spent  a  day  very  agreeably  with  Dr.  Chalmers  at  Burnt 
Island,  two  miles  beyond  the  Frith  of  Forth.  He  was  in  Lon 
don  the  first  winter  of  his  tour,  and  attended  the  lectures  of 
Dr.  Faraday,  as  he  had  those  of  his  predecessor,  Sir  Hum 
phry  Davy,  many  years  before  ;  attended  the  meetings  of  the 
Eoyal  Society,  and  many  other  societies.  He  was  a  few  months 
in  Paris,  where  he  saw  M.  Coquerel  and  other  distinguished 
persons.  He  went  to  Belgium,  Holland,  Hamburg,  Copen 
hagen,  where  he  met  Prof.  Rafn  ;  visited  the  falls  of  Trolhastta, 
which  are  among  the  most  remarkable  in  Europe.  He  con 
tinued  his  tour  to  Pomerania,  Berlin,  Dresden,  Prague,  Bava 
ria,  the  Rhone,  Baden  Baden,  Switzerland,  Mont  Blanc  ;  crossed 
Mont  Cenis  to  Milan  and  Florence,  and  wintered  at  Rome.  He 
was  presented  to  the  pope  in  the  winter  of  1839  ;  was  present 
at  the  fooleries  of  the  carnival,  and  saw  the  magnificent  spec 
tacle  of  the  illumination  of  St.  Peter's.  From  Rome  he  went 
to  Genoa,  Naples,  Sicily,  Switzerland,  Mount  Etna,  Malta, 
and  'Athens,  where  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Archaeo 
logical  Society  of  Athens  at  the  Parthenon.  Thence  he  went  to 
Smyrna  and  Constantinople,  and  was  at  the  latter  at  the  time  of 
the  death  of  Sultan  Mahmoud,  —  which  was  occasioned  by 
delirium  tremens,  — whose  funeral  procession  on  the  water  was 
very  imposing ;  and  was  also  there  when  his  successor,  Abdul 
Medjid,  was  proclaimed,  whose  installation  was  most  splendid 
with  barbaric  pearl  and  gold,  like  some  of  the  scenes  in  the 
"Arabian  Nights."  He  visited  Rhodes,  Cyprus,  Joppa,  Jeru 
salem,  Bethlehem,  Beirut,  Damascus  (where  there  is  a  street 
called  "Strait,"  as  in  the  New  Testament),  Alexandria,  Cairo, 
the  pyramids,  the  ruins  of  Baalbec,  Thebes,  and  the  tombs  of 
Sesostris  and  the  Pharaohs,  the  Red  Sea,  Trieste,  Corfu,  Vienna, 

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346  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

Nimes,  and  Paris,  after  two  years'  absence.  He  saw  the  Em 
peror  Nicholas  at  Toplitz. 

The  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Harvard  College  in  1823.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  He  published  seven 
teen  occasional  sermons,  and  two  or  three  small  volumes. 

He  married,  in  October,  1806,  Harriet  B.  Spence,  of  Ports 
mouth,  N.H.  ;  left  five  children, — three  sons  and  two  daugh 
ters, —  of  whom  three  are  well  known  to  the  literary  public; 
viz.,  Prof.  James  Russell  Lowell,  Rev.  Robert  Traill  Spence 
Lowell  (an  Episcopal  clergyman  in  New  Jersey),  and  Mrs.  S. 
R.  Putnam.  His  wife  died  30  March,  1850. 

In  a  sermon  which  he  preached  about  forty  years  after  his 
ordination,  he  says,  "  Is  it  amiss  for  me,  in  this  connection,  to 
say,  that  I  am  not  conscious  of  having  ever  heard  of  sickness 
or  trouble  in  any  of  your  families,  that  I  have  not  gone  to  do 
what  became  me  as  your  minister  to  do  ;  or  that  I  have  ever 
known  any  considerable  accession  to  the  sources  of  your  happi 
ness,  that  I  have  not  rejoiced  with  you  in  your  joy,  and  endeav 
ored  to  lead  you  to  a  grateful  improvement  of  the  goodness  of 
God  to  you?  One  thing  more  I  may  claim  to  say,  — that  my 
pastoral  visits  have  never  been  spent  in  idle  gossiping.  I  have 
aimed  to  make  them  useful,  however  much  I  have  failed  to  do 
so.  A  minister  of  religion,  I  have  felt  that  it  became  me  to 
teach  religion,  not  only  '  publicly,'  but  '  from  house  to  house,' 
to  '  watch  for  souls.'  God  forgive  me  that  I  have  not  been  more 
faithful,  as  one  who  must  give  an  account !  " 

1800. — Hon.  LEMUEL  SHAW  died  in  Boston,  30  March, 
1861,  aged  80  years.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Oakes  (H.C. 
1758)  and  Susannah  (Hayward)  Shaw,  and  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  Mass.,  9  January,  1781.  His  father  was  born 
in  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  10  June,  1736;  was  ordained  over  the 
First  Church  in  Barnstable,  1  October,  1760  ;  and  died  11  Feb 
ruary,  1807,  aged  70.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Braintree, 
Mass.  He  was  fitted  for  college  principally  by  his  father  ;  but 
studied  a  few  months  with  Rev.  William  Salisbury  (H.C. 
1795),  of  Braintree.  On  leaving  college,  in  order  to  disen- 


1860-61.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  347 

cumber  his  beloved  father  of  the  expenses  of  his  education, 
he  became  usher  at  the  Franklin  (now  the  Brimmer)  School,  in 
Boston,  of,  which  the  late  Dr.  Asa  Bullard  (D.C.  1793)  was 
the  principal,  where  he  remained  one  year ;  and  was  also  during 
that  time  assistant-editor  of  the  "Boston  Gazette."  He  then 
studied  law  with  David  Everett  (D.C.  1795),  part  of  the  time 
in  Boston,  and  partly  in  Amherst,  N.H.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Hopkinton,  N.H.,  in  September,  1804;  and  after 
wards  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  in  November  of  the  same  year.  He 
began  the  practice  x)f  law  in  Boston,  in  December,  1804,  where 
he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1811,  he  deliv 
ered  a  discourse  before  the  Boston  Humane  Society ;  and  on  the 
4th  of  July,  1815,  an  oration  before  the  town-authorities  of 
Boston.  In  this  oration  we  find  an  explanation  of  the  opposition 
of  a  powerful  party  among  us  to  the  last  war  with  Great  Britain, 
and  a  magnanimous  and  prompt  concession  that  the  contest  has 
strengthened  the  bonds  of  our  political  union.  He  says,  "We 
rejoice  in  the  belief  that  the  danger  which  we  once  feared  from 
the  ascendency  of  French  principles  is  for  ever  removed.  The 
secret  spell  which  seemed  to  bind  us  in  willing  chains  to  the 
conqueror's  car  is  for  ever  broken.  '  No  sophistry  can  again 
deceive  us  into  a  belief  that  the  cause  of  Bonaparte  is  the  cause 
of  social  rights,  or  create  a  momentary  sympathy  between  the 
champion  of  despotism  and  the  friends  of  civil  liberty.  One  of 
the  most  alarming  points  of  view  in  which  the  sincere  opponents 
of  the  late  war  with  England  regarded  the  measure  was,  that  it 
tended  to  cement  and  perpetuate  that  dangerous  and  disgraceful 
connection." 

In  politics,  Judge  Shaw  was  a  decided  federalist,  and  was 
secretary  of  the  Washington  Benevolent  Society.  In  1811  he 
was  elected  a  representative  to  the*  state  legislature,  was  con 
tinued  in  that  office  for  four  succeeding  years,  and  was  again 
elected  in  1819.  In  1820  he  was  a  member  of  the  convention 
for  revising  the  constitution  of  the  state.  In  1821  and  1822, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  senate;  and  again  in  1828  and  1829. 
Before  Boston  became  a  city,  he  held  .various  town  offices  ;  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  fire  wards,  a  selectman,  and  one  of  the 


348  NECROLOGY   OP   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

school-committee.  In  1822,  while  in  the  senate,  he  was  chair 
man  of  the  joint-committee  of  the  legislature  on  a  city  charter 
for  Boston  ;  embodied  the  same  in  the  form  of  a  report  to  the 
town,  which  was  accepted ;  drafted  the  city  charter ;  and  wrote 
the  act  of  incorporation  establishing  the  city  of  Boston,  granted 
by  the  state  legislature,  23  February,  1822  ;  with  the  exception 
of  the  fourteenth  section,  relative  to  public  theatres  and  exhibi 
tions,  and  the  act  establishing  a  police-court ;  which  were  drafted 
by  Hon.  William  Sullivan,  and  went  into  operation  at  the  same 
time.  In  1830,  his  friends  wished  to  nominate  him  as  a  candi 
date  for  representative  to  Congress  ;  but  he  would  not  accept  the 
nomination.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Boston-Library 
Society,  the  Humane  Society,  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society,  the  Massachusetts  Congregational  Charitable  Society, 
the  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians 
in  North  America,  and  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences.  He  was  an  overseer  of  Harvard  College  twelve  years, 
and  one  of  the  corporation  twenty-seven  years.  On  the  23d  of 
August,  1830,  he  was  appointed  chief-justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  in  place  of  Isaac  Parker  (H.C.  1786)  deceased.  He 
held  this  office  until  the  31st  of  August,  1860,  when  he  resigned 
it.  During  the  whole  period  of  his  devotion  to  the  state  judi 
ciary,  he  made  records  of  the  legal  transactions  under  his 
superintendence,  comprising  upwards  of  fifty  volumes  of  several 
hundred  pages  each.  He  was  blessed  vvith  an  extraordinarily 
large,  powerful,  and  vigorous  frame,  which  alone  could  have 
sustained  the  pressure  of  the  unremitted  and  vast  exertions  of 
his  powerful  intellect  for  eighty  years.  His  ample  and  warmly- 
feeling  heart  was  quite  as  remarkable  as  his  intellect.  A  more 
generous  and  social  man  never  lived.  His  fund  of  mirthful 
and  racy  anecdote  was  inexhaustible.  His  honor,  integrity,  and 
Christian  faith  were  never  questioned.  The  honorary  degree  of 
doctor  of  laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College 
in  1831,  and  by  Brown  University  in  1850. 

He  ever  felt  a  devoted  veneration  for  his  parents.  His  mother 
was  a  lady  of  more  than  ordinary  powers  of  intellect ;  and  of 
his  father  he  thus  warmly  expressed  himself  in  a  speech  at 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  349 

the  centennial  celebration  at  Barnstable,  3  September,  1839  : 
"Almost  within  sight  of  the  place  where  we  now  are,  still 
stands  a  modest  spire,  marking  the  spot  where  a  beloved  father 
stood  to  minister  the  holy  word  of  truth  and  hope  and  salva 
tion  to  a  numerous,  beloved,  and  attached  people,  for  almost 
half  a  century.  Pious,  pure,  simple-hearted,  devoted  to  and 
beloved  by  his  people,  never  shall  I  cease  to  venerate  his  mem 
ory,  or  to  love  those  who  knew  and  loved  him.  I  speak  in  the 
presence  of  some  who  knew  him,  and  of  many  more,  who,  I 
doubt  not,  were  taught  to  love  and  honor  his  memory  as  one 
of  the  earliest  lessons  of  their  childhood." 

Judge  Shaw  married,  6  January,  1818,  Elizabeth,  a  daugh 
ter  of  Josiah  Knapp,  a  merchant  of  Boston  ;  and  had  by  her  two 
children,  —  John  Oakes  and  Elizabeth  Knapp.  His  wife  died 
13  January,  1822,  aged  36  years.  He  married  for  his  second 
wife,  in  August,  1827,  Hope,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Sav 
age  (H.C.  1766),  of  Barnstable;  by  whom  he  had  two  chil 
dren,  —  Lemuel  and  Samuel  Savage.  The  former  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1849,  and  is  a  lawyer  in  Boston.  His 
wife  and  all  his  children  survive  him. 

1800.  — BEXJAMIN  WELLES  died  in  Boston,  21  July,  1860, 
aged  78  years.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Isabella  (Pratt) 
Welles,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  13  August,  1781.  He  studied 
for  college  in  part  at  the  Boston  Latin  School,  under  Master 
Samuel  Hunt  (H.C.  1765),  and  during  one  year  with  Rev. 
Thomas  Prentiss,  of  Medfield,  Mass.  (H.C.  1766).  On  leav 
ing  college,  he  studied  law  for  some  time  with  Hon.  Levi  Lin 
coln,  of  Worcester,  Mass.  (H.C.  1772),  and  afterwards  with 
Hon.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1783).  In  1803, 
he  went  to  England,  and  pursued  his  professional  studies  there. 
In  1804,  he  joined  his  classmate,  Washington  Allston,  in  Paris. 
A  few  months  afterwards,  they-  went  together  to  Switzerland, 
and  passed  St.  Gothard  in  their  carriage,  being  the  first  persons 
who  had  traversed  it.  They  went  to  Lombardy,  and  by  Lake 
Como  to  Rome,  passing  through  Bologna,  where  Allston  exam 
ined  the  great  paintings  of  the  Caracci  and  other  great  masters. 
They  next  went  to  Florence.  The  plague,  prevailing  in  Leg- 


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horn,  detained  them  at  Rome  two  months,  during  which  time 
Allston  employed  himself  in  painting.  At  Rome  Mr.  Welles 
staid  about  two  months,  and  Mr.  Allston  a  year.  Mr.  Welles 
returned  to  Boston  in  1804.  In  1807,  he,  in  company  with 
Stephen  Higginson,  William  Parsons,  Thomas  H.  Perkins,  and 
others,  engaged  in  an  iron-mining  company  in  Vergennes,  Vt. 
In  1812,  Mr.  Welles  was  appointed  sole  agent  of  the  establish 
ment,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Vergennes.  He  met  Lieut. 
M'Donough  at  Burlington,  in  a  small  gunboat,  strapping  a 
block,  and  made  an  engagement  to  supply  the  iron  and  cannon- 
balls  for  the  ships,  which  were  all  built  at  Vergennes  for  the 
lake-service;  the  iron-work  amounting  to  $47,000.  In  1816, 
he  became  a  partner  with  Hon.  John  Welles  (H.C.  1782),  who 
was  his  cousin,  in  the  auxiliary  house  in  Boston  to  the  banking- 
house  of  Welles  and  Co.,  of  Paris.  This  connection  continued 
twenty-eight  years,  until  the  death  of  Samuel  Welles  (H.C. 
1796),  which  took  place  in  Paris,  31  August,  1841. 

He  married,  1  August,  1815,  Mehitable  Stoddard  Sumner, 
eldest  daughter  of  Gov.  Increase  Sumner  (H.C.  1767)  ;  by 
whom  he  had  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Georgiana,  and 
one  son,  Benjamin  Samuel.  His  wife  died  31  January,  1826  ; 
and  he  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Susan  Codman,  daughter  of 
William  Codman,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  by  whom  he  had  one 
daughter,  Susan ;  who  married,  14  January,  1856,  Russell 
Sturgis,  jun.,  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Welles  was  highly  respected  in  the  community  as  a  gentle 
man  of  the  old  school.  He  left  a  very  large  estate. 

1801. — Hon.  STEPHEN  MINOT  died  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 
6  April,  1861,  aged  84  years.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Jonas 
and  Mary  (Hall)  Minot,  and  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  28 
September,  1776.  His  father  was  son  of  Dea.  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Prescott)  Minot ;  was  born  in  Concord,  25  April,  1735  ; 
and  died  in  his  native  town,  20  March,  1813,  aged  78  years. 
His  mother  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Willard  Hall  '(H.C.  1722), 
of  Westford,  Mass.  She  was  born  30  July,  1738,  and  died 
3  November,  1792,  aged  54  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Westford  Academy.  He  held  a  very 


1860-61.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  351 

respectable  rank  in  his  class  at  college.  Having  selected 
law  as  a  profession,  he  pursued  his  legal  studies  under  the 
instruction  of  Hon.  Samuel  Dana,  of  Groton,  Mass.  On  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  he  settled  in  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  in  which 
town  and  the  town  of  Minot  he  practised  about  one  year.  He 
then  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
with  the  exception  of  a  residence  of  three  years  in  Methuen, 
where  he  owned  a  cotton-factory.  He  was  a  learned  and  accu 
rate  lawyer.  His  mind  was  clear  in  its  perception,  and  logical 
in  its  conclusions.  He  was  appointed,  in  1811,  judge  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  held  the  office  until  1820, 
when  the  law  which  created  that  court  was  repealed.  In  1824, 
he  was  appointed  county-attorney  for  Essex ;  which  office  he 
resigned  in  1830.  He  was  elected  a  representative  to  the  state 
legislature  in  1825,  and  would  have  been  re-elected,  but  refused 
to  be  a  candidate  again.  He  was  firm  in  purpose,  exact  and 
punctual  in  method  and  habit,  of  strict  integrity,  fearless  in  spirit, 
ever  prompt  to  say  or  do  whatever  his  judgment  approved  ; 
of  great  regularity  and  temperance  in  his  manner  of  life  ;  in 
his  private  relations  a  true,  affectionate,  generous  friend.  His 
house  was  the  abode  of  kindness  and  a  generous  hospitality.  In 
conversation,  he  was  genial,  and  rich  in  anecdote.  For  several 
years,  having  withdrawn  from  professional  labors,  he  spent 
much  of  his  time  in  mathematical  studies,  and  in  reading  the 
Latin  classics.  He  also  possessed  a  strong  mechanical  talent, 
of  which  many  instances  remain ;  among  them  an  organ  of  fine 
musical  powers,  wholly  the  work  of  his  own  hands.  He  was  a 
liberal  supporter  of  the  institution  of  religion,  the  ministrations 
of  which  he  attended  with  great  regularity.  To  him  the  Unita 
rian  faith  was  dear.  His  religious  principles  were  firm,  and  sus 
tained  him  in  the  trials  of  life  and  in  the  hour  of  death.  "  He 
set  his  house  in  order,"  and  awaited  with  perfect  composure  the 
coming  of  the  angel  of  death. 

"  Calmly  he  gave  his  being  up,  and  went 
To  share  the  joys  that  wait  a  life  well  spent." 

Mr.   Minot   married,    9   November,    1809,  Rebecca  Trask, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Trask,  of  Bradford,  Mass.      She  died  27 


352  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

November,  1832  ;  and  he  married,  for  his  second  wife,  Ellen  P. 
Gardner,  daughter  of  Hon.  Stephen  Partridge  Gardner,  of 
Bolton,  Mass.,  who  survived  him.  He  left  two  children, — Mrs. 
Pitman,  of  Eeading,  Mass.;  and  Charles  Minot,  Esq.,  super 
intendent  of  the  Erie  Railroad,  New  York.  The  late  George 
Minot,  Esq.,  who  died  16  April,  1858,  —  a  sound  and  able 
lawyer  of  Boston,  author  of  "  Minot's  Digest,"  a  work  well 
known  to  the  profession  generally,  —  was  his  youngest  son. 

1806.  — Dr.  NATHANIEL  JACOB  died  in  Canandaigua,  N.Y., 
3  February,  1861,  aged  78  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of 
Nathaniel  and  Lucy  (Jacob)  Jacob,  and  was  born  in  Hanover, 
Mass.,  16  July,  1782.  His  father,  who  was  son  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Jacob,  was  born  in  Hanover,  6  April,  1750  ;  was  an  industrious 
farmer,  of  good  natural  abilities  ;  died  22  September,  1822,  aged 
72  years.  His  mother,  who  was  daughter  of  Joshua  Jacob, 
was  born  in  Hanover,  3  November,  1748  ;  and  died  20  March, 
1812,  aged  63  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Bridgewater  Academy,  under  the  tuition  of  Rev. 
Zedekiah  Sanger,  D.D.  (H.  C.  1771).  After  leaving  college, 
he  studied  medicine,  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Nathan  Smith, 
of  Hanover,  N.H.  ;  and  settled  in  Canandaigua  in  1810,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  early  principals  of  the  academy  in  the  village, 
and  practised  as  a  physician.  He  was  for  some  time  professor 
of  anatomy  in  the  Fairfield  Medical  Institute  in  the  state  of 
New  York. 

He  was  one  of  the  principal  founders  of  St.  John's  Epis 
copal  Church  in  Canandaigua.  He  was  a  citizen  of  much 
public  spirit,  and  served  as  military  surgeon  on  the  frontier  in 
the  year  1812.  At  one  time,  he  filled  the  office  of  trial-justice. 
He  was  a  zealous  and  active  member  of  the  medical  profession, 
but  retired  from  practice  many  years  before  his  death. 

He  married,  8  March,  1812,  Hannah  Sanborn,  of  Canan 
daigua.  She  was  the  first  white  inhabitant  born  (in  1789)  in 
that  village  ;  her  parents  being  one  of  four  families  who  emi 
grated  from  Lyme,  Conn.  It  took  them  four  weeks  to  make 
the  passage  ;  going  in  boats  up  the  Hudson,  the  Mohawk,  and 
on  from  one  lake  to  another  by  creeks.  By  his  wife  he  had  ten 


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children,  of  whom  only  four  are  now  living  ;  one  in  Buffalo,  and 
the  others  in  Canandaigua.  His  wife  survived  him. 

1808. — LLOYD  NICHOLAS  ROGERS  died  in  Baltimore,  13 
November,  1860,  aged  72  years.  He  was  born  in  Baltimore, 
20  September,  1788.  He  held  a  very  high  rank  of  scholarship 
in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinguished  honors.  He 
studied  law,  and  settled  in  Baltimore.  He  had  the  ability  to 
attain  distinction  in  his  profession ;  but,  as  he  inherited  a 
very  large  fortune,  he  had  no  necessity  to  labor  for  a  subsistence, 
and  he  virtually  hid  his  talent  in  a  napkin.  He  was  not  known 
beyond  his  immediate  acquaintance. 

1809. — HEXRY  BARNEY  SMITH  died  in  Boston,  1  April, 
1861,  aged  71  years.  He  was  son  of  Barney  and  Ann  (Otis) 
Smith,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  26  October,  1789.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  by  Eev.  Nathaniel  Thayer,  of  Lancaster,  Mass. 
(H.C.  1789).  After  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of 
law  in  Litchfield  under  Judge  Reeve,  and  afterwards  studied 
with  Hon.  William  Sullivan,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1792).  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  ;  but,  having  inherited  an  ample 
fortune,  he  did  not  pursue  his  profession.  He  was  an  inveterate 
democrat  in  politics ;  and  possessing  strong  mental  powers, 
with  great  facility  of  address,  he  was  one  of  the  most  eloquent 
speakers  of  his  party  at  democratic  caucuses  in  Faneuil  Hall. 
He  was  for  some  time  president  of  the  Boston  Debating  Society. 
In  1822,  he  delivered  an  oration  at  a  democratic  celebration  of 
the  4th  of  July,  in  Dorchester  ;  and  another,  at  a  similar  cele 
bration  at  the  Marlborough  Hotel  in  Boston,  in  1824.  On  the 
4th  of  July,  1830,  he  delivered  an  oration  before  the  Washington 
Society  in  Boston.  It  was  said  of  him  then,  that  "he  is  an 
uncompromising  democrat,  who  has  sketched  the  protean  visage 
of  aristocracy  in  thoughts  that  breathe,  and  words  that  burn." 

He  retired  from  political  life  many  years  before  his  death, 
and  devoted  himself  to  the  care  of  his  large  possessions.  He 
was  never  married. 

1812.  —  GEORGE  EDWARD  HEAD  died  in  Boston,  5  July, 
1861,  aged  68  years.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Frazier)  Plead,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  25  February,  1793. 

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His  father  (who  was  son  of  Joseph  Head,  who  came  from  Eng 
land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Norwich)  was  born  in  Boston, 
1  January,  1761  ;  was  for  many  years  a  highly  respectable  mer 
chant ;  and  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  aldermen,  on 
the  organization  of  the  city-government,  in  1822.  He  was  a 
director  in  the  Massachusetts  Bank  from  the  year  1810  until 
his  death.  He  died  30  December,  1836,  aged  76  years.  His 
mother,  who  was  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Elizabeth  (White) 
Frazier,  was  born  in  Andover,  Mass.,  25  February,  1764;  and 
died  2  October,  1798,  aged  34  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
began  to  fit  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Exeter,  N.H. 
He  subsequently  pursued  his  studies  under  the  instruction  of 
Eev.  John  S.  J.  Gardiner,  D.D.,  of  Boston ;  and  completed 
them  in  the  Boston  Latin  School,  where  a  Franklin  medal  was 
awarded  to  him  in  1807.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law 
at  the  law-school  in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  under  the  instruction  of 
Judges  Reeve  and  Gould ;  and,  on  his  admission  to  the  bar, 
established  himself  in  Boston.  Born  to  affluence,  he  did  not 
aim  at  eminence  ;  but,  endowed  by  nature  with  a  remarkably  clear 
intellect  and  refined  taste,  he  took  pleasure  in  the  development 
of  his  mind  by  the  pursuit  of  studies  which  were  in  accordance 
with  his  fancy  rather'  than  the  dry  routine  of  his  profession  ; 
although,  had  necessity  required  his  entire  devotion  to  law, 
his  talents  would  have  enabled  him  to  attain  an  eminent  dis 
tinction  as  a  barrister.  That  he  enjoyed  the  confidence  and 
respect  of  the  community  was  manifested  by  the  stations  to 
which  he  was  elevated.  He  was  elected  a  representative  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1836,  1837,  1847,  and  1848.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  Boston  in  1846,  1847,  and 
1848  ;  and,  in  the  last-named  year,  he  was  chosen  a  permanent- 
assessor  ;  which  office  he  held,  by  successive  elections,  until  his 
death,  with  the  exception  of  the  year  1855.  He  was  at  one 
time  urged  by  his  friends  to  allow  the  use  of  his  name  as  a 
candidate  for  the  mayoralty,  but  declined.  In  private  life, 
his  ready  wit  and  genial  humor,  combined  with  high-toned 
morality,  endeared  him  to  his  family  and  his  numerous  acquaint 
ances. 


1860-61.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  355 

He  married,  26  February,  1815,  Hannah  Catlin,  daughter  of 
Grove  Catlin,  of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  and  great-grand-daughter  of 
Joseph  Wads  worth,  who  hid  the  charter  of  Connecticut  in  the 
oak.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  six  children  ;  of  whom  four, 
— two  sons  and  two  daughters,  —  with  their  mother,  survive. 
One  of  the  sons,  John  Frazier  Head,  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1840 ;  and  the  other,  George  Edward  Head,  at  Harvard 
College  in  1852.  Both  became  physicians.  One  of  the  daugh 
ters  is  the  wrife  of  Bishop  Eastburn,  of  Boston. 

1812.  — NATHANIEL  WHITWORTH  WHITE  died  in  Halifax, 
N.S.,  September,  1860,  aged  67  years.     He  was  son  of  Capt. 
Gideon    and   Deborah     (Whitworth)    White,    and    was    born 
in  Shelburne,   N.S.,   25  February,  1793.      His  father  was  a 
loyalist,  joined  the  British  army  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution, 
and  rose  to  be  a  captain.     He  left  the  country,  and  settled  at 
Shelburne,  where  he  was  appointed  a  judge.    After  the  Revolu 
tion,   living  in    that    little    town,  and   not   mingling  with    the 
Americans,  he  retained  his  bitter  feelings.      When  the  war  of 
1812  broke  out,  he  took  his  son  away  from  college,  only  about 
two  weeks  before  Commencement ;  and  the  son  was  therefore  not 
present  when  his  degree  was  conferred  upon  him.     He  also  took 
away  with  him  another  son,  who  was  fitting  to  enter.     He  died  in 
Shelburne  in  1833,  aged  82  years.     He  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
and  was  a  descendant  of  Peregrine  White.     Mr.  White,  after 
leaving  college,  settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Halifax,  where  he  prac 
tised  two-thirds    of   his    life.      He   was   afterwards    master-in- 
chancery.     He   died  of   disease  of  the  heart.     He  was  never 
married. 

1813.  — ORVILLE  LUTHER  HOLLEY  died  in  Albany,  N.Y., 
25  March,  1861,  aged  69  years.     He  was  son  of  Luther  and 
Sarah    (Dakin)    Holley,    and  was  born  in    Salisbury,  Conn., 
19  May,  1791.     He  was  the  eighth  child  of  a  family  of  nine,  all 
of  whom  he    survived.      The   eloquent   Rev.    Horace   Holley, 
pastor  of  the  Hollis-street  church  in  Boston,  was  his  brother. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  probably  at  Greenfield  Hill,  in  Fair- 
field,  Conn.     He  held  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in   college, 
was  particularly  distinguished  for  his  graceful  oratory,  and  grad- 


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uated  with  distinction.  He  studied  law  in  New  York,  and 
practised  his  profession  successively  in  Hudson,  Canandaigua, 
and  the  city  of  New  York.  His  tastes  led  him,  at  an  early 
period  of  his  career,  to  journalism;  and  he  was  successively  editor 
of  the  "  Anti-Masonic  Magazine,"  published  in  New  York,  the 
"  Troy  Sentinel,"  the  "  Ontario  Eepository,"  and  the  "  Albany 
Daily  Advertiser."  Pie  superintended  the  publication  of  the 
"New-York  State  Register"  for  several  years.  In  1853, 
the  New-York  legislature  authorized  the  purchase  of  the  cor 
respondence  and  other  papers  of  George  Clinton,  the  first 
governor  of  that  state,  then  on  deposit  in  the  office  of  the  secre 
tary  of  state  ;  and  appropriated  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
for  arranging,  indexing,  binding,  and  lettering  the  same.  The 
labor  of  indexing  and  arranging  these  manuscripts  was  intrust 
ed  principally  to  Mr.  Holley,  by  whom  the  work  was  very 
judiciously  and  thoroughly  performed  under  the  direction  of  the 
library-committee.  The  collection  numbered  twenty -three  vol 
umes  of  folio  size.  In  January,  1838,  under  the  first  admin 
istration  of  Gov.  Seward,  Mr.  Holley  was  chosen  surveyor- 
general  of  the  state  of  New  York;  and,  during  the  last  ten  years 
of  his  life,  he  was  occupied  in  duties  connected  with  the  depart 
ment  of  the  secretary  of  state  :  but,  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
severe  bodily  infirmities  compelled  him  to  forego,  to  a  great  ex 
tent,  the  honors  of  public  position.  His  great  solace  during  the 
years  of  infirmity  were  his  literary  studies,  by  which  he  was  most 
distinguished  ;  and  his  "  Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,"  written 
during  a  period  of  severe  suffering,  is  not  excelled  as  a  chaste 
and  comprehensive  biography.  His  acquirements  in  history 
were  equalled  by  few  men.  He  was  a  close  student  of  medical 
science.  Few  clergymen  of  eminence  were  so  well  versed  in 
theology,  while  his  acquaintance  with  English  polite  literature 
was  exhaustive.  His  conversation,  for  terseness,  variety,  and 
finish,  was  most  eminent.  The  range  of  his  thoughts  was  wide, 
his  mind  catholic  and  genial,  his  manners  full  of  courtesy 
and  grace.  He  left  the  impression  of  one,  who,  through  excess 
of  sensibility  or  fastidiousness  of  taste,  has  never  marshalled 
his  powers  to  any  enterprise  fully  worthy  of  them.  The  wTon- 


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der  was,  that  a  man  of  such  a  stamp  and  presence,  so  evidently 
made  up  of  every  creature's  best,  was  not  a  great  poet, 
philosopher,  or  saint ;  for  he  looked  fully  capable  of  being 
either. 

Mr.  Holley  belonged  to  a  family  which  has  largely  contrib 
uted  to  enlighten  our  American  superstition.  Two  of  his 
brothers,  Horace  and  Myron,  were  eminent  propagandists  of 
Liberal  Christianity,  but  neither  was  superior  to  him  in  intelli 
gence,  zeal,  and  devotion  to  the  work  of  emancipating  the  people 
from  spiritual  despotism.  It  was  one  of  the  chief  desires  of  his 
later  years  to  establish  a  strong  liberal  church  in  the  capital  city 
of  New  York.  He  gave  himself  freely  to  the  work  of  organ 
izing  such  a  movement.  His  efforts,  more  than  any  thing, 
secured  the  re-establishment  of  the  drooping  church  in  Albany. 
For  several  years,  he  was  clerk  of  the  society,  superintendent 
of  the  sunday-school,  often  conducted  public  worship,  and,  it 
is  said,  paid  yearly  one-eighth  of  his  entire  income  into  its 
treasury. 

Mr.  Holley  was  never  married ;  and,  during  his  later  years, 
lived  what  would  be  called  a  lonely  life ;  but  it  was  the  best  for 
the  peculiar  cast  of  mind  in  his  condition  of  health. 

1815.  — Hon.  EZRA  HUNT,  of  Bowling  Green,  Mo.,  died 
in  Troy,  Lincoln  county,  in  that  State,  19  September,  1860, 
aged  70  years.  He  was  in  attendance  upon  the  Circuit  Court,, 
in  session  there,  in  his  usual  health.  Having  spoken  on  a  case 
in  his  charge  in  the  afternoon,  and  having  eaten  his  supper 
after  the  adjournment  of  the  court,  he  said  he  was  not  very 
well,  went  to  a  fire  in  a  retired  room  at  his  lodgings,  was  con 
versing  with  a  lady  with  apparent  cheerfulness,  when  he  sud 
denly  appeared  to  be  falling  from  his  chair.  He  was  caught, 
and  physicians  were  called,  who  found  that  the  vital  spark  had 
fled,  and  he  ceased  to  live.  He  was  the  ninth  and  youngest  son 
of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Phillips)  Hunt,  and  was  born  in  Milford, 
Mass.,  7  April,  1790.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  sixth  gene 
ration  from  William  Hunt,  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Con 
cord,  Mass.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Leicester  Academy; 
of  which  Luther  Willson  (W.C.  1807),  afterwards  minister 


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of  Petersham,  Mass.,  was  preceptor.  He  was  distinguished 
for  his  knowledge  of  mathematics  and  the  exact  sciences ;  and 
at  Commencement,  when  he  graduated,  the  subject  assigned  to 
him  was  "  The  Study  of  the  Mathematics."  Immediately  after 
leaving  college,  he  was  appointed  preceptor  of  Leicester  Acad 
emy ;  where  he  remained  until  the  autumn  of  1817,  when  he 
went  to  Cambridge  for  the  purpose  of  studying  divinity.  He 
remained  there,  with  the  exception  of  four  months  devoted  to 
keeping  school  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  until  May,  1818;  when  he 
went  to  Pulaski,  West  Tenn.,  and  took  charge  of  an  academy 
on  a  salary  of  seven  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  He  was 
invited  to  remain  another  year,  with  a  salary  of  twelve  hun 
dred  dollars,  but  declined.  While  in  charge  of  the  academy 
in  Pulaski,  he  pursued  the  study  of  the  law,  under  the  direc 
tion  of  the  late  Judge  William  C.  Carr;  and,  at  the  end  of  one 
year,  obtained  a  license  to  practise  in  the  states  of  Missouri 
and  Illinois.  He  practised  three  years  in  the  town  of  Louisi 
ana,  in  Missouri.  From  this  place,  he  removed  to  St.  Charles 
in  the  same  state. 

In  1831,  he  removed  to  Bowling  Green,  Pike  county,  Mo. 
He  was  the  first  lawyer  that  ever  settled  in  that  county  ;  and  it 
is  stated  that  he  attended  every  term  of  the  Criminal  Court  in 
the  county,  either  as  lawyer  or  judge,  from  the  territorial 
days  of  1819  until  his  death.  He  was  appointed,  6  January, 
1836,  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  that  judicial  district, 
with  a  salary  of  a  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  and  discharged 
the  duties  of  the  office  with  ability  and  impartiality,  to  the  general 
satisfaction  of  the  people  of  the  circuit.  He  decided  questions 
of  law,  but  never  addressed  juries.  When  he  made  any  com 
munication  to  the  jury,  it  was  in  writing.  In  the  convention 
called  to  revise  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Missouri,  in  1845, 
he  was  a  member  for  Pike  and  Rails  counties,  composing  a  dis 
trict  ;  and  acted  as  chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee  in  that 
body.  By  a  change  in  the  constitution  of  Missouri,  in  1849, 
the  term  of  offices  of  the  judges  was  limited  to  eight  years  ;  and, 
simultaneously  with  the  limitation,  new  judges  were  appointed 
all  over  the  state.  Judge  Hunt,  who  had  held  the  office  many 


1860-61.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  359 

years,  was  superseded  by  a  man,  who,  if  he  had  no  other  claim, 
could  allege  most  vigorous  party  services.  Judge  Hunt  was  a 
diligent  student  all  his  life  ;  and,  having  accumulated  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  private  libraries  in  the  state  of  Missouri,  had 
with  its  use,  aided  by  a  discriminating,  logical  mind,  made 
himself  a  learned  and  sound  lawyer,  as  well  as  a  ripe  scholar  in 
general  literature;  and  in  all  the  relations  of  his  life,  both  public 
and  private,  he  was  faithful,  just,  and  true. 

In  1830,  he  visited  Massachusetts  ;  and,  on  the  18th  of  May 
in  that  year,  he  married,  in  Connecticut,  Maria  E.  Pettibone, 
then  sixteen  years  old,  daughter  of  the  late  Rufus  Pettibone 
(W.C.  1805),  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Missouri.  Judge 
Pettibone  married  a  New- York  lady,  and  his  daughter  Maria 
was  born  in  ^sew  York.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  seven 
children  ;  of  whom  four,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1815.  —  Hon.  GAYTOX  PICKMAX  OSGOOD  died  in  North 
Andover,  Mass.,  26  June,  1861,  aged  64  years,  lacking  eight 
days.  He  was  son  of  Isaac  and  Sally  (Pickman)  Osgood,  and 
was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  4  July,  1797  ;  but  removed  with  his 
parents  in  his  infancy  to  North  Andover,  which  was  ever  after 
wards  his  place  of  abode.  His  father  was  for  some  time  clerk 
of  the  courts  for  the  county  of  Essex.  His  mother  was  daughter 
of  Col.  Benjamin  Pickman  (H.C.  1759),  and  sister  of  Col.  Ben 
jamin  Pickman  (H.C.  1784),  of  Salem.  He  was  well  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Franklin  Academy  in  North  Andover.  He' 
attained  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class  while  in  college. 
After  graduating,  he  studied  law  with  Benjamin  Merrill,  of  Salem 
(H.C.  1804).  He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Salem,  but  in 
1819  removed  to  North  Andover,  and  left  the  profession.  Pos 
sessed  of  ample  property,  he  lived  a  retired  life.  He  enjoyed 
his  library,  a  very  valuable  one,  especially  in  classical  literature, 
which  continued  to  hold  a  primary  place  in  his  studies  to  the 
close  of  his  life.  He  was  formerly  known  as  a  prominent  politi 
cian  of  the  democratic  school.  He  was  the  leading  opponent  of 
Caleb  Gushing  in  his  early  competition  for  the  office  of  repre 
sentative  to  Congress,  —  a  contest  long  to  be  remembered,  —  and 
was  elected  for  one  term,  1833-35.  In  1844,  he  was  a  candi- 


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date  for  elector-at-large  in  Massachusetts  of  President  of  the 
United  States  ;  but  was  not  elected,  having  been  nominated  by 
the  democratic  party.  He  was  several  times  elected  a  represen 
tative  to  the  legislature  :  the  last  time,  however,  he  refused  to 
take  his  seat,  which,  jn  consequence,  remained  vacant  for  the 
entire  session.  He  sought  the  pleasures  of  home,  and  it  was 
only  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  friends  that  he  allowed  the  use 
of  his  name  as  a  candidate  for  office.  His  range  of  study  and 
reading  was  very  extensive ;  and  his  political  and  miscellaneous 
lectures  evince  much  thought  and  great  research,  and  abound 
with  apt  illustrations  and  eloquent  appeals. 

"  From  his  cradle 
He  was  a  scholar,  and  a  ripe  and  good  one." 

He  was  benevolent,  sensible,  and  intelligent ;  and  united  mod 
esty  with  merit  to  a  degree  as  unusual  as  it  is  amiable. 

He  married,  24  March,  1859,  Mary  Farnham,  of  North 
Andover,  but  had  no  children.  His  wife  survives  him. 

1822. — NATHANIEL  INGERSOLL  BOWDITCH  died  in  Brook- 
line,  Mass.,  16  April,  1861,  aged  56  years.  He  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Ingersoll)  Bowditch,  and  was 
born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  17  January,  1805.  His  father,  the 
eminent  mathematician  of  world-wide  fame,  was  born  in  Salem, 
26  March,  1773  ;  and  died  in  Boston,  16  March,  1838,  aged  65 
years.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  in  Salem 
by  Abiel  Chandler  (H.C.  1806).  He  graduated  with  high 
honors,  although  the  youngest  in  his  class.  He  studied  law 
under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  William  Prescott  (H.C.  1783) 
and  Hon.  Franklin  Dexter  (H.C.  1812),  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Suffolk  bar  in  1825.  A  few  years  afterwards,  he  relin 
quished  the  practice  of  law,  and  devoted  himself  to  business 
as  a  conveyancer  and  examiner  of  titles  of  real  estate ;  in  which 
he  enjoyed  a  large  and  lucrative  employment,  and  won  the 
esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  had  intercourse,  by  the  suavity 
of  his  manners,  and  his  noble  and  generous  character.  He 
married,  23  April,  1835,  Elizabeth  B.,  eldest  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Francis,  well  known  as  the  wealthiest  gentleman  of 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  361 

Boston.  For  some  years  Mr.  Bowditch  was  in  the  enjoyment 
of  a  very  large  income,  which  he  distributed  in  a  thousand 
nameless  rills  of  beneficence  for  the  relief  of  suffering  humanity. 
Mr.  Francis  died  21  September,  1858  ;  and,  soon  after  that 
event,  Mr.  Bowditch  retired  from  business,  and  took  up  his 
residence  in  Brookline.  Soon  afterwards,  he  was  attacked  by 
a  terrible  and  incurable  disease,  — a  cancerous  affection  in  one 
of  his  thigh-bones  ;  and  for  eighteen  months  he  was  wasting 
away  under  this  painful  disorder,  unable  to  move,  except  slightly 
to  raise  his  head  in  the  bed.  But  gently,  patiently,  nobly,  was 
the  discipline  borne.  To  go  into  his  sick-chamber  was  like 
going  into  a  chapel ;  and  such  dews  fell  upon  the  heart  there 
as  fall  upon  the  lilies  of  heaven.  You  saw  the  sufferer  upon  his 
couch,  propped  up  by  pillows,  pale  and  worn ;  but  his  smile 
was  sweet,  his  greeting  was  cordial,  his  interest  in  life  was  un 
abated.  Books,  the  society  of  his  family,  intercourse  with  his 
friends,  filled  up  his  days.  Slowly  and  gradually  the  last  hour 
came,  and  now  "Goodness  and  he  fill  up  one  monument." 

His  wife  survives  him,  with  four  children,  —  one  son  and 
three  daughters. 

1822. — Rev.  NATHANIEL  GAGE  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
7  May,  1861,  aged  sixty  years.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Betsey  (Kimball)  Gage,  and  was  born  in  North  Andover,  on 
the  line  between  North  Andover  and  Boxford,  Mass.,  16  July, 
1800.  His  father  was  a  farmer  ;  and  Nathaniel  worked  on  the 
farm  while  a  boy,  attending  public  schools  until  he  was  about 
sixteen  years  of  age.  His  father  determined  that  one  of  his 
sons  should  go  to  college.  The  younger  son,  Daniel,  declined, 
and  chance  fell  to  Nathaniel ;  although  his  father  regretted  it,  as 
he  was  so  apt  at  farming.  He  began  to  fit  for  college  at  Brad 
ford  Academy,  under  Benjamin  Greenleaf  (D.C.  1813);  and 
finished  his  preparatory  studies  under  the  instruction  of  Rev. 
Peter  Eaton  (H.C.  1787),  of  Boxford,  whose  meeting  the 
family  attended.  Before  he  entered  college,  he  taught  school 
in  Boxford,  pursuing  at  the  same  time  his  studies  with  great 
perseverance.  He  entered,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  without 

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362  NECROLOGY    OF    ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

conditions.  While  in  college,  he  taught  school  every  winter, 
successively  in'  Newton,  Goffstown,  N.H. ,  Wayland,  and  Bol- 
ton.  In  summer  vacations,  he  worked  on  the  farm  at  home. 
He  ranked  very  high  in  scholarship  while  in  college.  He  had 
the  oration  on  class-day,  the  salutatory  oration  at  Commence 
ment,  and  the  valedictory  oration  when  he  took  his  second 
degree.  After  graduating,  he  pursued  his  theological  studies  at 
the  Divinity  School  in  Cambridge  ;  during  a  part  of  the  time, 
teaching  school  in  Cambridgeport.  In  1825,  he  was  appointed 
tutor  in  mathematics  in  college,  and  held  the  office  one  year. 
He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church  in  Nashua, 
N.H.,  27  June,  1827,  where  he  remained  seven  years.  He 
was  dismissed  in  1834 ;  and  immediately  went  to  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  installed  2  July  of  the  same  year.  There 
he  remained  seven  years.  Thence  he  went  to  Petersham,  where 
he  was  installed  6  October,  1841,  and  remained  there  four 
years.  From  Petersham  he  went  to  Lancaster,  where,  for 
about  one  year,  he  supplied  the  pulpit  of  Rev.  Edmund  Hamil 
ton  Sears  (U.C.  1834),  who  was  in  ill  health.  Then  he  had  a 
call  at  Westborough,  where  he  went  in  the  spring  of  1851,  and 
remained  six  years  without  being  installed.  In  April,  1857, 
he  removed  to  Cambridge  ;  and  in  the  summer  of  that  year  he 
began  to  preach  in  Ashby,  where  he  continued  his  ministrations 
as  long  as  he  lived,  going  there  on  Saturdays,  spending  two 
Sundays  and  the  intervening  week,  then  returning  to  his  home 
in  Cambridge.  On  the  18th  of  April,  1861,  while  on  his  way 
from  Cambridge  for  Boston  on  foot,  he  was  attacked  with  apo 
plexy.  He  was  carried  home,  where  he  lingered  until  the  7th 
of  May,  when  he  died. 

Mr.  Gage  was  a  man  of  a  most  genial  and  kindly  spirit,  a 
true  and  devoted  friend,  a  conscientious  and  self-sacrificing 
Christian.  Many  have  wondered  that  he  had  not  risen  to 
fiigher  eminence  in  the  church.  It  is  surprising  that  he  should 
have  escaped  reverses,  and  maintained  so  respectable  and  uni 
form  a  standing,  with  his  guiltless  nature  and  sensitive  heart. 

"  Of  manners  gentle,  and  affections  mild, 
In  wit  a  man,  simplicity  a  child." 


1860-61.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  3G3 

His  heart  was  warm  and  sympathetic,  joyous  in  prosperity, 
but  in  seasons  of  adversity  overflowing  with  the  tenderest  sensi 
bility.  In  private  life,  he  was  most  interesting  and  genial. 
Possessing  no  small  share  of  wit,  always  cheerful  and  buoyant, 
he  was  the  life  of  the  social  circle  ;  tender  and  loving,  he  was 
the  idol  of  his  home. 

He  published  a  Sermon,  delivered  at  the  installation  of  Rev. 
A.  Dumont  Jones  over  the  Congregational  Church  in  Wilton, 
N.H.,  January  1,  1834;  8vo ;  Nashua,  N.H.,  1834;  pp.  32. 
An  Address  before  the  Essex  Agricultural  Society  at  Topsfield, 
September  27,  1837,  at  the  Annual  Cattle  Show;  8vo ;  Sa 
lem,  1838 ;  pp.  27.  A  Discourse  delivered  in  Windham, 
N.H.,  5  November,  1834,  at  the  Interment  of  Rev.  Jacob 
Abbot  and  Capt.  John  Dinsmore,  who  were  drowned  2  Novem 
ber ;  Nashua,  N.H.,  1835;  8vo,  pp.  24.  An  Address  on 
Intemperance,  pronounced  at  Nashua  Village,  N.H.,  April 

4,  1829;  published  by  request;  8vo.     Dunstable,  N.H.,  pp. 
21.      Sons   and  Daughters   of  the  Times;    a    Sermon  deliv 
ered    in    Haverhill,    Mass.,    on    Fast   Day,    April    5,    1838. 
Haverhill;  pp.  28. 

He  married,  1  August,  1827,  Abby  Richardson,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Stephen  Partridge  and  Achsah  (Moore)  Gardner,  of 
Bolton.  She  was  the  fourth  of  eight  daughters,  four  of  whom 
became  widows  within  four  years.  Their  children  were,  — 
1.  Ellen  Gardner,  born  9  July,  1828,  at  Nashua;  married,  5 
October,  1854,  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Wheeler  (Bowd.  C.  1847), 
of  South  Danvers.  2.  Abby,  born  February,  1831 ;  died  1832, 
aged  17  months.  3.  Louisa  Charlotte,  born  18  October,  1833, 
at  Nashua;  married,  20  September,  1855,  Franklin,  son  of 
Augustus  and  Harriet  (Child)  Perrin,  born  9  August,  1830, 
in  Boston.  4.  Nathaniel,  born  1835  ;  died  November,  1839. 

5.  Minot  Gardner,   born   11    September,   1841  ;   graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1861. 

1822.  —  Hon.  FRANCIS  OSBORN  WATTS  died  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  28  September,  1860,  aged  57  years.  He  was  son  of 
Francis  and  Mehitable  (Lord)  Watts,  and  was  born  in  Kenne- 
bunk,  Me.,  9  August,  1803.  He  was  great-grandson  of  Judge 


364  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMXI  [1860-61. 

Samuel  Watts,  of  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  grandson  of  Dr.  Edward 
Watts,  of  Portland,  Me.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in  Kennc- 
bunk ;  and,  on  his  removal  to  Boston,  he  engaged  in  business, 
as  a  wholesale  grocer,  on  Long  Wharf,  which  he  continued 
about  twelve  years.  In  1832,  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
Atlantic  Insurance  Company;  which  office  he  held  until  1844, 
when  he  resigned  it  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  died  6  April, 
1846.  His  mother  was  a  devout  Christian  woman,  who  died 
when  he  was  little  more  than  nine  years  old.  In  1815,  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years,  he  entered  Thornton  Academy  in  Saco, 
Me.,  where,  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Ezra  Haskell  (Y.C. 
1811),  he  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  until  1818,  when  he 
removed,  with  his  father,  to  Boston,  and  completed  his  studies 
at  Mr.  Gideon  French  Thayer's  school,  in  Chauncy  Place. 
Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Mr.  Augustus  Peabody,  in  Boston  (D.C.  1803)  ; 
where,  with  the  exception  of  a  single  intervening  term  at  the 
law  school  in  Northampton,  under  Judge  Samuel  Howe  (W.C. 
1804) ,  he  completed  his  legal  studies ;  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  October,  1825,  at  a  little  more  than 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  But,  though  so  young,  his  abilities 
and  attainments  and  general  character  were  such,  that  he  was 
immediately  received  as  a  law-partner  by  Mr.  Peabody,  with 
whom  he  continued  six  years.  A  year  later,  he  formed  a  part 
nership  with  Mr.  William  Joseph  Hubbard  (Y.C.  1820)  ;  and, 
many  years  afterwards,  he  records  of  both  his  partners,  "I  be 
lieve  I  may  say  I  have  never  had  an  unpleasant  word  with  either 
of  them."  Some  few  years  before  his  death,  he  practised  in 
connection  with  Owen  Glendour  Peabody  (D.C.  1842),  the 
son  of  his  former  partner.  From  1826  until  near  the  close 
of  1840,  he  was  a  worshipper,  and,  for  most  of  that  time,  a 
communicant,  in  the  Unitarian  church  :  but  in  the  spring  of 
1841,  having  changed  his  religious  views,  he  joined  the  Protes 
tant  Episcopal  church  ;  to  which  religious  faith  he  ever  after 
wards  adhered.  He  was  esteemed  by  his  acquaintances  as  a 
singularly  faultless  man  ;  commanding  respect  and  confidence 
by  the  strength  of  his  mind,  the  respectability  of  his  attain- 


1860-61.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  365 

merits,  the  soundness  of  his  judgment,  the  modesty  of  his  self- 
estimation,  the  uprightness  of  his  dealings,  the  sweetness  of  his 
temper,  and  the  amenity  of  his  manners.  As  a  lawyer,  he  held 
a  highly  respectable  rank,  and  was  greatly  esteemed  by  his  pro 
fessional  associates.  In  1846,  he  was  elected  a  senator  from 
the  Suffolk  district  to  the  state  legislature  ;  where  he  distin 
guished  himself  as  an  able  debater,  and  a  most  valuable  mem 
ber  of  the  senatorial  board. 

He  married,  1  May,  1826,  Caroline  Goddard,  born  25 
February,  1804,  daughter  of  Thacher  and  Lucy  Goddard,  of 
Boston,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children,  —  three  sons  and  four 
daughters  ;  of  whom  two  daughters  only  survive.  His  wife 
died  25  July,  1850,  aged  44  years  and  5  months.  He  married 
for  his  second  wife,  21  January,  1854,  Caroline  Keith  Brad 
bury,  daughter  of  Charles  Bradbury,  of  Boston,  who  survives 
him  ;  but  has  had  no  children. 

1823.  —  EDWARD  VERNON  CHILDE  died  in  Paris,  France, 
23  January,  1861,  aged  56  years.  He  was  son  of  David  Weld 
and  Abigail  (Dorr)  Child,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  13  March, 
1804.  His  name  was  originally  Ebenezer  Dorr  Child,  and 
was  changed,  by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  8  February,  1823. 
His  father  wras  a  very  respectable  merchant,  and  died  in  Bos 
ton,  3  February,  1830,  aged  58  years.  The  subject  of  this 
notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  public  Latin  School. 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Daniel  Webster  (D.C.  1801).  He  did  not,  however,  pursue 
the  profession.  On  the  death  of  his  father,  he  inherited  an 
ample  fortune,  which  was  subsequently  very  much  increased  by 
his  inheriting  also  the  estate  of  a  deceased  brother.  In  1828, 
he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  remained  about  two  years  ;  wrhen 
he  returned.  About  the  year  1834,  he  again  went  to  Europe  ; 
resided  several  years  in  Italy  and  Germany.  He  then  became  a 
permanent  resident  in  Paris,  and  devoted  himself  to  literature. 
He  was  a  regular  correspondent  of  the  "  London  Times "  for 
nearly  eleven  years.  His  first  letter  to  the  "  Times  "  was  dated 
Paris,  3  November,  1845  ;  and  the  last,  7  June,  1856.  He 
was  also  correspondent  of  the  "  New-York  Courier  and  En- 


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quirer"  from  17  October,  1846,  to  4  December,  1856.  Both 
these  series  of  letters  he  had  printed  in  1857,  in  a  duodecimo 
volume  making  259  pages,  for  private  circulation. 

He  married,  in  1831,  Mildred  Lee,  daughter  of  Gen.  Henry 
Lee,  of  Virginia.  He  left  three  children,  —  one  son  and 
two  daughters:  viz.,  Edward  Lee  Childe,  residing  in  Paris; 
Florence,  the  elder  daughter,  married  to  Count  Henry  Soltyk, 
of  Cracow,  Austrian  Poland ;  Mary,  the  younger,  married 
Robert  Gilmor  Hoffman,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  His  wife  died  in 
Paris,  24  June,  1856. 

1823.  —  JOSEPH  HENRY  FARLEY  died  in  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
4  January,  1861,  aged  55  years.  He  was  the  fourth  son  of 
Eben  and  Lydia  (Coolidge)  Farley,  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
7  September,  1805.  His  father  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  24 
March,  1775  ;  was  a  merchant  in  Boston,  of  the  firm  of  Swett 
and  Farley;  and  died  27  September,  1826,  aged  51  years. 
His  mother  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  18  March,  1776  ; 
and  died  14  November,  1813,  aged  37  years.  The  subject  of 
this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Exeter, 
N.H.  After  graduating,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
and  settled  in  New-York  city  ;  having  become  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Felix  M.  Walton  and  Co.,  importers  of  dry  goods. 
The  house  became  insolvent ;  and  Mr.  Farley  subsequently  en 
tered  into  partnership  with  Calvin  Angier,  of  New  York,  in  the 
sale  of  boots  and  shoes.  Here  he  was  again  unfortunate.  He 
left  New  York,  and  went  to  Lenox,  Mass.,  where  he  resided 
with  a  younger  brother  ;  but  he  fell  into  a  morbid  and  depressed 
state  of  mind,  which  the  kindness  of  his  friends  could  not  re 
store,  but  resulted  in  mental  alienation,  during  which  he  termi 
nated  his  life  by  his  own  hand.  He  was  never  married. 

1823.  —  Rev.  JAMES  TRASK  WOODBURY  died  in  Milford, 
Mass.,  16  January,  1861,  aged  57  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
Peter  and  Mary  (Woodbury)  Woodbury,  and  was  born  in 
Francestown,  N.H.,  9  May,  1803.  His  father  was  born  in 
Beverly,  Mass.,  in  1767,  and  removed  to  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  and  agricultural  pursuits  ;  was 
fifteen  years  a  representative,  and  two  years  a  senator,  in  the 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  367 

state  legislature.  He  died  in  1834.  His  mother  was  daughter 
of  James  Woodbury,  who  was  born  in  Beverly,  but  removed 
to  Mount  Yernon,  N.H.,  in  1782.  He  was  a  subaltern  in 
Col.  Robert  Rogers's  regiment  of  rangers ;  and  was  near 
Wolfe  when  he  fell  at  the  storming  of  Quebec.  The  subject 
of  this  notice  was  a  brother  of  the  late  Hon.  Levi  Woodbury 
(D.C.  1809),  who  was  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  senator 
in  congress,  secretary  of  the  navy,  and  afterwards  secretary  of 
the  treasury  under  President  Jackson,  and  associate-justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He  began  to  fit 
for  college  at  the  academy  in  Francestown,  N.H.,  and  com 
pleted  his  preparatory  studies  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Mass.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  with  his  dis 
tinguished  brother  Levi,  in  Portsmouth,  N.H.  He  was  ad 
mitted  to  the  bar  of  his  native  state  in  1826,  and  at  once  opened 
an  office  for  the  practice  of  law  in  Bath,  N.H.  Having  a 
thorough  education,  possessing  talents  of  a  high  order,  with  an 
unblemished  character,  strong  physical  and  intellectual  powers, 
he  had  every  prospect  of  becoming  eminent  in  his  profession. 

But,  in  the  midst  of  his  bright  prospects  of  future  eminence, 
his  ambition  was  suddenly  checked,  and  his  whole  course  of  life 
changed.  Under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  David  Sutherland,  of 
Bath,  where  he  resided,  he  became  a  sincere  convert  to  the 
Christian  faith,  to  the  advocacy  of  which  he  devoted  the  rest  of 
his  life.  After  a  long  struggle  with  himself,  and  contrary  to 
the  advice  of  many  friends,  he  relinquished  his  profession  as  a 
lawyer,  and  placed  himself  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Lyman 
Beecher,  D.D.  (Y.C.  1797),  of  Boston,  as  a  student  of  divin 
ity.  After  completing  his  course  of  study,  he  soon  had  an  invi 
tation  to  settle  as  pastor  of  the  church  in  Acton,  Mass.,  and  was 
ordained  29  August,  1829,  where  he  continued  pastor  for 
twenty-two  years.  In  the  spring  of  1852,  at  his  own  request, 
he  was  dismissed  from  the  church  ;  and,  on  the  loth  of  July  the 
same  year,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Milford, 
Mass.,  where  he  continued  to  discharge  his  ministerial  duties 
until  his  death.  He  was  elected  representative  to  the  state  legis 
lature  from  Acton  in  1851  and  1852.  He  was  first  elected  with 


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special  reference  to  his  making  an  appeal  to  the  state  for  aid 
in  the  erection  of  a  monument,  in  the  town  of  Acton,  to  the 
memory  of  Capt.  Isaac  Davis,  who  fell  at  the  old  North  Con 
cord  Bridge,  19  April,  1775.  When  the  order  for  the  appro 
priation  came  up  for  consideration,  it  found  little  favor  :  indeed, 
it  was  said  that  scarce  five  men  could  be  found  who  favored  its 
passage.  On  the  5th  of  February,  1852,  he  made  a  speech  which 
occupied  two  hours  in  delivery.  It  was  the  only  time  he  ever 
addressed  a  legislative  assembly.  Every  eye  was  riveted  upon 
him,  as  he  proceeded  in  his  peculiar  graphic  description  of  the 
opening  scenes  of  the  revolution,  and  held  up  in  his  hands  the 
trappings  that  were  worn  by  the  hero  on  that  eventful  day, 
pierced  as  they  were  by  the  bullets  of  the  invader.  The  excite 
ment  was  intense  ;  the  cause  was  gained  ;  the  appropriation  was 
voted  by  a  large  majority. 

Mr.  Woodbury  possessed  a  genial  nature,  with  fine  social 
feelings,  which  endeared  him  to  a  large  circle  of  friends.  His 
visits  to  his  people  were  frequent  and  interesting.  As  a  preach 
er  of  the  gospel,  he  was  devoted  to  his  work ;  and  the  degree  of 
success  which  attended  his  ministerial  labors  testifies  to  his  faith 
fulness  as  a  pastor. 

He  married,  in  1826,  Augusta  Porter,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Jonathan  Porter,  of  Medford,  Mass.  He  left  three  children,  — 
Augusta,  married  to  George  G.  Parker,  counsellor-at-law  in 
Milford ;  George  Porter,  married,  and  resides  in  Milford ; 
Charlotte  Elizabeth,  18  years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him. 

1829. — JAMES  DUTTON  RUSSELL  died  in  Brighton  (Long- 
wood  village),  10  June,  1861,  aged  51  years.  His  name  was 
originally  James  Russell  Button  ;  and  was  changed  by  act  of  the 
legislature,  21  February,  1820.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Warren 
(Y.C.  1797)  and  Elizabeth  Cabot  (Lowell)  Dutton,  and  was 
born  in  Boston,  7  January,  1810.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in 
the  Boston  Latin  School.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he 
entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  where  he  remained 
somewhat  more  than  a  year ;  and  then  entered  as  a  student  the 
office  of  Hon.  Franklin  Dexter,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1812).  In 
October,  1832,  he  was  admitted  in  Boston  as  attornev  of  the 


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Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  opened  an  office  at  No.  5,  Court 
Street.  At  this  time  he  was  an  ensign  in  the  Boston  Light 
Infantry.  In  1833,  he  visited  Europe.  Possessing  an  ample 
competence,  he  did  not  pursue  his  profession  as  a  means  of 
living.  About  ten  years  before  his  death,  he  made  Longwood 
his  permanent  residence. 

He  married,  4  November,  1835,  Helen  Hooper,  daughter  of 
William  Hooper,  Esq.,  of  Marblehead.  The  issue  of  this  mar 
riage  was  four  children, — two  sons  and  two  daughters,  —  all 
of  whom  are  living.  Their  mother  died  27  February,  1848,  at 
the  age  of  31  years. 

1831. —  MOSES  HAGAR  died  in  Philadelphia,  18  November, 
1860,  aged  56  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Elijah  and 
Mary  (Jones)  Hagar,  and  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass., 
9  September,  1804.  His  father  died  27  April,  1841,  aged  83 
years  and  6  months.  He  pursued  his  studies,  preparatory  to 
entering  college,  at  StoV,  Mass.,  New  Ipswich,  N.H.,  Leices 
ter  and  New  Salem,  Mass.  ;  also  with  Dr.  John  White,  in 
Westminster.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law  ; 
but  was  not,  probably,  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  at 
one  time  clerk  of  court  in  Philadelphia ;  but,  for  some  time 
previous  to  his  death,  he  held  an  agency  in  one  of  the  various 
railroad-offices  in  that  city.  He  was  never  married. 

1831. — JOSEPH  RICKETSON  WILLIAMS  died  in  Constantine, 
Mich.,  15  June,  1861,  aged  52  years.  'He  was  the  oldest  son 
of  Capt.  Richard  and  Rebecca  (Smith)  Williams,  and  was 
born  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  14  November,  1808;  but  removed 
soon  after  his  birth,  with  his  parents,  to  New  Bedford.  His 
father  was  a  highly  respectable  shipmaster  ;  and,  after  his  retire 
ment  from  the  sea,  held  for  many  years  the  office  of  postmaster 
of  New  Bedford.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  the  subject  of 
this  notice  was  apprenticed  in  a  counting-room  in  Boston.  He 
remained  there  two  years  ;  but,  disliking  a  mercantile  life,  he 
relinquished  his  place,  with  the  intention  of  obtaining  a  col 
legiate  education.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  at  Sand 
wich  Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Luther  Barker  Lincoln 
(H.C.  1822).  He  gained  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his 

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370  NECROLOGY    OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

class,  and  graduated  with  distinguished  honors.  He  taught 
school  in  his  sophomore  year  in  Concord,  Mass.,  and  in  his 
senior  year  in  Northborough,  Mass.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  Davis,  of  Worcester, 
(Y.C.  1812) ,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  New  Bedford.  Soon  afterwards,  Hon.  John 
H.  Clifford,  of  New  Bedford,  offered  him  a  partnership  in  a 
lucrative  practice,  which  he  declined  on  account  of  his  health. 
He  was  always  a  student ;  and  as  a  writer,  if  he  had  addressed 
himself  persistently  to  any  department  of  letters,  would  have 
been  distinguished.  He  was  at  one  period  an  acceptable  con 
tributor  to  the  "North- American  Review."  An  admirable  and 
exhaustive  article  upon  the  whale-fishery  appeared  in  its  pages, 
prepared  by  him  while  he  was  in  Mr.  Clifford's  office.  If  he 
had  devoted  himself  resolutely  to  his  profession,  he  would  have 
obtained  a  high  position  in  it.  The  precarious  state  of  his 
health  from  the  time  of  his  admission  to  the  bar,  and  the  neces 
sity  which  he  thought  it  impressed  upon  him  for  a  more  out-of- 
door  life,  and  in  a  different  climate,  only  prevented  him  from 
being  one  of  the  men  of  mark  in  his  native  state,  and  return 
ing  in  a  larger  measure  to  his  Alma  Mater  the  fruits  of  her 
planting.  In  1835,  he  relinquished  his  profession, — having 
accepted  the  agency  of  an  extensive  New-England  company  for 
investments  in  Western  lands,  —  and  Avent  to  Toledo,  O.  The 
place,  then  small,  offered  few  inducements,  beyond  the  opportu 
nity  for  speculation  in  city  property,  in  which  Mr.  Williams 
successfully  engaged.  He  built  the  American  Hotel  in  1836, 
and  remained  there  until  1839,  when  he  removed  to  Constan- 
tine,  Mich.  He  there  engaged  in  the  milling  business,  built 
a  fine  mill,  and  was  for  several  years  very  successful  in  this 
vocation.  Between  the  years  1837  and  1853,  he  became  iden 
tified  with  the  political  interests  of  the  state  of  Michigan.  He 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  Michi 
gan.  He  was  twice  a  candidate  for  United-States  senator 
against  Gen.  Cass,  before  the  organization  of  the  republican 
party,  and  was  three  times  a  whig  candidate  for  Congress  in 
the  district  in  which  he  lived ;  and,  although  his  party  was 


1860-61.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  371 

greatly  in  the  minority,  he  came  within  a  small  vote  of  an 
election.  In  1853  he  purchased  the  "Toledo-Blade"  establish 
ment,  and  returned  to  that  city.  Under  his  management,  the 
"  Blade  "  became,  from  the  first,  the  advocate  of  republican  prin 
ciples,  and  did  more  to  inaugurate  the  republican  party  in 
Northern  Ohio  than  all  the  other  papers  in  the  state.  Mr. 
Williams  was  in  failing  health  when  he  assumed  the  manage 
ment  of  the  "Blade  ;"  and,  though  eminently  qualified  by  capa 
city  and  taste  for  the  occupation,  it  was  one  that  did  not,  as  he 
anticipated,  favor  his  disease.  After  an  editorial  career  of  three 
years,  he  sold  the  paper  to  its  present  proprietors,  to  occupy  the 
position,  at  the  hands  of  the  Michigan  legislature,  of  president 
of  the  Agricultural  College  of  Michigan.  This  institution, 
located  at  Lansing,  was  but  just  incorporated ;  and,  being 
unlike  any  institution  in  the  country,  it  was,  of  course,  an  ex 
periment.  Mr.  Williams  was  deemed  the  most  suitable  person 
to  inaugurate  it,  by  the  character  and  ability  of  his  writings 
and  addresses  upon  the  subjects  of  agriculture.  His  failing 
health  was  the  impediment  in  the  way  of  success  ;  and,  after  a 
year  of  laborious  exertion,  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  this  posi 
tion,  and  seek  relief  at  Havana  and  Bermuda.  He  returned 
from  the  South  in  the  spring  of  1860,  considerably  improved, 
and  was  elected  the  following  fall  a  member  of  the  senate  of 
Michigan,  which  body  did  him  the  honor  to  elect  him  their 
president ;  an  office  for  w^hich  his  talents  eminently  qualified 
him.  By  the  resignation  of  the  lieutenant-governor,  Hon. 
James  Birney,  Mr.  Williams  became  acting  lieutenant-governor 
of  the  state ;  which  office  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  married,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  20  May,  1844,  Sarah  Kow- 
land  Langdon,  daughter  of  John  and  Charlotte  Langdon,  and  a 
grand-niece  of  Gov.  John  Langdon,  of  New  Hampshire;  who, 
with  three  daughters,  survived  him. 

1832.  — Dr.  JOSEPH  JAMES  LLOYD  WHITTEMORE  died  in 
Paris,  France,  14  October,  1860,  aged  49  years,  lacking  one 
day.  He  was  the  only  child  of  Capt.  Isaac  and  Betsey  (Tower) 
Whittemore,  and  was  born  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  15  October, 
1811.  His  father  was  educated  a  merchant  in  the  counting- 


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room  of  Bordman  and  Pope,  of  Boston.     On  coming  of  age, 
he  was  first  employed  as  supercargo  in  one  of  their  ships  then 
trading   on  the    north-west    coast.     Afterwards    he    had    com 
mand  of  several  of  their  ships  in  the  same  trade  until  he  died  in 
1818,   and  was    buried    on    Madison's   Island,  in    the    Pacific 
-Ocean.     He  had  acquired  a  handsome  property,  the  fruit  of  his 
maritime  industry,  which  his  young  son  inherited.     His  mother 
was  daughter  of  Matthew  Tower,  of  Scituate.      Placed  under 
the  guardianship  of  the  late  Dr.  Cushing  Otis  (H.C.  1789),  of 
his  native  town,  he  was  liberally  provided  for,  and  his  education 
attended  to  with  all  wisdom,  discretion,  and  the  most  paternal 
kindness.      He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Derby  Academy  in 
Hingham,  Mass.      His    ample  ^resources  pecuniarily,  and  his 
large  genial  and  social  qualities,  combined  with  an  almost  ab 
sorbing  genius  and  taste  for  music,  were  not  calculated  to  induce 
a  very  close  and  untiring  application  to  the  prescribed  studies, 
although  his  talent  for  acquiring  readily  a  knowledge   of   the 
languages,  classic  and  modern,  was   remarkable.      He  needed 
the  spur  of  the  res  angusta  domi  to  make  him  hold  high  rank  as 
a  college  student.     Lacking  this,  and  the  other  spur  of  literary 
ambition,  it  is  almost  needless  to  add,  that  he  did  not  graduate 
"with  all  the  honors."     Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he 
began,  1  September,  1832,  the  study  of  medicine  in  Boston,  in 
the  Medical   School  under  the  superintendence  of  Dr.  James 
Jackson   (H.C.  1796),  and  remained  there  until  April,  1833. 
He  embarked,  1  April,  1833,  in  company  with  his  classmate  Tar- 
bell,  for  Liverpool,  to  prosecute  his  studies  at  the  medical  schools 
of  Paris,  where  he  remained  three  years.      In  May,  1834,  he 
was  married  at  Dover,  Eng.,  to  Victoire  Marie  Anne  Ade 
laide  Bellenger,  of  Paris ;  who  survived  him,  without  children. 
He  left  Paris,  1  July,  1836,  for  Heidelberg,  Germany,  to  finish 
his  medical  studies.     Having  passed  a  most  creditable  examina 
tion  (in  the  French  tongue  as  a  medium  of  communication)  be 
fore  the  medical  department  of  the  Heidelberg  University,  and 
obtained  his  diploma,  he  returned  to  Paris,  21  May,  1837.     He 
then  embarked  for  home,  where  he  arrived  1  July,  1836  ;  and 
1  September,  1837,  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  his  native 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  373 

town.  He  succeeded,  with  only  a  short  interval,  to  the  large 
practice  of  his  late  guardian,  Dr.  Otis,  whose  place  he  seemed 
almost  providentially  to  have  been  fitted  to  supply.  His  Euro 
pean  education  and  universal  popularity  as  a  fellow-townsman 
combined  to  render  the  claims  upon  his  skill  very  numerous  and 
constant,  and  his  labors  very  arduous  and  unremitting,  including 
a  wide  range  of  travel  by  night  and  by  day.  His  wife  having 
become  dissatisfied  with  Scituate  as  a  place  of  residence,  he  was 
persuaded  to  give  up  his  practice,  and  remove  to  New-York 
city.  But,  having  from  his  observations  there  concluded  that 
dentistry  would  prove  more  lucrative  to  him  as  a  stranger  in 
that  large  city  than  the  practice  of  his  profession  as  a  physician, 
he  placed  himself  under  the  instruction  of  the  late  Dr.  Burdell,  at 
that  time  an  eminent  and  successful  practitioner  of  the  dental  art. 
After  an  itinerary  practice  in  Vermont  and  Massachusetts  for  a 
few  years  with  varying  success,  he  was  strongly  urged  to  estab 
lish  himself  at  Rio  Janeiro  as  a  dentist ;  and  he  accordingly 
embarked  at  Boston  for  that  place  in  the  fall  of  1843.  His 
genial  and  refined  manners,  his  unobtrusive  deportment,  and  un 
divided  attention  to  his  business,  very  soon  won  for  him  hosts  of 
friends,  and  an  overflowing  patronage,  until  in  a  few  years  he 
was  honored  in  his  calling  with  the  preference  of  the  emperor 
and  the  royal  family ;  thereby  supplanting  a  jealous  .  and  un 
principled  rival,  and  bringing  to  nought  all  the  "devilish  en 
ginery  "  of  his  malice  and  falsehood.  For  the  last  ten  years  or 
more,  up  to  the  time  of  his  leaving  Rio,  he  retained  his  post  of 
honor  as  "  dentist  to  the  royal  family  of  Brazil." 

On  the  7th  of  April,  1860,  he  left  Rio,  via  Southampton, 
with  the  intention  of  coming  home ;  and  on  his  passage  was 
struck  with  paralysis,  which  rendered  him  insensible  for  four 
days.  He  recovered  partially,  landed  at  Southampton,  re 
mained  there  three  weeks,  and  was  then  removed  to  Amiens, 
France.  Here  he  hired  a  pleasant  house  and  garden,  as  his 
home  for  the  coming  winter,  in  the  hope  of  recovering  his 
health  and  bodily  activity,  so  as  to  revisit  the  home  of  his  youth 
in  the  ensuing  spring.  But  he  soon  afterwards  left  Amiens,  and 
went  to  Paris,  where  he  concluded  to  pass  the  winter.  But 


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alas  for  all  human  hopes  !  After  breakfast,  on  the  14th  of 
October,  while  in  the  act'  of  replacing  his  watch,  he  was  struck 
again  with  paralysis ;  and  looking  up  to  his  wife  with  the 
remark,  "  I  can't  put  it  back,"  he  fell  into  her  arms,  and  never 
spoke  or  knew  anything  afterwards.  He  died  in  the  evening  of 
that  day,  having  very  nearly  completed  forty-nine  years  of  his 
existence.  The  funeral-service  of  the  deceased  was  performed 
by  a  clergyman  of  the  Protestant  church.  If  report  speaks 
true,  the  doctor  had  accumulated  quite  a  large  property  during 
his  residence  at  Eio.  Some,  who  claim  to  know,  placed  it  as 
high  as  eighty  thousand  dollars. 

1834. — TIIADDEUS  CLAPP  died  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  10 
July,  1861,  aged  50  years.  He  was  the  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Capt.  William  and  Elizabeth  (Humphreys)  Clapp, 
grandson  of  Capt.  Lemuel  and  Kebecca  (Dexter)  Clapp,  and 
a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  from  Nicholas  and  Sarah 
Clapp,  of  Dorchester.  He  was  born  in  Dorchester,  11  May, 
1811.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  of  Hiram 
Manley  (H.C.  1825),  in  Dorchester.  In  college  he  attained  a 
distinguished  rank,  and  graduated  with  the  second  honors  of  his 
class.  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  taught,  for  a  short 
time,  a  private  school  in  Brookline.  He  was  superintendent  of 
the  sunday-school  of  the  First  Church  and  Society  in  Dor 
chester  for  about  two  years  from  1836.  On  the  16th  of  Feb 
ruary,  1837,  he  entered  his  name  with  Col.  Loammi  Baldwin, 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  as  a  student  in  engineering;  but,  on 
account  of  ill  health,  did  not  prosecute  his  studies.  On  taking 
his  degree  of  master  of  arts,  in  1837,  the  Latin  valedictory 
oration  was  proffered  to  him  by  President  Quincy  ;  which,  on 
account  of  feeble  health,  he  could  not  accept.  He  was  secretary 
of  the  board  of  school-committee  in  Dorchester  several  years, 
and  wrote  some  of  the  annual  reports  ;  among  them  those  for  the 
years  1842  and  1843,  which  were  printed.  In  the  fall  of  1838, 
he  went  to  Franklin,  La.,  where  he  was,  for  some  six  or  seven 
months,  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  William  T.  Palfrey,  Esq., 
brother  of  Hon.  John  G.  Palfrey,  postmaster  of  Boston, 
(H.C.  1815).  He  returned  to  Dorchester  in  the  summer  of 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVAKD    COLLEGE.  375 

1839.  About  the  year  1840,  he  engaged  in  horticultural  and 
pomological  pursuits,  which  he  continued  during  his  life.  He 
became  quite  celebrated  among  the  fruit-growers  for  his  theoret 
ical  and  practical  knowledge,  and  obtained  many  premiums  for 
choice  varieties  of  fine  samples  of  fruit.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society  and  the  Norfolk  Agri 
cultural  Society.  He  was  of  a  most  amiable  disposition,  and 
led  a  life  of  unspotted  integrity.  He  married  in  Claremont, 
N.H.,  11  August,  1857,  Mary  H.  Dustin,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Caleb  Dustin  ;  but  had  no  children.  His  wife  survived  him. 

1834.  — RUFUS  HOSMER  died  in  Lansing,  Mich.,  20  April, 
1861,  aged  45  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Rufus  (H.C. 
1800)  and  Amelia  (Paine)  Hosmer,  and  was  born  in  Stow, 
Mass.,  16  July,  1816.  His  father  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass., 
18  March,  1778  ;  and  was  a  lawyer  in  Stow.  He  was  a  mem 
ber  of  the  executive-council  in  1839,  and  died  very  suddenly 
in  Boston,  19  April,  1839,  aged  61  years.  His  grandfather, 
Hon.  Joseph  Hosmer,  was  born  in  Concord,  25  December, 
1735  ;  and  was  one  of  the  most  honored  and  distinguished  citi 
zens  of  the  town.  He  took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  events  of 
the  revolution.  He  was  a  representative  five,  and  a  senator 
twelve,  years.  He  wras  appointed  sheriff  of  the  county  in 
1792,  and  filled  the  office  fifteen  years.  He  died  31  January, 
1821,  aged  85  years.  His  maternal  grandfather,  Major  Phineas 
Paine,  was  a  native  of  Randolph,  and  was  a  hero  of  the  revo 
lution.  He  served  in  the  army  three  years,  being  at  Morristown, 
Valley  Forge,  White  Plains,  and  Monmouth.  From  Randolph 
he  removed  to  Milton  Hill,  and  there  married  Nancy  Babcock. 
Many  years  afterwards,  he  removed  to  Concord,  where  he  died. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  acad 
emy  in  Stow.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  his 
father's  office,  and  attended  lectures  at  the  Law  School  in  Cam 
bridge.  In  1838  he  went  to  Michigan,  and  soon  afterwards 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Pontiac,  Oakland  county  ;  at  first  in  partnership  with  his  cou 
sin,  Charles  Draper  (H.C.  1833),  and  afterwards  with  the  late 
George  Wisner.  He  was  very  successful,  and  attained  a  high 


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rank  as  a  lawyer.  But,  after  a  few  years,  he  relinquished  the 
profession,  removed  to  Detroit,  and  became  editor  of  the  "  Daily 
Advertiser,"  in  that  city ;  in  which  position  he  remained  about 
seven  years ;  when,  having  been  appointed  state-printer,  it  be 
came  necessary  for  him  to  reside  in  the  capital  of  the  state ;  and 
he  removed  to  Lansing,  -where  he  became  part  owner  and  editor 
of  the  "  Lansing  Advertiser."  Here  he  remained  about  three 
years  ;  and  relinquished  his  situation,  a  few  days  before  his  death, 
to  accept  the  appointment  of  consul  at  Frankfort-on-the-Main, 
which  had  been  conferred  upon  him.  While  making  prepara 
tions  for  his  departure  to  his  foreign  post,  he  was  prostrated  by 
an  attack  of  apoplexy,  which  terminated  his  life  after  a  few 
days'  illness.  As  an  editor  and  an  agreeable  and  finished  writer, 
he  had  few  superiors.  But  it  was  for  his  high  social  qualities, 
his  keen  wit,  his  ready  repartee,  and  his  powers  of  conversation, 
that  he  was  best  known  and  most  admired  in  the  various  com 
munities  in  which  he  resided. 

He  married,  in  1840,  Sarah  Chamberlin,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Olmsted  Chamberlin,  of  Pontiac.  His  wife  survived  him ; 
as  did  also  three  children,  —  two  daughters  and  an  infant  son. 
A  year  ago,  in  May  last,  he  lost  his  then  only  son,  Rufus,  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years.  The  little  boy,  who  survives  him, 
was  only  ten  days  old  when  his  father  died ;  and,  the  day  before 
he  was  taken  sick,  he  named  him  Rufus,  making  the  third  gene 
ration  who  bore  that  name. 

1840. — Dr.  BENJAMIN  HEYWOOD  died  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
21  July,  1860,  aged  39  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Dr. 
Benjamin  Franklin  (D.C.  1812)  and  Nancy  (Green)  Hey  wood, 
and  was  born  in  Worcester,  16  July,  1821.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  classical  school  in  Worcester,  under  Charles  Thurber 
(B.U.  1827).  Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  began  the 
study  of  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  attended  his 
first  course  of  medical  lectures  in  Boston,  and  the  two  succeed 
ing  courses  in  Philadelphia  ;  and,  in  the  spring  of  1843,  received 
the  degree  of  M.D.  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Phila 
delphia.  He  then  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Wor 
cester,  and  continued  it  until  the  spring  of  1846  ;  when  he  went 


1860-61.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  377 

to  Europe,  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  himself  in  the  theory 
and  practice  of  surgery  in  the  city  of  Paris.  He  returned  in 
1847,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Worcester, 
and  continued  until  almost  the  day  of  his  decease  :  having  pre 
scribed,  within  three  days  of  his  death,  for  an  old  patient ;  and 
prescribing,  also,  mainly  for  himself  during  his  long  illness  of 
more  than  a  year.  He  combined,  with  high  attainments  in  theo 
retical  knowledge,  rare  skill  in  diagnosis,  and  discriminating 
judgment  in  the  application  of  his  remedial  agents.  Few  men 
of  his  years  in  the  profession  were  more  successful  practitioners, 
both  in  medicine  and  surgery.  Descended  from  a  line  of  an 
cestry  eminently  distinguished  in  medicine  and  surgery,  he 
seemed  to  have  acquired  the  art  of  healing  almost  by  intuition. 
Apprehending  readily  the  obscure  as  well  as  the  prominent  in 
dications  of  disease,  his  remedies  were  adapted  with  rare  skill 
and  success.  He  wras  never  married. 

1846.  — JOHN  DOWNES'  AUSTIN,  of  Boston,  died  in  White 
Plains,  N.Y.,  28  February,  1861,  aged  34  years.  He  arrived 
at  New- York  city  from  Boston,  on  Thursday,  26  February, 
on  a  visit  to  some  relatives.  On  Wednesday,  he  expressed 
apprehensions  of  an  attack  of  temporary  insanity,  with  which 
he  had  been  affected  on  two  former  occasions  ;  and,  should  it 
occur,  he  feared  he  might  attempt  to  commit  suicide.  He 
therefore  wished  that  his  friends  would  keep  all  implements  of 
harm  out  of  his  way.  In  consequence  of  this,  a  friend  kept 
watch  of  him  during  the  night,  and  he  rested  quietly.  About 
daylight  on  the  28th,  this  watcher  fell  asleep.  He  slept  about 
twenty  minutes  ;  and,  \vhen  he  awoke,  he  found  that  Mr.  Austin 
had  disappeared.  Search  was  immediately  made  for  him,  but  in 
vain.  On  Friday,  1  March,  his  hat  was  found  in  Bronx  River, 
not  far  from  Williams  Bridge,  and  his  shirt  on  the  bank  of  the 
river  near  by  ;  which  led  to  the  inference,  that  he  had  committed 
suicide  by  drowning  :  and  a  careful  search  of  the  river  was  made 
for  his  body,  but  with  no  success.  Search  was  continued  by  his 
friends  and  the  police,  and  a  reward  of  one  hundred  dollars  was 
offered  for  the  discovery  of  his  body.  On  Thursday,  11  April, 
a  man  was  fishing  from  a  boat  in  a  pond  at  White  Plains,  when 

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378  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

he  observed  a  strange  object  in  the  bottom  of  the  water.  Assist 
ance  was  procured  ;  and  the  object,  which  proved  to  be  the  body 
of  Mr.  Austin,  was  drawn  up.  A  very  affecting  incident  con 
nected  with  the  matter  was  the  sudden  death  of  his  elder  brother, 
Mr.  William  Downes  Austin,  formerly  of  the  United-States  navy, 
at  a  village  in  New  Jersey,  on  the  4th  of  April.  He  was  plunged 
into  great  grief  at  the  disappearance  of  his  brother  John,  and 
joined  in  the  search  of  the  missing  man.  He  repaired  to  New 
Jersey  to  view  the  body  of  \a  man  who  had  been  found  there. 
He  had  been  called  to  breakfast,  and  replied  that  he  would  be 
down  soon  ;  but,  not  appearing,  a  servant  went  to  his  room 
again,  and  found  him  lying  dead  upon  his  bed,  his  eyes  suffused 
with  tears. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  son  of  William  and  Hepzibah 
(Downes)  Austin,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  10  February,  1827. 
He  resided  in  Boston,  Roxbury,  Lowell,  and  Dedham,  Mass.  ; 
at  Raven  wood  Plantation,  La.  ;  and  Columbia,  Tenn.  He 
attended  school  some  time  at  the  last-named  place.  In  1839 
and  1840,  he  made  voyages  to  New  Orleans.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  school  of  Mr.  Stephen  Minot  Weld  (H.C.  1826) 
at  Jamaica  Plain.  After  graduating,  he  pursued  the  study  of  the 
law  in  the  office  of  Bradford  Surnner,  of  Boston  (B.U.  1808)  ; 
completed  his  studies  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1848  ;  and  was  ad 
mitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  1849.  In  1850,  he  removed  to 
Taunton,  Mass.,  where,  for  a  short  time,  he  practised  law 
in  company  with  Horatio  Pratt  (B.U.  1825).  In  1853,  he 
went  to  New  York  to  reside ;  but  shortly  afterwards  returned 
to  Boston.  In  1854,  he  practised  law  in  Boston.  In  1856, 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  having  relinquished  law,  he 
passed  one  or  two  winters  at  Water  Proof,  La.,  superintending 
the  affairs  of  a  plantation  belonging  to  a  connection. 

Mr.  Austin  was  a  person  of  excellent  abilities  and  under 
standing,  with  a  mind  Well  stored  with  general  information. 
The  wandering  life  which  he  led,  as  a  boy,  would  seem  to  have 
had  some  influence  on  his  late  career,  and  to  have  unfitted  him 
for  the  pursuit  of  a  profession ;  on  which,  through  an  inherited 


1860-61.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  379 

competency,  he  was  not  obliged  to  rely  for  a  livelihood.     He 
was  never  married. 

1849. — Dr.  HORACE  WALTER  ADAMS  died  in  Boston, 
17  February,  1861,  aged  33  years.  He  was  son  of  Charles  Fre 
derick  and  Caroline  Hesselrigge  (Walter)  Adams,  and  was  born 
in  Boston,  8  December,  1827.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
public  Latin  School  in  this  city.  He  adopted  the  practice  of 
medicine  for  a  profession,  and  pursued  his  studies  at  the  Tre- 
mont  Medical  School  in  Boston.  He  chose  his  native  city  as 
the  field  of  his  practice,  and  was  early  appointed  a  dispensary 
physician  ;  and  so  deeply  did  he  interest  himself  in  this  practice, 
that  at  one  time  he  had  charge  of  the  invalid  poor,  under  the 
auspices  of  that  benevolent  institution,  for  wards  four,  five,  and 
six.  His  labors  in  this  department  of  practice  were  very  various, 
extensive,  and  arduous ;  yet  he  cheerfully  and  faithfully  re 
sponded  to  all  their  requirements. 

He  was  a  sincere  lover  of  his  profession,  which  was  adopted, 
not  from  necessity,  but  from  a  real  and  abiding  interest  in  its 
pursuit,  which  induced  him  to  devote  to  its  practice  the  best 
energies  of  his  life.  His  services  were  very  frequently  demanded 
at  the  Eye-and-Ear  Infirmary  in  Boston,  where  he  established  a 
character  for  reliable  judgment,  and  gentleness  of  treatment  of 
those  delicate  organs,  which  made  him  a  skilful  operator  at  that 
institution.  He  was  untiring  in  industry  and  zeal  for  those  pa 
tients  whom  he  attracted  about  him  :  indeed,  his  devotion  to  his 
profession  was  at  times  so  absorbing,  that  he  felt  it  due  to  his  own 
health  that  both  his  body  and  mind  should  have  occasional 
recreation.  Accordingly,  he  was  accustomed  from  time  to  time, 
as  he  felt  the  need  thereof,  to  engage  with  one  or  two  friends  in 
sporting  excursions,  of  which  he  was  remarkably  fond;  and 
it  was  on  an  occasion  of  this  nature  that  he  contracted  the  disease 
which  terminated  his  life. 

On  Tuesday,  5  February,  1861,  he  left  Boston,  in  company 
with  Mr.  Francis  Lowell  Gardner,  a  member  of  the  junior  class 
at  Harvard  College,  and  two  other  friends,  to  spend  a  few  days  at 
Cotuit  Point,  a  town  on  the  South  Shore.  On  Sunday,  the  10th 
of  February,  Mr.  Gardner,  having  contracted  a  very  severe  cold 


380  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

which  affected  his  throat,  died  of  diphtheria,  most  unexpectedly  to 
his  friends  and  associates.  Dr.  Adams  attended  Mr.  Gardner 
most  assiduously  ;  and  he  was  brought  so  immediately  in  contact 
with  his  friend  and  patient  at  the  last  hours  of  his  life,  that  he 
unconsciously  imbibed  some  portion  of  the  fatal  disorder  into  his 
throat  and  lungs,  which  became  immediately  affected  on  his  re 
turn  to  Boston,  where  he  died  on  the  Sunday  following,  17  Feb 
ruary,  of  the  same  disorder.  He  was  never  married. 

Dr.  Adams  was  not  only  an  accomplished  physician,  but  his 
genial  manners,  his  kindness  of  heart,  and  his  own  ready  sym 
pathy  with  the  sick  and  suffering,  so  won  the  confidence  of  his 
indigent  patients,  that  their  affection  for  him  often  outlived  their 
convalescence,  and  led  them,  as  was  repeatedly  the  case,  to  con 
sult  him  and  seek  his  judicious  advice  upon  pecuniary  matters  ; 
to  which,  although  foreign  to  his  profession,  he  always  gave  the 
most  careful  attention  :  and  for  his  untimely  departure  there 
were  very  many  of  his  patients  whose  hearts  were  made  really 
desolate ;  some  who  wept  bitter  tears  for  the  loss  of  their  "  good 
physician." 

1854.  —  WILLIAM  GASTON  PEARSON  died  in  Oakland,  Ma 
rion  county,  Cal.,  19  January,  1861,  aged  26  years.  He  was 
born  in  North  Carolina,  24  March,  1834.  He  was  at  St. 
James  College,  Maryland,  five  years,  — three  in  the  preparatory 
school,  and  two  in  the  college.  He  entered  the  sophomore  class 
in  Harvard  College  in  September,  1851 ;  left,  on  account  of 
ill  health,  in  November,  1853  ;  but  took  his  degree  with  his 
class.  He  went  to  Europe,  where  he  remained  a  year ;  then 
back  to  this  country  for  a  while  ;  then  to  Cuba  for  a  winter  ;  and 
thence  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  where  his  disease  (consumption) 
seemed  to  be  arrested.  He  returned  to  the  Atlantic  states  in 
1857  or  1858,  and  went  to  farming  on  his  family  estate  at  Brent- 
wood,  near  Washington,  D.C.  His  health  continued  pretty 
good  until  the  spring  of  1860,  when  a  violent  pleurisy  again 
prostrated  him.  He  failed  rapidly,  and  on  the  1st  of  De 
cember  he  sailed  again  for  California,  in  hopes  of  a  recovery ; 
but  he  was  too  far  gone,  and  died  19  January,  soon  after  his 
arrival. 


1860-61.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  381 

1856. — ISAAC  NELSON  BEALS  died  of  consumption,  in 
Dexter,  Me.,  5  August,  1860,  aged  29  years.  He  was  son  of 
Isaiah  and  Lucy  (Bradstreet)  Beals,  and  was  born  in  Dexter, 
12  June,  1831.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  small  academies 
and  high-schools  in  the  villages  of  Dexter,  St.  Alban's,  and 
Corinna,  Me.  ;  being  governed  in  his  choice  of  a  school  from 
term  to  term  by  circumstances  and  the  abilities  of  the  teacher. 
In  his  preparation  for  college,  as  well  as  during  his  college 
career,  he  was  obliged  to  rely  mainly  upon  such  pecuniary 
resources  as  he  could  control  by  his  own  labor,  principally  in 
school-teaching.  In  September,  1853,  he  entered  the  sopho 
more  class  in  Waterville  College,  Me. ;  having  pursued  the 
studies  of  the  first  year  by  himself,  while  teaching  school,  or 
while  at  home  in  the  intervals  of  teaching.  One  who  was  a 
classmate  with  him  at  Waterville  remarks,  that  "on  entering 
college  he  at  once  took  a  high  rank,  which  he  constantly  im 
proved."  At  the  end  of  the  junior  year,  he  left  Waterville ; 
and  in  September,  1855,  he  entered  Harvard  at  the  beginning 
of  the  senior  year.  Here  he  exhibited  the  same  studious  traits 
which  appear  to  have  characterized  his  course  at  Waterville. 
In  the  winter  after  he  entered  Harvard,  he  taught  West- 
brook  Seminary,  in  Westbrook,  Me.  ;  and  in  April,  1856, 
having  received  the  appointment  of  principal  of  the  high-school, 
Quincy,  Mass.,  the  faculty  of  the  college  gave  him  permission 
to  begin  his  school  before  taking  his  degree ;  and  he  immedi 
ately  entered  upon  his  duties  there.  His  labors  in  this  school 
were  highly  satisfactory  to  the  committee  ;  who  state,  in  their 
report,  that  "  at  each  visitation  they  witnessed  proofs  of  thorough 
and  faithful  training,  and  heard  recitations,  which,  in  some 
respects,  were  wonderful."  In  September,  1858,  he  became 
principal  of  the  high-school  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  which  ap 
peared  to  have  been  unpopular  in  the  town,  and  in  a  chaotic 
state  ;  but  in  the  face  of  much  opposition,  and  with  constant 
ill  health,  he  gave  to  the  school,  in  less  than  a  year,  a  high 
intellectual  character  and  a  faultless  discipline.  In  discipline, 
indeed,  he  appeared  ever  to  have  excelled.  In  the  summer  of 
1859,  he  accepted  an  invitation  to  take  charge  of  a  new 


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school  to  be  opened  in  Newton,  and  located  in  the  village  of 
Newtonville  ;  and  entered  upon  his  duties  in  September.  Here 
he  remained  until  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign,  in  April, 
1860.  His  physical  powers  were  by  nature  capable  of  great 
endurance ;  but  excessive  mental  labor  from  his  boyhood,  to 
which  he  was  urged  by  his  ambition  to  excel,  backed  by  his 
almost  unconquerable  will,  together  with  constant  mental 
anxiety  while  bearing  the  responsibilities  of  prominent  public 
schools,  wore  him  out ;  and  when  at  length  he  was  induced  to 
give  up  work,  which  was  several  months  after  his  physician 
began  persuading  him  to  do  so,  he  was  ill  and  exhausted  beyond 
the  chance  of  recovery.  Immediately  after  his  resignation,  by 
the  advice  of  his  physician,  he  went  to  Philadelphia  to  seek  the 
benefit  of  a  milder  climate.  He  returned  in  May,  without  any 
permanent  improvement.  He  then  went  to  his  native  place  in 
Maine,  hoping  that  the  climate  there  might  be  beneficial ;  but 
all  to  no  purpose.  He  rapidly  declined  until  death  closed 
the  scene.  A  communication  from  an  intimate  friend  of  the 
deceased  to  Mr.  William  Wirt  Burr  age,  the  secretary  of  the 
class,  who  kindly  furnished  the  above  sketch,  says,  "During 
the  last  few  weeks  of  his  illness,  his  character  presented  a  very 
pleasant  phase  of  mildness  and  tenderness,  strongly  contrasting 
with  his  habitual  temperament.  He  was  a  great  sufferer,  but 
bore  his  pain  patiently,  and  never  murmured  a  word  at  his  lot. 
In  the  last  few  days,  he  realized,  more  fully  than  did  his  friends, 
how  near  death  was,  talked  composedly  of  it,  and  was  prepared 
to  meet  it  bravely  and  manfully.  He  was  an  ardent  lover  of 
nature,  and  spent  hours  out  of  doors  for  no  other  purpose  than 
to  admire  its  beauties,  seeking  varied  landscape  views  from 
every  hill-top  and  mountain.  He  ignored  religious  forms,  but 
was  no  stranger  to  religion  itself." 

He  married,  9  August,  1859,  Caroline  Rowena  Burgess, 
who  had  been  his  assistant  at  the  high-school  at  Quincy.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Nancy  W.  (Fuller)  Burgess  of 
Waltham,  Mass.  His  younger  and  only  brother  Charles,  who, 
like  Isaac,  inherited  from  his  parents  a  decided  character  and 
great  strength  of  will,  died  in  1857,  about  25  years  of  age,  from 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  383 

illness  brought  on  a  few  years  before  by  physical  over-exertion, 
into  which  he  had  been  led  by  his  ambition.  The  family  survi 
vors  of  the  deceased  are  his  widow,  who  lives  in  Cambridge  ;  and 
his  father  and  mother,  who  live  in  Dexter,  Me. 

1856.  — THOMAS  THAXTER  died  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  15  Au 
gust,  1860,  aged  26  years.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Ruby 
(Bradstreet)  Thaxter,  and  was  born  in  Methuen,  24  December, 
1833.  He  was  a  twin.  His  brother  Robert  died  when  two 
years  of  age.  His  father,  whose  first  known  ancestor,  Deacon 
Thomas  Thaxter,  was  born  in  Machias,  Me.,  2  November, 
1792,  settled  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  in  1635.  He  was  connected 
with  the  Methuen  Manufacturing  Company,  and  died  27  Jan 
uary,  1842.  His  mother,  whose  first  known  ancestor  was  Gov. 
Simon  Bradstreet,  was  born  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  4  July,  1800  ; 
and  died  in  Methuen,  21  June,  1845.  His  parents  were  mar 
ried  2  September,  1827.  On  the  death  of  his  mother,  Mr.  John 
Davis,  of  Methuen,  was  appointed  guardian  of  the  surviving 
children,  Ruby  and  Thomas.  Thomas  lived  for  a  short  time 
upon  a  farm  with  Deacon  Edward  Carleton  ;  and  about  October, 
1846,  began  to  attend  a  private  school  kept  by  Moses  Bur  bank 
and  wife,  and  boarded  with  his  uncle,  Mr.  William  Thaxter. 
Here  he  remained  a  year,  and  then  entered  a  family  boarding- 
school  in  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  kept  by  Rev.  William  Gould,  where 
he  remained  about  thirteen  months.  In  1849,  he  went  to  Phil 
lips  Academy,  Andover,  to  prepare  for  college,  where  he  re 
mained  a  year  and  a  half.  While  in  Andover  in  1851,  he 
joined  the  Congregational  (Orthodox)  church  in  Methuen.  In 
September,  1852,  he  entered  the  freshman  class  in  Yale  Col 
lege,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1854,  when  he  took  up  his 
connexions.  In  September,  1854,  he  entered  the  junior  class 
at  Harvard.  Towards  the  end  of  the  term,  a  weakness  of  his 
eyes  obliged  him  to  remit  his  studies  ;  and  in  April  of  the  follow 
ing  term  he  was  compelled,  from  a  general  failure  of  health,  to 
leave  college.  He  did  not  return  until  January,  1856  ;  from 
which  time  he  remained  until  graduation.  During  the  time  he 
was  able  to  study,  he  gained  a  very  high  rank  in  his  class, 
and  a  reputation  for  persevering  industry  and  ambitious  scholar- 


384  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1860-61. 

ship.  On  leaving  college,  he  intended  to  pursue  a  business 
career,  and  entered  the  counting-room  of  E.  and  T.  Fairbanks 
and  Co.,  dealers  in  scales,  No.  24,  Kilby  Street,  Boston,  but 
soon  left  on  account  of  his  health  ;  and,  with  the  hope  of  improv 
ing  it,  he  went,  in  April,  1857,  to  Fairbault,  Minn.,  on  a  visit 
to  his  uncle,  Mr.  William  Thaxter,  where,  and  in  the  vicinity, 
he  remained  working  on  a  farm  until  November  of  that  year. 

His  health  having  apparently  improved,  he,  in  December, 
began  to  teach  a  public  school  in  Stillwater,  Minn.,  and,  1  Sep 
tember,  1858,  became  principal  of  the  high-school;  but  it  was 
soon  apparent  that  his  health  was  not  sufficient  to  sustain  the 
labor.  Before  the  end  of  his  first  term,  he  entered  the  school 
room  one  morning,  feeling  very  weak ;  had  proceeded  with  but 
few  recitations,  when  he  fainted;  was  obliged  to  dismiss  his 
school,  never  to  resume  it.  Symptoms  of  incipient  consumption 
were  developed,  followed  by  hemorrhage  at  the  lungs.  But  by 
his  ambition  and  perseverance  he  rallied  in  a  degree,  and  took 
a  class  of  private  pupils,  who  recited  to  him  a  few  hours  daily. 
The  secretary  of  his  class,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the 
foregoing  particulars,  concludes  his  record  by  quoting  an  account 
of  the  last  portion  of  his  life  from  one  who  had  the  best  opportu 
nity  of  learning  the  incidents  :  "As  long  as  he  was  able  to  work, 
so  long  did  he  persist  in  doing  so,  even  to  within  a  short  time  of 
his  decease.  But,  as  daily  and  weekly  he  became  sensible  of  a 
gradual  decline,  he  began  to  feel  a  desire  to  be  amon^  his  early 
friends  ;  and  in  September,  1859,  he  returned  to  the  East,  to 
the  house  of  Mr.  Davis,  his  former  guardian,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death.  For  a  short  time  after  his  return  home,  he 
seemed  stronger.  He  could  not  rest  unemployed  ;  and,  against 
the  wishes  of  his  friends,  he  began  book-keeping  for  a  firm  in 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  with  whom  he  remained  three  months.  Here 
it  was  painfully  evident  to  his  friends  that  his  life  was  fast  ebbing 
away.  He  would  frequently  say,  *  Am  I  lazy?  or  am  I  grow 
ing  weaker?'  He  was  confined  to  his  bed  only  four  days,  and 
to  the  last  of  his  life  manifested  the  same  desire  to  wait  upon 
himself,  which  had  been  one  of  the  prevailing  traits  of  his  char 
acter  during  his  long  sickness.  Through  the  many  months  of 


1860-61.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  385 

his  last  sickness,  he  often  spoke  of  dying  with  the  calmness  that 
characterizes  the  Christian.  When  dying,  his  mind  was  calm 
and  clear;  and  almost  his  last  words  were,  fl  want  to  go  to 
heaven  :  I  want  to  begin  to  work  there.' >! 

He  left,  as  the  only  survivor  of  his  immediate  family,  a  sister, 
—  Mrs.  Euby  T.  Tenny,  of  Methuen. 


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1861-62. 


1796. — HENRY  ABBOT  died  in  Andover,  Mass.,  13  Janu 
ary,  1862,  aged  84  years.  He  was  the  fourth  child  and  second 
son  of  Capt.  Henry  and  Phebe  (Abbot)  Abbot,  and  was  born 
in  Andover,  8  April,  1777.  His  father  was  son  of  Henry  ;  was 
born  in  Andover,  10  January,  1725  ;  and  died  21  February, 
1805,  aged  80  years.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Deacon 
Isaac  Abbot,  of  Andover;  was  born  26  November,  1746  ;  and 
died  29  June,  1833,  aged  86  years.  He  was  fitted  for  college 
at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  After  leaving  college,  he  en 
gaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Bedford,  Mass.  He  did  not, 
however,  remain  there  long ;  but  went  to  sea,  in  the  capacity  of 
captain's-clerk,  with  Capt.  David  Woodward,  of  Charlestown, 
in  the  ship  "  Catharine,"  of  Boston,  owned  by  Samuel  Torrey, 
Esq.  :  it  was  a  voyage  around  the  world.  Sailing  from  Bos 
ton,  they  touched  at  Rio  Janeiro,  and,  doubling  Cape  Horn, 
proceeded  up  the  west  coast  of  South  America,  stopping  at 
various  places  along  the  coast,  until  they  reached  California, 
whose  golden  treasures  were  then  undreamed  of;  yet,  as  far  as 
their  voyage  was  concerned,  the  gains  of  their  traffic  along  that 
coast  exceeded  those  of  many  of  the  present  day  who  meet 
with  more  than  average  success  in  the  land  of  gold.  Their 
next  destination,  was  Canton  ;  where  they  arrived,  after  stop 
ping  on  their  way  at  the  Sandwich  Islands,  which  were  then 
in  their  primitive  condition  of  barbarism.  Taking  in  a  cargo  of 
Canton  goods,  the  ship  returned  to  Boston  by  way  of  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope.  At  the  Isle  of  France,  on  his  return  voyage, 
Mr.  Abbot  was  greatly  and  agreeably  surprised  to  meet  his 
brother,  whom  he  supposed  to  be  at  home ;  and  learned  from 
him  the  death  of  their  father,  who,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years, 
was  in  good  health  when  he  parted  from  him.  He  made 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  387 

one  more  similar  voyage  with  the  same  captain,  in  the  ship 
"  Dromo  ; "  which  was  also  owned  by  Samuel  Torrey.  His 
attachment  to  Capt.  Woodward  was  very  strong.  He  spoke  of 
his  treatment  of  him  as  being  like  that  of  a  father,  and  also 
of  his  kind  and  considerate  treatment  of  his  crew ;  while, 
at  the  same  time,  his  authority  over  them  was  unimpaired. 
After  his  return  from  his  last  voyage,  he  engaged  in  trade  at 
Andover  ;  but  soon  afterwards,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
went  into  the  wholesale  grocery-business  in  Boston.  Owing  to 
the  embarrassments  brought  upon  the  trade  by  the  embargo  at 
that  time,  their  business  was  unsuccessful ;  and  Mr.  Abbot  re 
turned  to  Andover.  About  1814,  he  visited  the  Western 
country  ;  crossing  the  Alleghany  Mountains  on  foot,  and,  from 
Pittsburg,  navigating  the  Ohio  River,  with  a  single  companion, 
in  a  small  boat,  to  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  River  at  Louisville, 
Ky.  There  were  but  few  inhabitants  along  the  Ohio  at  that 
early  day  ;  and  the  principal  places  where  he  stopped  to  trans 
act  business  (which  are  now  large  and  flourishing  cities) 
were  at  that  time  small  settlements,  composed  of  a  few  log- 
cabins.  At  Lexington,  Ky.,  he  met  with  Mr.  Newman  (after 
wards  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Newman,  of  Bowdoin  College),  and 
returned  home  in  company  with  him,  performing  the  whole 
journey  on  horseback.  He  afterwards  went  a  journey  South  as 
far  as  Georgia,  to  visit  his  brother.  On  his  return  home,  he 
settled  down  in  Andover  with  his  mother,  on  the  home-farm, 
and  remained  there  until  her  death.  He  then  removed  to 
Chester,  N.H.  ;  and,  after  residing  there  about  six  years,  re 
turned  to  Andover,  and  lived  there,  amidst  old  scenes  and  old 
acquaintance,  until  his  death. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Old  South  Church  in  Andover  for 
thirty-eight  years.  Pie  was  unswerving  and  decided  in  his  reli 
gious  convictions  and  principles,  earnest  and  consistent  in  his 
Christian  life.  In  his  family  he  was  social,  warm-hearted,  and 
cheerful ;  and,  in  his  intercourse  with  society,  genial  and  friend 
ly  ;  generally  lively,  and  often  jocose,  in  the  company  of  his 
friends.  In  politics,  early  in  life,  he  was  fully  convinced  of  the 
correctness  and  true  policy  of  the  principles  of  the  federalists, 


388  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

and  honestly  contended  for  the  interests  of  that  party.  He 
naturally  fell  in  with  the  sentiments  of  the  whigs  when  that 
party  came  into  existence,  advocated  their  principles,  and  heart 
ily  co-operated  with  them.  In  his  last  years,  he  uniformly 
acted  and  voted  with  the  republicans  ;  and  cast  his  last  vote  for 
the  candidates  of  that  party,  at  the  last  November  election. 
He  was  abroad  until  a  few  wrecks  before  his  death,  retained  his 
faculties  to  the  last,  and  died,  not  of  disease,  but  of  old  age. 

He  married,  May,  1807,  Judith  Follansbee,  —  a  niece  and 
adopted  child  of  Dr.  Abiel  Pierson,  of  Andover.  He  had  six 
children,  —  four  daughters  and  two  sons.  Three  of  the  daugh 
ters  and  one  son  survived  him.  His  wife  also  survives  him  ; 
being  now  eighty  years  of  age. 

1798.  —  Hon.  EICHARD  SULLIVAN  died  in  Cambridge,  11 
December,  1861,  aged  82  years.  He  was  the  third  son  of 
Hon.  James  and  Mehitable  (Odiorne)  Sullivan,  and  was  born 
in  Groton,  Mass.,  17  July,  1779.  His  father  was  born  in 
Berwick,  Me.,  22  April,  1744.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profes 
sion,  and  began  practice  in  Georgetown,  Me.  ;  but  soon  after 
wards  removed  to  Biddeford,  Me.  In  February,  1778,  he 
removed  to  Groton,  Mass.  ;  and,  in  1782,  he  removed  from 
Groton  to  Boston.  He  was  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  attorney-general  of  Massachusetts.  In  1807,  he  was  cho 
sen  governor  of  the  state;  was  re-elected  in  1808,  and  died 
while  in  office,  10  December,  1808.  Mr.  Sullivan's  mother 
was  the  daughter  of  William  Odiorne,  a  ship-builder,  of  Dur 
ham,  N.H.,  where  she  was  born  26  June,  1748;  and  died  in 
Boston,  26  January,  1786.  Young  Sullivan  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School.  He  was  well  prepared  for 
pursuing  the  prescribed  studies  in  the  college  course,  but  did 
not  presume  so  far  upon  his  acquirements  as  to  pass  superficially 
over  the  assigned  tasks.  As  a  scholar,  he  was  among  the  most 
distinguished  of  his  class.  His  character  was  spotless,  his 
disposition  kind  and  benevolent,  his  manners  polished,  without 
affectation  or  parade.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in 
1801,  but  did  not  long  pursue  his  profession,  as  he  had  an 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  389 

ample  competence  of  worldly  goods.  In  his  early  manhood,  he 
took  much  interest  in  political  affairs.  He  was  elected  a  senator 
in  the  state  legislature  from  Suffolk  in  1815  and  the  two  fol 
lowing  years  ;  was  a  member,  from  Brookline,  of  the  conven 
tion  for  revising  the  constitution  of  the  state  in  1820  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  governor's  council  in  1820  and  1821.  In  1823, 
he  was  the  candidate  of  the  federal  party  for  lieutenant-gover 
nor  of  the  state,  the  Hon.  Harrison  Gray  Otis  being  the  candi 
date  for  governor;  but  the  ticket  was  defeated.  In  1821,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  Harvard 
College,  and  held  that  office  until  the  board  was  newly  consti 
tuted  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts  in  1852,  which 
was  accepted  by  the  corporation  and  overseers  of  the  college. 
He  was  public-spirited  and  philanthropic  ;  and  the  records  of 
several  of  our  most  valuable  public  institutions,  founded  during 
the  first  thirty  years  of  the  present  century,  bear  ample  testi 
mony  to  his  services  in  their  behalf.  It  was  at  a  meeting  of 
gentlemen  at  his  house  that  the  project  of  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital  was  first  seriously  started  ;  and,  among  those 
who  aided  in  rearing  that  beneficent  establishment,  the  labors 
of  few  were  more  earnest  or  efficient  than  those  of  Mr.  Sulli 
van.  Removing  into  the  country,  and  residing  for  many  years 
in  the  neighboring  town  of  Brookline,  he  was  among  the  first 
of  those,  who,  nearly  half  a  century  ago,  gave  an  impulse  to 
rural  tastes  and  pursuits,  to  the  advancement  of  agriculture, 
and  to  that  culture  of  fruits  and  flowers,  which,  now  wide 
spread,  does  so  much  to  embellish  and  refine  life  among  us. 
Here,  at  his  beautiful  estate  in  the  country,  surrounded  by  his 
wife  and  daughters,  he  had  a  home,  which,  in  the  dignity  and 
grace  that  presided  over  it,  in  the  intellectual  and  moral  refine 
ment  that  pervaded  it,  in  the  holy  love  and  faith  that  sanctified 
it,  was  the  model  of  a  Christian  home  ;  and  comes  up  to  the 
thoughts  of  all  who  remember  it,  as  being  as  near  an  approach 
to  a  picture  and  miniature  of  heaven  as  they  may  ever  hope 
to  see  on  earth. 

He  married,  22  May,  1804,  Sarah  Russell,   a  daughter  of 
the  eminent  and  wealthy  merchant,  Thomas  Russell,  of  Boston ; 


390  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

and  shortly  after,  in  company  with  her,  made  an  extensive  tour 
in  Europe.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  four  sons  and  four 
daughters,  of  whom  only  two  sons  survived  him.  His  wife 
died  8  June,  1831. 

1799.  —  Gen.  WILLIAM  HYSLOP  SUMNER  died  in  West 
Koxbury  (Jamaica  Plain),  Mass.,  24  October,  1861,  aged 
81  years.  He  had  been  helpless  from  paralysis  for  four  years  ; 
and,  for  the  last  two  years  of  his  life,  was  hardly  able  to  utter  a 
sentence  intelligibly.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Hon.  Increase 
(H.C.  1767)  and  Elizabeth  (Hyslop)  Sumner,  and  was  born 
in  Koxbury,  4  July,  1780.  His  father  was  born  in  Roxbury, 
27  November,  1746;  was  associate-judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
from  1782  to  1797  ;  was  governor  of  Massachusetts  from  1797 
until  his  death,  7  June,  1799.  His  mother  was  the  daugh 
ter  of  William  and  Mehitable  Hyslop  ;  was  born  in  Boston, 
5  August,  1757  ;  and  died  28  December,  1810,  aged  53  years. 
William  Hyslop  was  an  eminent  and  prosperous  merchant  in 
Boston,  but  about  1781  removed  to  Brookline,  Mass.,  where 
he  died  11  August,  1796,  aged  84  years.  The  house  in  which 
the  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  was  formerly  owned  by 
Judge  Robert  Auchmuty,  a  royalist,  and  was  confiscated.  He 
was  first  sent  to  school  under  the  charge  of  Master  Abiel 
Hey  wood  (H.C.  1781),  principal  of  the  grammar-school  in 
Roxbury;  next  under  Rev.  William  Emerson  (H.C.  1789), 
afterwards  minister  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston,  who  was 
succeeded  by  Rev.  Calvin  Whiting  (H.C.  1791),  he  being 
followed  by  Rev.  John  Pipon  (H.C.  1792),  afterwards 
minister  in  Taunton,  Mass.  About  this  time,  Gen.  Lincoln 
marched  his  troops  against  Shays  during  the  rebellion.  Young 
Sumner,  then  about  six  years  old,  saw  the  troops,  under  Major 
Spooner,  march  from  Meeting-House  Hill  in  Roxbury,  where 
the  church  now  stands  in  which  the  Rev.  Eliphalet  Porter  then 
preached.  From  the  Roxbury  school  he  was  taken  away  in 
1789  ;  was  placed  in  the  family  of  his  uncle,  Charles  Cushing 
(H.C.  1755),  and  sent  to  the  writing-school  of  Master  Oliver 
Wellington  Lane  (H.C.  1772),  in  the  westerly  part  of  Boston. 
When  Gen.  Washington  visited  Boston  in  that  year,  the  boys 


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of  all  the  schools  formed  the  front  lines  of  the  streets  through 

O 

which  he  passed  ;  and  Sumner  well  remembered  the  dignified 
manner  in  which  Washington  received  the  plaudits  of  the  peo 
ple  in  the  streets  and  houses  ;  and  that  he,  with  the  rest  of  the 
boys  in  the  school,  about  seventy  in  number,  carried  long 
quills  with  the  feathers  on  ;  and,  when  Washington  passed,  they 
paid  him  a  salute  by  rolling  those  quills  in  their  hands.  In 
1793,  he  was  sent  to  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  where  he 
was  fitted  for  college.  He  remained  there  two  years.  During 
the  first  part  of  that  time,  he  was  under  Ebenezer  Pember- 
ton  (N.J.  1765),  then  under  Abiel  Abbot  (H.C.  1787),  and 
finally  under  Mark  Newman  (D.C.  1793).  When  he  entered 
college,  in  1795,  the  rooms  in  the  college  buildings  were  so  full, 
that  for  three  years  he  lived  in  the  house  of  the  late  Prof. 
Wiggles  worth.  He  held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship  in 
his  class.  In  his  senior  year,  he  delivered  an  English  oration 
at  exhibition.  The  subject  was,  "The  Spirit  of  Innovation." 
It  was  a  creditable  performance.  At  commencement,  the  part 
assigned  to  him  was  a  colloquy  with  John  Harris  on  "  The 
Importance  of  a  National  Character  to  the  United  States  ;  "  but, 
on  account  of  the  death  of  his  father  a  few  weeks  before,  his 
performance  was  omitted.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he 
entered  the  office  of  Hon.  John  Davis  (H.C.  1781),  under 
whose  instruction  he  pursued  his  legal  studies  ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1802,  and  opened  an  office  at  No.  4,  Tremont  Street, 
Boston ;  and  subsequently  removed  to  Scollay's  Building, 
where  he  occupied  an  office  with  Judge  Davis,  when  the  latter 
was  appointed  judge  of  the  District  Court  as  successor  of  Judge 
Lowell.  He  early  distinguished  himself  by  his  successful 
defence  of  John  Whiting,  of  Franklin,  who  was  indicted  for 
robbing  himself,  when  he  was  carrying  money  to  be  exchanged 
in  Maine  for  money  of  the  Franklin  Bank,  of  which  he  was  an 
officer.  He  said  he  was  assailed  by  robbers,  and  showed  the 
holes,  in  the  top  of  the  chaise,  made  by  the  bullets  which 
the  pretended  robbers  fired  at  him. 

Gen.    Sumner  was  aide-de-camp  to  Governors  Strong  and 
Brooks,  —  to  the  former  in  1806  and  from  1813  to  1816,  and  to 


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the  latter  from  1816  to  1818,  when  he  was  appointed  adjutant- 
general  by  Gov.  Brooks,  and  then  relinquished  the  practice 
of  the  law.  He  held  the  offices  of  adjutant-general  and  quar 
termaster-general  under  Governors  Brooks,  Eustis,  Lincoln, 
and  Davis,  until  1834  ;  when,  upon  his  resignation,  General 
Dearborn  was  appointed  his  successor.  In  1808,  and  the  eleven 
following  years,  he  was  one  of  the  representatives  of  Boston  to 
the  legislature.  On  the  10th  of  September,  1814,  he  was  ap 
pointed  by  Governor  Strong  executive-agent  to  repair  "  to  the 
district  of  Maine  (which  was  then  invaded  by  the  enemy) ,  and 
promptly  to  provide  any  practicable  means  for  the  defence  of 
that  part  of  the  state."  On  the  same  day,  the  commissioners 
for  the  sea-coast  defence  (Hon.  David  Cobb,  Timothy  Picker 
ing,  and  John  Brooks)  also  confided  to  him  their  full  power. 
In  December,  1814,  he  was  appointed  by  the  board  of  war  to 
borrow  money  of  the  banks  to  pay  off  the  troops  which  had 
been  called  out  in  Maine ;  and  when  it  was  afterwards  proposed 
to  send  three  commissioners,  two  from  Massachusetts  and  one 
from  Maine,  to  the  general  government,  to  confer  with  it 
upon  the  measures  of  defence  of  the  state  in  future,  the  mem 
bers  of  the  legislature  from  Maine  agreed  upon  him  as  their 
commissioner  to  represent  the  interest  of  that  part  of  the  state. 
In  1816,  he  was  sent,  with  Hon.  James  Lloyd,  to  present  the 
Massachusetts  claim  to  the  general  government  for  militia 
services.  In  November,  1826,  he  was  appointed  by  the  secre 
tary  of  w^ar  a  member  of  the  board  of  army  and  militia  officers, 
of  which  Gen.  Scott  was  president,  to  report  a  plan  for  the 
organization  of  the  militia,  and  a  system  of  cavalry  tactics.  In 
December,  1831,  he  contracted  for  the  purchase  of  Greenough's 
half  of  Noddle's  Island  (his  sister  and  uncle  owning  the  other 
half) ,  and  projected  the  settlement  of  it  as  a  part  of  the  city  of 
Boston  ;  and,  with  other  gentlemen,  founded  and  put  in  opera 
tion  the  East-Boston  Company,  which  thus  came  into  possession 
of  the  whole  island,  and  under  auspices  of  which  the  improve 
ments  which  have  given  East  Boston  its  present  measure  of 
prosperity  have  been  carried  on.  Since  that  time,  he  has  done 
much  for  the  welfare  and  adornment  of  the  place.  A  few  years 


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since,  he  gave  land  to  the  value  of  six  thousand  dollars,  the 
income  to  be  applied  to  setting  out  shade-trees  on  the  island. 
He  also  gave  land  to  the  value  of  eighteen  or  twenty  thousand 
dollars  for  the  erection  of  a  library-building  by  the  library-asso 
ciation  which  bears  his  name,  and  to  which  he  gave  his  own 
private  library.  He  wrote  a  very  elaborate  history  of  East 
Boston,  comprising  eight  hundred  pages,  with  numerous  en 
gravings.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society. 

He  married,  first,  4  October,  1826,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Perry, 
daughter  of  Hon.  James  DeYTolf,  of  Bristol,  R.I.,  and  widow 
of  Raymond  H.  J.  Perry,  brother  of  Commodore  O.  H.  Perry  : 
she  died  14  July,  1835.  He  married,  second,  13  December, 
1836,  Mrs.  Maria  Foster  Greenough,  daughter  of  Elisha  Doane, 
of  Cohasset,  and  widow  of  David  Stoddard  Greenough,  of  Ja 
maica  Plain  :  she  died  14  November,  1843.  He  married,  third, 
18  April,  1848,  Mary  Dickinson  Kemble,  of  New  York, 
daughter  of  Peter  Kemble,  grand-daughter  of  Gen.  Cadwallader, 
and  niece  of  Gov.  Thomas  Gage.  She  survived  him.  He  had 
no  children  by  any  of  his  wives. 

1800. — Rev.  DANIEL  KIMBALL  died  in  Needham,  Mass., 
17  January,  1862,  aged  83  years.  He  was  son  of  Lieut. 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Tenney)  Kimball,  and  was  born  in 
Bradford,  Mass.,  3  July,  1778.  Until  he  was  sixteen  years 
old,  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  in  summer,  and  attended  the 
district  school  in  winter.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Atkinson 
Academy,  N.H.,  under  the  instruction  of  John  Yose  (D.C. 
1795).  He  held  a  respectable  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated 
with  honors.  After  leaving  college,  he  was  assistant-teacher  in 
Sandwich  Academy  one  year.  For  the  next  six  months,  he  had 
charge  of  a  school  in  his  native  town.  He  then  returned  to 
Cambridge  as  a  theological  student,  under  the  direction  of  Rev. 
David  Tappan,  D.D.  (H.C.  1771),  Hollis  Professor  of  Divin 
ity  ;  was  approbated,  and  began  preaching  in  the  spring  or 
summer  of  1803  :  and,  on  taking  his  degree  of  master  of  arts 
that  year,  he  pronounced  the  Latin  valedictory  oration.  At  the 
same  time,  he  was  appointed  tutor  for  the  Latin  department. 

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This  office  he  held  two  years  ;  and,  on  resigning  it,  he  returned 
to  Bradford,  where  he  resided  more  than  two  years,  supplying 
vacant  parishes,  and  giving  what  were  termed  "labors  of  love," 
pursuing  theological  and  miscellaneous  reading  and  study.  In 
August,  1808,  he  was  appointed  preceptor  of  Derby  Academy, 
in  Hingham,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  until  the  spring  of 
1826.  In  addition  to  the  duties  of  preceptor,  he  often  preached, 
sometimes  in  neighboring  pulpits  in  supply,  or  giving  "  labors 
of  love."  He  was  ordained  at  Hingham,  as  an  evangelist, 
17  December,  1817.  In  the  spring  of  1826,  he  removed  to 
Needham,  where  he  purchased  a  farm,  and  opened  a  boarding 
and  day  school  for  children  of  both  sexes,  which  he  continued 
until  1848,  devoting  himself  at  the  same  time  to  agricultural 
pursuits.  His  published  works  were,  A  Lecture  in  Poetry  on 
Temperance  ;  also  another  Address  on  Temperance,  on  the  4th  of 
July ;  An  Address  before  the  Peace  Society  at  Hingham,  of 
which  he  was  president ;  a  Sermon  on  Unitarianism,  preached  at 
Milton,  Mass.,  where  he  supplied  the  pulpit  at  intervals  for  a 
few  years  ;  a  Discourse  before  the  American  Institute  of  In 
struction,  at  the  State  House,  on  the  Employment  of  Female 
Teachers. 

He  was  president  of  the  Needham  Lyceum  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  was  for  nearly  as  many  years  chairman  of  the  school- 
committee.  He  was  a  representative  to  the  state  legislature  in 
1846.  In  his  religious  principles  he  was  a  firm  Unitarian.  He 
was  highly  respected  as  a  man  of  unblemished  character,  a  kind 
friend,  a  hospitable  neighbor,  and  a  devoted  husband  and 
parent. 

He  married,  23  March,  1808,  Betsey  Gage,  of  Bradford, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary  (Webster)  Gage,  descended,  011 
her  father's  side,  from  Major  Benjamin  Gage,  an  officer  in 
the  American  army  in  the  struggle  for  our  national  indepen 
dence.  The  children  of  this  marriage  were  as  follows  (all 
born  in  Hingham)  :  1.  Elizabeth  Tenny,  born  23  March,  1810  ; 
died  2  April,  1833.  2.  Harriet  Webster,  born  1  December, 
1812  (afterwards  widow  of  John  M.  Washburn).  3.  Daniel, 
bom  1  October,  1814 ;  died  17  December,  1827  (was  fitted  for 


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college  at  the  time  of  his  death).  4.  Benjamin  Gage,  born 
5  May,  1816  (H.C.  1837).  5.  Mary  Jane,  bora  19  October, 
1817  (now  wife  of  Hon.  James  Ritchie,  of  Roxbury)  (H.C. 
1835).  6.  Henry  Colman,  born  25  February,  1820  (H.C. 
1840).  7.  Charles  David  Tenny,  born  6  September,  1821; 
died  at  Hingham,  24  July,  1822.  8.  Charlotte  Sophia  (Mrs. 
Hoadley),  born  31  July,  1823;  died  at  Lancaster,  12  June, 
1848.  9.  Clara  Anna,  born  7  January,  1825  ;  died  at  Need- 
ham,  25  December,  1847.  Mr.  KimbalFs  wife  survived  him. 

1801. — HENRY  NEWMAN  died  in  Boston,  28  July,  1861, 
aged  78  years.  He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Deborah  (Gushing) 
Newman,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  16  May,  1783.  His  father 
was  a  distinguished  merchant.  His  mother  was  daughter  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Gushing  (H.C.  1744),  representative  of  Boston, 
and  speaker  of  the  house,  in  1763  ;  when  he  so  warmly  espoused 
the  cause  of  his  country  in  the  disputes  with  Great  Britain,  that 
Dr.  Johnson  in  his  "Taxation  No  Tyranny,"  speaking  of  the 
Americans,  said,  "If  their  rights  are  inherent  and  under! ved, 
they  may,  by  their  own  suffrages,  encircle  with  a  diadem  the 
brows  of  Mr.  Gushing."  He  was  also  lieutenant-governor  of 
the  state.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School.  While  in  college,  his  father  became  in 
volved  in  consequence  of  speculations  in  Georgia  lands,  and 
President  Willard  generously  paid  a  part  of  young  Newman's 
college  dues.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he  entered  as  an 
apprentice  in  a  merchant's  store,  but  soon  relinquished  the 
situation ;  began  the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  Thomas  Dawes 
(H.C.  1777),  and  completed  his  legal  studies  with  Hon.  Wil 
liam  Prescott  (H.C.  1783).  Soon  after  his  admission  to  the 
bar,  he  went  to  the  South,  and  spent  most  of  the  time  for  twenty 
years  in  Washington  and  other  southern  cities  ;  being  engaged 
in  securing  the  family  property  in  the  Georgia  lands,  and  obtain 
ing  remuneration  through  the  government  at  Washington.  He 
was  also  agent  for  Joseph  Blake,  and  several  others,  who  had 
claims  for  lands  in  Virginia  and  other  southern  states.  This 
led  him  to  great  intimacy  with  many  eminent  gentlemen  at 
Washington,  —  among  others,  Gen.  Jackson,  —  who  treated  him 


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with  creat  kindness.     He  thus  obtained  an  exhaustless  fund  of 

O 

information  concerning  those  gentlemen,  which  rendered  him  a 
very  interesting  companion. 

A  few  years  ago,  when  a  committee  of  the  Alumni  of  Har 
vard  College  was  appointed  to  raise  funds  for  the  college  library, 
the  chairman  of  the  committee,  the  late  Thomas  (jr.  Gary,  called 
on  Mr.  Newman  to  ask  him  to  take  charge  of  the  subscription 
in  his  class.  He  readily  accepted  the  office  ;  and,  without  any 
special  solicitation,  handed  Mr.  Gary  his  check  for  five  hundred 
dollars  as  his  own  subscription,  saying  that  he  was  not  so  well 
able  to  give  as  he  had  once  been,  having  lost  some  of  his  prop 
erty  ;  and  that  he  wished  to  contribute  while  he  was  yet  able, 
as  further  losses  might  put  it  out  of  his  power  to  do  so  :  thus 
giving,  as  a  reason  for  subscribing,  what  many  would  have  con 
sidered  an  ample  excuse  for  refusing  to  give  at  all.  He  was 
remarkable  for  his  constant  and  unostentatious  charities.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Cincinnati  Society,  through  his  uncle, 
Capt.  Samuel  Newman,  who  was  an  officer  of  distinction  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  and  was  killed,  under  Gen.  Sinclair,  in 
a  battle  with  the  Indians.  His  manners  were  highly  finished 
and  gentle,  of  the  old  school.  Never  was  a  more  kind-hearted 
man,  a  more  devoted  son,  or  affectionate  brother.  He  was 
never  married. 

1802. — Deacon  SAMUEL  GREELE,  of  Boston,  died  in 
Swampscott,  Mass.,  where  he  went  to  pass  the  summer, 
16  August,  1861,  aged  78  years.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  and 
Olive  (Kead)  Greele,  and  was  born  in  Wilton,  N.H.,  3  July, 
1783.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy  in  New  Ips 
wich,  N.H.  After  graduating,  he  studied  divinity  with  Rev. 
Jonathan  French,  of  Andover,  Mass.  (H.C.  1771).  He 
preached  for  several  years,  but  was  never  ordained  as  a  minister 
over  any  society ;  and  he  resigned  the  sacred  profession,  much 
against  his  will,  on  account  of  temporary  ill  health.  He  then 
became  a  devoted  and  useful  teacher.  He  was  for  some  time 
preceptor  of  an  academy  in  Marblehead.  He  then  removed  to 
Boston,  where  he  taught  a  private  school  -from  1816  to  1822. 
In  1825,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  John  Baker,  under  the 


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firm  of  Baker  and  Grccle,  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  print 
ing-types.  This  firm  was  dissolved  in  1827  ;  and,  the  next  year, 
Mr.  Greele  took  into  partnership  Mr.  Henry  Willis ;  and  they 
continued  the  business,  under  the  firm  of  Greele  and  Willis,  until 
1832,  when  Mr.  Greele  retired  from  active  business.  He  was 
a  devoted  member  of  various  charitable  and  benevolent  institu 
tions.  He  was  an  officiating  deacon  in  the  Federal-street 
church  for  nearly  fifty  years,  first  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Channing,  and  subsequently  under  Rev.  Dr.  Gannett.  His 
steady  and  sincere  adherence  to  the  liberal  faith,  through  all  the 
fluctuations  of  time  and  opinion,  was  remarkable.  He  was  a 
faithful  worker  in  the  American  Unitarian  Association.  He 
was  elected  a  representative  from  Boston  in  the  state  legislature 
in  1838,  1840,  1841,  1842,  and  1843.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  aldermen  in  Boston  in  1834,  1835,  and  1836. 
He  was  the  friend  and  associate  of  the  young,  his  heart  being 
always  youthful ;  and  nothing  pleased  him  better  than  the  so 
ciety  of  little  children.  His  fund  of  anecdote,  geniality  of 
temper,  and  unfailing  flow  of  spirits,  made  him  the  most  agree 
able  of  visitors  and  companions.  His  perfectly  regular  habits, 
yearly  journeyings,  and  equanimity  of  temper,  no  doubt  con 
tributed  to  his  long  life.  He  was  always  surrounded  by  the 
most  untiring  and  devoted  love ;  and  he  passed  away  in  sweet 
patience,  without  a  murmur. 

He  married,  3  May,  1812,  Lydia  Maria  Sewall,  daughter 
of  Chief-Justice  Samuel  Sewall,  of  Marblehead  (H.C.  1776). 
She  died  in  Boston,  11  August,  1822,  in  the  32d  year  of  her 
age,  leaving  no  children.  He  married  for  his  second  wife,  19 
October,  1823,  Louisa  May,  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  May,  of 
Boston.  She  died  14  November,  1828,  at  the  age  of  36  years, 
having  had  two  children,  —  a  son  and  a  daughter.  The  son 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1844.  He  married  for  his 
third  wife,  18  October,  1831,  Maria  Antoinette  Paine,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Eobert  Treat  Paine,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1749).  She 
died  26  March,  1842,  aged  58  years,  leaving  no  children.  He 
married  for  his  fourth  wife,  8  October,  1844,  Sarah  Follansbee 
Emerson,  of  ]STewburyport,  who  survived  him. 


398  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

1802.— Kev.  CHARLES  WELLINGTON  died  iir  Tcmpleton, 
Mass.,  3  August,  1861,  aged  81  years.  He  was  the  sixth 
child  and  fifth  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Whitney)  Welling 
ton,  and  was  born  in  Waltham,  Mass.,  20  February,  1780. 
His  parents  had  eight  sons  and  five  daughters.  One  of  these 
sons,  Isaac,  was  drowned  while  a  member  of  the  senior  class  in 
Harvard  College,  12  November,  1796.  No  other  death  took 
place  among  these  children  till  more  than  fifty  years  afterwards. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  partly  at  New- 
Salem  Academy,  and  partly  by  Rev.  Charles  Stearns,  D.D.,  of 
Lincoln,  Mass.  (H.C.  1773).  About  the  time  of  graduation, 
he,  with  others,  consulted  Rev.  David  Tappan  (H.C.  1771), 
Hollis  Professor  of  Divinity,  about  their  theological  studies, 
and  obtained  from  him  a  recommendation  of  a  list  of  books  for 
perusal  for  that  purpose.  But  Dr.  Tappan  died  27  August, 
1803  ;  and  Dr.  Henry  Ware  (H.C.  1785)  was  not  appointed  to 
succeed  him  until  May,  1805.  These  young  men,  therefore, 
pursued  their  studies  alone,  as  resident  graduates ;  meeting 
together  occasionally  for  reading  of  essays,  and  comparison  of 
views. 

He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church  in  Tcmple 
ton,  25  February,  1807,  as  successor  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Spar- 
hawk  (H.C.  1756),  who  was  born  in  what  is  now  Brighton, 
15  June,  1738  ;  was  ordained  18  November,  1761 ;  and  died  25 
November,  1805,  aged  67  years.  Dr.  Wellington  continued  his 
ministerial  relation  to  his  society  until  his  death,  a  period  of 
more  than  fifty-four  years.  About  1839,  his  health  began  to 
fail,  so  much  as  to  interrupt  the  constancy  of  his  public  services  ; 
and  temporary  provision  was  made  for  his  aid  :  but  he  supplied 
the  pulpit  most  of  the  time  until  1843,  when  arrangements  were 
made  for  the  settlement  of  a  colleague,  and,  24  February,  1844, 
Rev.  Norwood  Damon  was  ordained  as  his  assistant.  Mr.  Da 
mon  resigned  his  ministry,  1  November,  1845  ;  and  the  supply  of 
the  pulpit  was  resumed  by  the  senior  partner.  He  preached 
most  of  the  time  until  August,  1846.  On  the  13th  of  January, 
1847,  Rev.  Edwin  Goodhue  Adams  was  ordained  as  his  col 
league  ;  where  he  still  continues.  On  the  25th  June,  1857,  Dr. 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  399 

Wellington  preached  a  half-century  sermon  from  his  ordination. 
It  was  printed  as  prepared  for  the  anniversary-day,  four  months 
before  ;  from  which  time  it  was  postponed  on  account  of  the 
author's  ill  health.  A  very  large  concourse  of  parishioners 
and  of  other  friends  assembled  on  the  occasion,  and  made  most 
gratifying  testimonials  of  esteem  and  affection  in  which  they  had 
held  their  aged  pastor.  In  his  sermon  he  gives  a  brief  and  very 
modest  account  of  his  labors.  His  influence  as  a  minister  was 
second  to  that  of  no  one  in  the  western  section  of  Worcester 
county.  That  influence  was  always  exerted  in  favor  of  religious 
and  civil  freedom,  of  Christian  order,  and  scriptural  piety.  In 
1854,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

Dr.  Wellington  married,  29  June,  1807,  Anna  Smith, 
of  Boston.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  three  sons  and  six 
daughters,  of  whom  two  sons  and  all  the  daughters  survived 
their  father.  The  two  surviving  sons  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1838  and  1846  respectively.  His  wife  died 
24  April,  1830 ;  and  he  married  for  his  second  wife,  27 
July,  1831,  Adelaide  Russell,  of  Templeton,  who  survived 
him.  By  his  second  wife  he  had  one  child,  a  daughter,  who  died 
young. 

1804.  —  Dr.  JONATHAN  WILD  died  in  Braintree,  Mass., 
6  December,  1862,  aged  77  years.  He  was  the  oldest  child  of 
Jonathan  and  Deborah  (Wild)  Wild,  and  was  born  in  South 
Wcymouth,  Mass.,  3  April,  1784;  but,  when  he  was  about  a 
year  old,  his  parents  removed  to  Braintree,  where  they  lived 
and  died.  His  father  was  the  son  of  Capt.  Silas  Wild,  and 
his  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Micah  Wild,  all  of  Braintree. 
Young  AVild  was  fitted  for  college  under  the  instruction  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Jonathan  Strong,  of  Randolph  (D.C.  1786).  After  gradu 
ating,  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Ebenezer  Alden,  of  West 
Randolph,  father  of  the  present  Dr.  Ebenezer  Alden  (H.C. 
1808),  of  Randolph.  After  completing  his  studies,  he  settled 
in  Braintree,  where  he  continued  in  active  and  successful  prac 
tice  until  1844,  when  he  retired  from  the  profession.  His  per 
sonal  interests  were  seriously  affected  by  his  too-indulgent 


400  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

leniency  towards  his  patients  ;  for,  had  he  been  more  rigid  in 
exacting  his  dues  for  his  professional  services,  he  would  have 
become  a  wealthy  man  ;  but  he  suffered  his  accounts  to  remain 
uncollected,  much  to  his  pecuniary  detriment. 

He  married,  first,  12  December,  1811,  Nancy  Lynfield,  of 
Randolph,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  —  all  daughters,  — 
of  whom  one  only  survived  him.  His  wife  died  23  August,  1827. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife,  11  February,  1830,  Livia  D. 
Thaycr,  of  Braintree,  sister  of  Col.  Sylvanus  Thayer  (D.C. 
1807),  the  distinguished  engineer,  an  officer  in  the  Military 
Academy  at  West  Point.  By  his  second  wife  he  had  three 
children,  — two  daughters  and  one  son,  —  of  whom  one  daugh 
ter  deceased  before  him.  The  other  two  children,  with  their 
mother,  survived  him. 

1806.  — Rev.  WILLIAM  TURNER  TORREY  died  in  Madison, 
Lake  county,  O. ,  29  October,  1861,  aged  75  years.  He  was  the 
second  son  of  James  and  Eunice  (Turner)  Torrey,  and  was  born 
in  Kingston,  Mass.,  5  February,  1786.  His  mother  was  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Charles  Turner  (H.C.  1752),  who 
was  born  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  3  September,  1732  ;  was  ordained 
at  Duxbury,  Mass.,  23  July,  1755  ;  dismissed  10  April,  1775  ; 
was  afterwards  chaplain  of  Castle  William,  and  senator  in  the 
state  legislature:  died  in  the  town  of  Turner,  Me.,  August, 
1818,  aged  86  years.  A  classmate  of  the  subject  of  this  notice 
has  furnished  some  particulars  of  his  life,  from  which  we  extract 
the  following:  "Torrey  entered  college  in  1802.  During  all 
the  term  of  his  collegiate  course  his  moral  character  was  un 
blamable,  his  diligence  in  study  exemplary,  his  standing  in  the 
class  highly  respectable.  He  graduated  with  collegiate  honors. 
After  he  received  his  degree,  he  studied  theology  under  Rev. 
Dr.  John  Reed,  of  West  Bridgewater  (Y.C.  1772).  Dr. 
Reed  was  a  decided  Unitarian ;  and  Torrey,  at  that  time,  was 
of  the  same  sentiments.  Soon  after  he  was  licensed  to  preach, 
he  took  charge  of  the  only  Congregational  church  in  New  Bed 
ford,  but  was  not  ordained.  It  was  when  the  Unitarian  con 
troversy,  early  in  this  century,  was  at  its  height ;  when  the 
odium  theologicum  pervaded  many  of  the  religious  societies  of 


1861-62.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  401 

this  order  in  Massachusetts.  It  may  not  be  too  strong  an 
expression  to  say,  that  it  raged  at  that  time  in  New  Bedford. 
The  church  and  society  were  split  between  the  two  factions. 
The  majority  of  the  church  —  technically  so  called  —  separated 
from  the  society,  and  held  distinct  worship  at  another  place ; 
while  the  society,  as  a  body,  continued  in  the  old  place  of  wor 
ship,  and  adhered  to  Unitarianism. 

"  Torrey,  a  young  man,  undrilled  and  unskilled  in  ecclesiastic 
tactics,  found  himself,  in  this  logomachy,  in  a  moral,  or  rather 
immoral,  atmosphere,  not  congenial  with  his  natural  disposition, 
which  was  full  of  benevolence  to  all.  His  situation  became 
unpleasant ;  and  he  finally  removed  to  Canandaigua,  in  New 
York,  and  was  settled  over  a  Unitarian  society  there.  [He  was 
ordained  at  Marlborough,  Mass.,  in  January  or  February,  1812, 
as  minister  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Canandaigua,  and 
resigned  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1817.]  He  could 
not  have  been  settled  there  long,  when  he  experienced  a 
change  of  religious  feeling  and  of  religious  views,  and  became 
as  orthodox  in  sentiment  (using  the  term  in  its  claimed  and 
generally  accepted  sense)  as  before  he  was  liberal.  As  was  to 
be  expected,  he  did  not  continue  over  the  church  in  Canandaigua 
long  after  this.  He  was  installed  1  January,  1818,  in  Ply 
mouth,  Mass.,  near  his  native  town;  and  resigned  12  March, 
1823.  His  heart  was  naturally  a  loving  one  ;  and  his  new 
views,  if  possible,  increased  the  intensity  of  this  love  to  all. 
Free  from  dogmatism,  yet  was  he  earnest  and  sincere.  This 
charity,  in  its  true  sense,  and  his  full  belief  in  what  he  viewed 
all-important  in  religion,  prompted  him  to  revisit  his  former 
associates  of  the  liberal  order,  and  to  kind  efforts  to  convince 
them  of  their  doctrinal  errors  ;  which  met  with  but  little  success." 

From  Plymouth,  Mr.  Torrey  went  to  Newport,  R.I.,  where 
he  ministered  to  the  church,  once  under  the  charge  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Hopkins,  about  three  years  ;  ending  in  the  course  of  the  year 
1829.  In  1830,  he  removed  to  Murray,  Orleans  county,  N.Y., 
and  settled  on  a  farm.  He  was  afterwards  formally  installed 
there  as  a  pastor  of  a  church.  In  November,  1853,  he  minis 
tered  to  a  parish  in  West  Greece,  N.Y.,  until  March,  1856. 

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402  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

Afterward,  when  past  the  age  of  70  years,  he  removed  to  Ohio, 
and  preached  for  two  years  from  January,  1858,  to  a  church 
in  Edinburgh,  Portage  county,  O. 

He  married,  2  June,  1814,  Betsey  James,  daughter  of 
William  James,  of  Scituate.  They  had  four  sons,  —  Charles 
W.,  Josiah  J.,  Francis,  and  Samuel,  —  of  whom  only  the  first 
named  is  living;  he  being  a  minister,  settled  in  Madison,  O., 
when  his  father  died  at  his  house.  His  wife  died  30  April, 
1852,  at  East  Cleveland,  O.,  also  at  the  residence  of  their 
only  surviving  son. 

1808. — EDWAKD  FENWICK  CAMPBELL  died  in  Augusta, 
Ga.,  27  September,  1861,  aged  75  years.  He  was  son  of 
Macarton  Campbell,  a  planter ;  and  was  born  in  Augusta,  Ga., 
25  January,  1786.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Jona 
than  Homer  (H.C.  1777),  of  Newton,  Mass.  He  had  the 
tastes  of  a  gentleman  of  fortune  from  Georgia.  His  habits  were 
good ;  he  made  no  efforts,  apparently,  to  obtain  college  honors. 
After  graduating,  he  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Georgia,  but  never  practised.  He  inherited  a  plantation  and 
much  wealth  from  his  father;  also  inherited  many  slaves,  but 
never  bought  or  sold  any.  His  residence  was  in  Georgia,  where 
he  occupied  himself  in  cultivating  his  plantation.  His  character 
was  one  of  singular  honor,  delicacy,  and  generosity  :  he  was  a 
very  indulgent  master. 

He  married,  in  1814,  Maria  Hull,  daughter  of  Gen.  William 
(Y.C.  1772)  and  Sarah  Hull,  of  Newton,  Mass.  She  died  in 
Augusta,  Ga.,  in  1846.  He  never  married  again.  His  wife 
prepared  for  publication  a  work  entitled  "  Revolutionary  Services 
and  Civil  Life  of  Gen.  William  Hull ;  prepared  from  his  Manu 
scripts,  by  his  Daughter,  Mrs.  Maria  Campbell."  In  an  address 
to  the  reader,  she  says,  "  Gen.  Hull  left  behind  him  memoirs  of 
his  revolutionary  services,  in  manuscript,  which  he  had  written 
for  the  gratification  of  his  children  and  grandchildren.  These 
memoirs  are  the  basis  of  the  present  work.  His  spirit  pervades 
the  whole ;  and  my  endeavor  has  been,  that  it  should  not 
be  obscured.  The  facts  are  in  substance  precisely  as  he  has 
related  them.  But,  as  his  manuscript  was  not  prepared  for  the 


1861-62.]  OF  HARVARD   COLLEGE.  403 

press,  it  was  necessary,  to  a  certain  extent,  that  the  arrangement 
of  the  work,  and  sometimes  the  style,  should  be  changed." 
To  this  work  was  added,  by  Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  of 
Boston  (H.C.  1829),  grandson  of  Gen.  Hull,  "History  of  the 
Campaign  of  1812,  and  Surrender  of  the  Post  of  Detroit." 
Mr.  Clarke,  in  his  preface,  alluding  to  the  before-mentioned 
work,  says,  "This,  which  was  written  by  himself  (Gen.  Hull), 
was  prepared  for  the  press  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Maria  Camp 
bell,  wife  of  Edward  F.  Campbell,  Esq.,  of  Augusta,  Ga.  It 
was  a  favorite  and  cherished  object  of  this  lady  to  erect  this 
monument  to  the  memory  of  her  father,  and  her  life  was  spared 
by  a  kind  Providence  just  long  enough  to  enable  her  to  com 
plete  it.  Amid  painful  sickness  and  the  languor  of  disease,  she 
labored  diligently  until  it  was  finished.  This  labor  of  love 
seemed  to  sustain  her  failing  strength  ;  and  when  she  reached  its 
termination  she  could  say,  'Lord,  let  me  now  depart ;'  and  the 
daughter  passed  into  the  spirit-land  to  meet  the  parent  whom 
she  had  so  tenderly  loved.  But  another  labor  yet  remains  to  be 
performed.  Mrs.  Campbell  did  not  attempt  the  history  of  the 
campaign  of  1812,  and  surrender  of  Detroit;  and  though 
deeply  convinced  that  her  father  deserved  praise,  not  blame,  for 
his  share  in  this  transaction,  yet  she  shrank  from  a  work  which 
she  feared  might  involve  her  in  angry  controversy,  and  prevent 
the  simple  narrative  of  her  father's  revolutionary  labors  from 
being  appreciated.  She  left  to  another  hand,  and  another 
time,  this  part  of  the  work.  This  task  has  been  committed  to 
the  present  writer ;  who,  with  no  qualifications  except  a  strong 
conviction  of  the  justice  of  the  c#use  he  advocates,  founded  on 
careful  study  and  examination,  joined  with  an  earnest  wish  to  be 
candid  and  conscientious,  has  undertaken  the  work.  He  is  in 
deed  about  to  defend  a  grandfather,  and  one  whom  he  remem 
bers  with  mingled  feelings  of  affection  and  respect." 

1815.  —  SAMUEL  E  PUTXAM  died  in  Boston,  24  December, 
1861,  aged  64  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Samuel 
(H.C.  1787)  and  Sarah  (Gool)  Putnam,  and  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  2  April,  1797.  His  father  was  son  of  Gideon 
Putnam,  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  13  April, 


404  NECROLOGY    OF    ALUMNI  [1861- G2. 

17G8  ;  was  a  lawyer  in  Salem,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Bos 
ton  ;  was  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts,  a  station 
which  he  held  with  dignity  and  honor.  He  died  3  July,  1853, 
aged  85  years.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  John  Gool  and 
Lois  (Pickering)  Gool,  a  sister  of  Hon.  Timothy  Pickering 
(H.C.  1763),  of  Salem.  His  studies,  preparatory  for  admission 
to  college,  were  conducted  by  Jacob  Newman  Knapp  (H.C. 
1802).  His  collegiate  life  was  without  reproach.  On  leaving 
college,  he  concluded  to  adopt  a  mercantile  life  ;  and  he  entered 
the  counting-room  of  Pickering  Dodge,  Esq. ,  of  Salem,  where  he 
served  his  apprenticeship.  He  ever  afterwards  spoke  of  Mr. 
Dodge  with  great  esteem  and  respect.  He  made  several 
voyages,  as  supercargo,  to  the  East  Indies.  For  many  years 
he  wras  engaged  in  business  in  Europe,  particularly  in  the  city 
of  Antwerp.  Here  he  established  a  house,  and  had  as  a  part 
ner  an  Englishman  by  the  name  of  Alfred  Barrow,  a  most 
estimable  gentleman,  for  whom  Mr.  Putnam  named  his  eldest 
son.  This  son  died  early  in  life,  of  Asiatic  cholera,  while  trav 
elling  in  Italy.  He  conducted  his  business  with  skilful  enter 
prise  and  success.  In  the  course  of  time  he  returned  to  his 
native  country,  and  still  maintained  his  character  as  a  merchant 
in  Boston.  His  interest  in  the  education  of  his  children 
prompted  him,  in  1851,  to  return  to  Europe  with  his  family; 
and  he  spent  with  them  three  years  in  Paris,  and  nearly  two 
years  in  Italy  and  Germany.  He  then  returned,  and  again 
made  Boston  his  home.  He  was  not  what  is  considered  a  public 
man.  His  own  position  in  society  he  was  careful  to  adorn  by 
integrity  and  honor ;  and  whatever  influence  he  exerted  was 
mainly  through  the  power  of  his  example.  A  friend,  who 
knew  him  intimately,  in  speaking  of  him,  says,  "  Goodness 
deserves  commemoration,  especially  in  the  modest  merit  that 
makes  no  claim.  Its  immediate  and  irresistible  impression  was 
of  unpretending  kindness,  and  an  utter  honesty  and  constitutional 
transparency  that  knew  not  how  to  deceive.  That  a  nature  so 
unassuming  should  be  so  noble  and  generous,  was  a  perpetual 
charm.  Our  friend's  humility  had  another  delightful  combina 
tion  with  the  directness  and  energy  of  his  mind.  His  action  or 


1861-62.]  ]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  405 

speech  was  always  forthright.  Never  had  -a  soul  cleaner  and 
fuller  expression  of  all  its  meaning  in  the  manners,  every  look  and 
word.  Such  was  his  unvarnished  and  confiding  sincerity,  that, 
after  he  had  spoken,  nothing  remained  for  him  to  add  or  explain. 
He  did  not  reflect  on  himself  as  a  subject,  but  with  unconscious 
beauty  appeared  himself  for  every  object  his  reason  and  con 
science  owned  as  just ;  never  involved,  but  in  all  his  dealings 
open  as  the  day.  In  his  business  he  showed  great  practical  ability, 
and  a  judgment  in  all  affairs  on  which  others  associated  with  him 
could  lean.  What  seemed  unsentimental  promptness  or  remarka- 
able  ability  in  the  concerns  of  this  world  was  united  with  a  won 
derful  and  womanly  tenderness  of  heart,  making  the  eyes  often 
moist  and  tearful  above  the  ever-firm  and  manly  lips.  His 
faculties  were  not  confined  to  any  special  vocation  ;  but  he  was 
deeply  interested  in  his  country  and  all  mankind.  He  was 
earnest  in  his  decisions,  but  never  narrow.  Always  in  a  large 
charity  was  his  appreciation  of  others.  He  was  as  broad  in  his 
intellectual  culture  as  in  his  moral  aims.  He  had  a  great  taste 
for  art,  and  enjoyment  of  its  masterpieces  abroad ;  and,  in  the 
latter  part  of  his  life,  acquired  a  command  of  the  German 
tongue,  which  few  seek  save  in  youth.  But  finely  foremost  in 
him  were  the  qualities  of  his  heart,  as  they  who  loved  him  and 
lived  with  him  so  well  know.  Performing  his  duties  constantly, 
and  bearing  his  trials  patiently,  he  has  followed  the  distin 
guished  jurist,  his  father,  and  all  his  own  sons." 

He  married,  25  April,  1832,  Mary,  daughter  of  Eev.  Charles 
Lowell,  D.D.  (H.C.  1800),  of  Boston,  by  whom  he  had 
three  sons  and  one  daughter.  His  first  and  third  sons  died 
some  time  before  him.  His  second,  and  then  only  surviving  son, 
Lieut.  William  Lowell  Putnam,  fell  a  martyr  to  his  country ; 
having  died  in  Maryland,  22  October,  1861,  of  a  wound  re 
ceived  the  day  previous  in  the  battle  of  Edwards  Ferry.  His 
death  will  be  identified  with  the  military  glory  of  America,  as  it 
shall  be  reflected  from  deeds  of  valor  in  the  cause  of  freedom, 
earnest  resolves  and  decisive  acts  in  support  and  establishment 
of  equal  laws  and  righteous  government.  Mr.  Putnam's  widow 
and  one  daughter  remain  to  cherish  his  memory,  and  illustrate 
his  sympathies  and  affections. 


406  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

1817. — Hon.  SAMUEL  ATKIXS  ELIOT  died  in  Cambridge, 
29  January,  1862,  aged  63  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Samuel 
and  Catharine  (Atkins)  Eliot,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  5  March, 
1798.  His  father  was  an  eminent  and  wealthy  merchant.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School.  He  attained 
a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with 
honors.  After  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School  at 
Cambridge,  and  went  through  a  course  of  theological  study,  but 
did  not  enter  upon  the  clerical  profession.  He  was  a  gentleman 
of  great  personal  worth,  and  was  repeatedly  honored  by  eleva 
tion  to  offices  of  distinction.  In  1834,  he  was  elected  a  repre 
sentative  to  the  state  legislature  ;  and,  in  1843,  he  was  chosen  a 
senator  from  Suffolk  district.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  in  1834  and  1835;  and  was  mayor  of  the  city  in  1837, 
1838,  and  1839.  In  1850,  he  was  elected  a  representative  to  the 
thirty-first  Congress  from  Suffolk  district,  where  he  remained  two 
years;  but,  at  the  close  of  his  term,  he  declined  to  be  a  candidate 
for  re-election.  In  1853,  he  became  a  partner  in  the  extensive 
commission  house  of  Charles  H.  Mills  and  Co.,  of  Boston, 
where  he  remained  six  years,  when  the  copartnership  was  dis 
solved;  an4  he  soon  afterwards  removed  to  Cambridge,  where  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1859,  he  was  elected  presi 
dent  of  the  Boston  Gas-light  Company.  He  was  treasurer  of 
Harvard  College  from  1842  to  1853.  He  was  for  many  years 
a  warden  of  King's  Chapel,  in  Boston.  He  was  a  gentleman  of 
unblemished  moral  character,  of  accomplished  deportment,  social 
and  affable  in  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow-citizens  ;  and,  in  the 
many  and  important  positions  in  which  he  was  placed,  he  dis 
charged  his  duties  with  great  fidelity,  with  an  honest  conviction 
of  what  he  thought  to  be  right,  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of 
his  constituents. 

He  married,  13  June,  1836,  Mary  Ly man,  the  beautiful  and 
accomplished  daughter  of  Hon.  Theodore  Lyman,  of  Boston. 
Their  children  were  one  son  and  four  daughters,  as  follows  : 
Mary  L.,  Charles  William,  Elizabeth  E.,  Catharine  A.,  and 
Fannie  A.  ;  all  of  whom,  with  their  mother,  survived  him,  all 
but  the  last  two  being  married. 


1861-62.]  OF  HARVARD   COLLEGE.  407 

1817. — DANIEL  OILMAN  HATCH,  of  Covington,  Ky.,  died 
in  Exeter,  N.H.,  13  March,  1862,  aged  63  years.  He  was  the 
oldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Oilman)  Hatch,  and  was 
born  in  Exeter,  3  August,  1798.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Phillips  Academy,  Exeter.  He  left  college  in  the  last  term  of 
his  senior  year,  before  commencement ;  and  first  taught  an  acad 
emy  in  King-George  county,  Ya. ,  on  the  Upper  Neck,  so  called, 
between  the  Potomac  and  Rappahannock  Rivers.  In  conse 
quence  of  the,  unhealthiness  of  the  location,  he  went,  a  year 
afterwards,  to  Dinwiddie  county,  Ya.,  where  he  remained  almost 
twenty  years,  devoting  himself  to  teaching.  He  carried  into  his 
profession  an  enthusiasm  for  education,  and  a  personal  regard 
for  the  welfare  of  his  scholars,  which  alike  insured  success,  and 
won  for  him  the  regard  of  the  many  young  men  who  were  bene 
fited  by  his  instruction.  He  was  a  member  of  the  celebrated 
Virginia  convention  in  1829.  About  1837,  he  removed  to  Ken 
tucky,  settling  at  Georgetown,  where  he  embarked  in  commer 
cial  pursuits.  Here  his  fine  business  capacity  and  stern  integrity 
soon  gave  him  much  influence ;  and,  though  no  longer  a  profes 
sional  teacher,  his  knowledge  of  every  branch  of  educational 
science  rendered  good  fruits.  He  was,  until  the  day  of  his 
death,  a  trustee  of  the  college  in  that  village  ;  was  for  a  time  its 
treasurer,  and  held  other  offices  in  connection  with  it,  by  which 
he  was  enabled  to  promote  its  financial  soundness,  and  add  to 
its  educational  efficiency.  His  zeal  in  behalf  of  instruction  did 
not  confine  itself  to  this  institution.  As  he  had  done  in  Vir 
ginia,  so,  during  his  residence  in  Kentucky,  he  was  constantly 
finding  positions  as  teachers  for  young  men  and  women  from  the 
East ;  thus  giving  deserving  employment,  and  providing  the 
means  of  a  better  education  for  the  children  of  his  neighbors  and 
friends.  It  is  stated  that  during  his  life  he  obtained  at  the  West 
situations  for  over  fifty  persons,  male  and  female  ;  and  such  was 
his  discrimination,  that  in  only  one  or  two  cases  did  they  disap- 
point^his  expectations.  About  ten  years  before  his  death,  he  was 
called  to  Harrodsburg  to  take  the  cashiership  of  the  Commercial 
Bank  in  that  place.  His  management  was  admirable.  In  1856, 
foreseeing  the  approaching  financial  crisis,  he  induced  the  direct- 


408  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

ors  to  call  in  a  large  proportion  of  its  wide  circulation,  thus  en 
abling  the  institution  to  ride  out  the  gale  without  detriment. 
Soon  afterwards  he  removed  to  Covington,  and  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Buckner  and  Hall,  of  Cincinnati;  but  for  a  year  or 
two  he  had  withdrawn  from  active  business.  The  almost  simul 
taneous  death  of  his  venerable  parents,  just  a  year  before  his 
decease,  called  him  temporarily  to  the  home  of  his  childhood. 
He  proposed  only  a  few  months'  stay,  and  had  taken  his  family 
with  him.  His  health  had  long  been  somewhat  impaired  ;  but 
there  was  nothing  to  forbid  the  hope  for  him  of  many  years 
more  of  usefulness,  until  attacked  with  a  sudden  acute  disease. 
He  breathed  his  last  beneath  the  roof  under  which  he  was  born. 
He  was  a  kind  father,  a  sincere  and  devoted  friend,  a  sterling 
patriot,  and  an  earnest  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  was 
officially  connected  with  most  of  the  benevolent  enterprises  of 
that  denomination  in  the  state  of  his  residence. 

He  married,  30  May,  1822,  in  Dinwiddie  county,  Va.,  Ann 
Eliza  Thompson ;  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  two  daughters, 
of  whom  the  son  and  one  daughter  survive  him.  The  other 
daughter,  named  Mary  E.  Prudentia,  married,  15  April,  1852, 
Col.  B.  R.  Johnson,  professor  in  the  Nashville  military  univer 
sity.  She  died  in  Nashville,  22  May,  1858,  aged  32  years. 
His  wife  died  13  April,  1837.  He  married  for  his  second  wife, 
in  Georgetown,  Ky.,  12  February,  1840,  Mary  R.,  daughter  of 
Kinsley  and  Mary  Hall,  of  Exeter,  N.H.  ;  by  whom  he  had  two 
sons  and  six  daughters,  of  whom  two  daughters  died  before  their 
father.  The  other  children,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1818. — JOHN  PEENTISS  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  31  August, 
1861,  aged  62  years.  He  rode  into  the  city  in  a  carriage  with 
one  of  his  students,  from  his  residence  at  Medfield,  about  three 
miles  distant;  and,  while  crossing  the  Northern  Central  Railway 
near  the  junction  of  Cathedral  and  Biddle  streets,  his  vehicle 
was  run  against  by  a  train  of  cars  :  he  was  thrown  out,  and  in 
stantly  killed. 

Mr.  Prentiss  was  the  third  son  and  seventh  child  of  Rev. 
Thomas  (H.C.  1766)  and  Mary  (Scollay)  Prentiss,  and  was 
born  in  Medfield,  Mass.,  10  August,  1799.  His  father  was 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  409 

son  of  Rev.  Joshua  (H.C.  1738)  and  Mary  (Angler)  Prentiss, 
and  was  born  in  Holliston,  Mass.,  27  October,  1747;  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Medfield,  31  October,  1770  ; 
and  died  28  February,  1814,  aged  66  years.  His  mother  was 
daughter  of  Dr.  John  Scollay,  of  Boston,  where  he  held  the 
office  of  town-clerk  over  forty  years.  She  died  23  September, 
1841,  aged  82  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice  pursued  his 
preparatory  studies  for  admission  to  college  under  the  instruction 
of  his  father,  until  the  death  of  the  latter ;  and,  in  April  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  at  placed  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  where 
he  completed  his  studies.  In  his  sophomore  year,  he  taught 
school  in  Way  land,  then  called  East  Sudbury ;  and,  in  his 
junior  and  senior  years,  in  Medfield.  He  graduated  with  a  fair 
reputation  for  scholarship,  and  with  a  character  untainted  by 
any  of  the  vices  of  college-life,  to  the  influences  of  which  he 
had  been  exposed,  without  experience,  or  any  knowledge  of  the 
world,  and  with  no  guide  or  protection  but  the  principles  of  a 
pure  religion  and  the  precepts  of  a  stern  morality  breathed  from 
the  lips  and  illustrated  by  the  life  of  one  of  the  best  and  tender- 
est  of  mothers.  Notwithstanding  the  practice  of  the  strictest 
economy  throughout  his  college  course,  he  found  himself,  at  its 
close,  not  only  without  resources,  but  encumbered  with  debts 
which  had  been  unavoidably  contracted.  To  accon't  himself  of 
his  obligations,  and  to  furnish  him  with  the  means  of  prosecuting 
the  study  of  theology,  which  he  had  chosen  as  a  profession,  he 
was  induced  to  accept  an  appointment  to  the  charge  of  the 
Female  High  School  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  then  just  insti 
tuted.  Here,  with  one  female  assistant,  he  had  intrusted  to  his 
instruction  and  management  three  hundred  pupils.  That  he 
discharged  the  duties  of  this  arduous  office  acceptably,  may  be 
inferred  from  the  fact,  that,  at  the  close  of  the  academic  year, 
the  engagement  was  renewed,  and  was  continued,  until,  having 
accomplished  the  object  for  which  he  had  assumed  it,  in  the 
winter  of  1819-20  he  relinquished  it  to  enter  the  Divinity 
School  at  Cambridge.  His  connection  with  the  school  continued 
until  the  autumn  of  1822.  During  this  time,  his  studies  were 
occasionally  interrupted  by  ill  health ;  and  for  several  months 

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410  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

were  partially  suspended  by  his  having  the  charge  of  the  pri 
vate  female  school  of  Rev.  Henry  Colman  (D.C.  1805),  in 
Boston,  who,  from  severe  sickness,  was  compelled  to  relinquish 
it  for  that  period.  During  this  engagement,  he  was  a  member 
of  Mr.  Colman's  family ;  and  the  acquaintance  thus  begun 
ripened  into  an  intimate  friendship,  which  ended  only  with  the 
death  of  this  distinguished  clergyman  and  accomplished  gentle 
man  and  scholar  at  Islington,  near  London,  17  August,  1849, 
whilst  engaged  in  agricultural  inquiries  in  Europe,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  government  of  Massachusetts.  At  the  close  of 
his  theological  course  of  study,  Mr.  Prentiss  was  compelled, 
from  bodily  indisposition,  to  abandon  for  a  time,  as  he  then  sup 
posed,  the  profession  which  he  had  chosen,  and  the  preparatory 
studies  for  which  he  had  just  completed.  The  greater  part  of 
the  year  1823  he  passed  at  his  native  village,  under  his  mother's 
roof,  in  the  vain  hope  of  recovering  his  health.  Early  in  the 
winter  of  this  year,  he  was  induced,  by  the  advice  of  his  physi 
cian,  to  try  the  effect  of  a  milder  climate ;  and  accepted  the 
appointment  of  a  tutorship  in  Baltimore  College,  Md.  His 
health  being  measurably  restored  by  his  residence  in  a  southern 
climate,  in  the  spring  of  1824  he  took  charge,  as  principal,  of 
one  of  the  state  academies  of  Maryland  at  Garrison  Forest, 
about  ten  miles  from  the  city  of  Baltimore ,  in  Baltimore  county  ; 
where  he  remained  until  the  autumn  of  1825.  With  health 
re-established,  and  with  the  reputation  of  being  a  faithful  and 
successful  teacher,  at  the  solicitation  of  many  parents  whose 
children  had  been  under  his  instruction,  he  removed  to  Balti 
more  at  the  above  date,  and  opened  a  private  school  for  boys  ; 
in  which  he  was  eminently  successful.  The  hazard  he  would 
run  in  exposing  himself  to  the  rigors  of  a  northern  climate  for 
bade  his  return  to  New  England  to  reside ;  whilst  the  social 
relations  he  had  formed,  and  the  reputation  he  had  established 
as  a  teacher,  induced  him  to  make  Baltimore  his  place  of  resi 
dence,  and  school-teaching  his  occupation  for  life.  In  the 
summer  of  1833,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  collegiate,  and 
principal  of  the  academic,  department  of  Baltimore  College  ; 
which  situation  he  retained  for  eight  years.  During  this  period, 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  411 

he  was  most  laboriously  and  successfully  employed  in  the  direc 
tion  of  this  institution,  having  under  his  charge  a  large  number 
of  pupils,  and  associated  with  him  many  assistant  instructors. 
Convinced  by  much  reflection,  and  long  experience  and  obser 
vation,  that  the  business  of  instruction  could  and  ought  to  be 
conducted  without  resort  to  corporal  punishment,  in  entering  on 
the  duties  of  his  office,  in  a  public  statement  of  the  principles 
on  which  the  institution  would  be  conducted,  he  rejected  entirely 
the  use  of  the  rod  and  all  physical  infliction  as  a  means  of  disci 
pline.     This  plan  was  a  novel  one,  —  one  which  it  was  believed 
had  never  been  attempted  in  any  similar  institution   in   this 
country.     It  was  regarded  by  most  persons,  at  the  outset,  as 
visionary  and  impracticable,  and  the  public  avowal  of  it  as,  "of 
course,  impolitic.     Its  practicability  was,  however,  abundantly 
demonstrated,   and  the  expediency  of  its  adoption  completely 
vindicated,  by  an  experiment  of  eight  years'  continuance,  — the 
period   of  Mr.  Prentiss's  administration  of  the  affairs  of  this 
department  of  the  university  of  Maryland.     In  1841,   in  con 
sequence    of  his    health  being  sensibly  impaired  by  the  great 
amount    of  labor    inseparable    from    the    proper    discharge    of 
the  duties  of  the  office  which  he  held,  he  resigned  his  situa 
tion,   and  retired  to  a  country-seat  which  he  had    purchased, 
three  and  a  half  miles  from  the  city  of  Baltimore  ;   where  he 
continued  to  reside  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.     As  the 
occupation  to  which  he  had  devoted  so  much  of  his  life  had 
become  an  essential  part  of  his  being,  he  here  opened  a  private 
boarding-school  for  boys.     By  uniting  several  occupations  and 
amusements  with  the  more  serious  and  sedentary  duties  of  in 
struction,  his  health  was  completely  restored.     This  place  he 
named  Medfield,  for  his  native  town.     Here,  in  a  family  that 
afforded   the    attractions    of   home   to   his   pupils,   he   labored 
modestly  and  diligently,  for  twenty  years,  in  the  formation  of 
mental  and  moral  character.     Himself  of  that  broad  church  which 
never  separates  itself,  for  any  creed,  from  any  soul,  but  finds  in 
every  soul  an  opportunity  for  Christian  charity  and  work,  with 
out  professions   he  silently  led  his  scholars  towards  Christian 
faith  and  practice,  by  their  expression  of  his  own  beautiful  and 


412  NECROLOGY  OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

gentle  life.  He  had  the  rare  faculty  of  being  both  teacher  and 
friend ;  and  the  strong  ties  that  bound  him  to  his  pupils  through 
the  years  were  seldom  broken.  A  conversation  so  even  and  so 
gentle  made  his  discipline  strong ;  and  even  reproof  from  him  lost 
its  smart  and  provocation,  it  was  uttered  from  so  gentle  lips. 

That  he  had  no  sympathy  with  the  unnatural  and  infamous 
rebellion  which  has  been  brought  upon  our  country  by  ambitious, 
political,  and  unprincipled  demagogues,  will  be  plainly  seen  by 
the  following  extract  from  a  letter,  which  he  wrote  a  few  days 
before  his  death,  to  a  near  relative  in  Massachusetts  :  "  I  can 
hardly  believe  that  I  have  sunk  so  low  in  your  estimation  as  to 
be  suspected,  for  an  instant,  of  having  any  participation  or 
sympathy  with  this  execrable  Southern  rebellion.  There  are, 
as  you  suppose,  some  good  Union  people  here.  I  am  proud  to 
be  classed  as  a  humble  member  of  that  honorable  fraternity. 
Moreover,  I  am  happy  to  add,  on  most  satisfactory  evidence, 
that  the  Unionists  constitute  a  decided  majority  in  the  state  of 
Maryland,  and  at  least  a  very  large  and  most  respectable  minor 
ity  in  the  monumental'city,  or  mob-town,  as  you  may  choose  to 
call  Baltimore  !  God  save  our  commonwealth,  if  she  should 
ever  be  so  forgetful  of  her  interest  or  her  honor  as  to  make  a 
league  with  those  states  which  are  in  arms  against  their  gov 
ernment  !  As  to  our  city,  no  power,  human  or  divine,  could 
save  it  from  utter  desolation  and  ruin  in  that  event." 

Mr.  Prentiss  married,  22  December,  1825,  Amelia  F.  Ken 
nedy,  of  Baltimore.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  nine 
children,  —  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  —  of  whom  four  sons 
only  survived  him.  The  oldest  son  is  a  physician,  and  resides  on 
his  father's  estate.  His  wife  died  February,  1857  ;  and  he  mar 
ried  for  his  second  wife,  July,  1858,  Sarah  Watson,  of  Nan- 
tucket,  Mass.,  who  survives  him.  By  his  second  wife  he  had 
one  child,  which  died  when  a  few  months  old. 

1818. — Rev.  CHARLES  ROBINSON  died  in  Groton,  Mass., 
9  April,  1862,  aged  68  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Caleb 
and  Judith  (Robinson)  Robinson,  and  \vas  born  in  Exeter,  N.H., 
25  July,  1793.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Exeter ;  as  were  also 
his  grandfather  and  great-grandfather  on  the  paternal  side,  both 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  413 

of  whom  bore  the  Christian  name  of  Caleb.  His  grandfather  was 
a  major  or  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  New-Hampshire  militia, 
in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  afterwards  served  as  an  officer 
in  the  continental  army  during  the  revolution,  and  died  soon 
after  his  return  from  the  war.  His  mother  was  born  in  Glou 
cester,  Mass.  Her  father's  name  was  John  Robinson.  He  was 
an  Englishman,  and  followed  the  sea  as  a  profession.  He  settled 
in  Gloucester,  and  married  Hannah  Lane.  They  had  four 
children,  —  all  daughters  ;  and  his  wife  died  in  giving  birth  to 
Robinson's  mother.  Her  husband  was  then  at  sea  ;  and,  when  he 
returned,  the  news  of  the  death  of  his  wife  made  such  an  impres 
sion  upon  him,  that  he  sickened,  and  died  a  few  days  afterwards, 
—  leaving  four  fatherless  and  motherless  children,  who  were 
taken  and  cared  for  by  their  grandmother  Lane,  until  the  oldest 
was  married,  and  removed  to  Exeter.  Robinson's  mother,  at 
that  time  but  a  child,  went  with  her.  His  father  died  at  the 
age  of  about  32  years,  leaving  his  wife,  with  four  young  children, 
without  property  :  but  she  was  a  woman  of  very  extraordinary 
physical  and  mental  powers,  —  of  great  endurance,  industry,  and 
ingenuity,  —  which  enabled  her  to  bring  up  her  family  through 
great  hardships,  until  they  were  able  to  help  themselves ;  and 
then  Robinson  and  two  sisters  devoted  themselves  to  the  attain 
ment  of  an  education  somewhat  above  the  humble  condition  of 
their  lives.  His  mother  lived  to  the  age  of  87  years,  almost 
•always  enjoying  good  health. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Exeter  Academy.  He  held  a 
high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  honors. 
After  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Maryland,  where  he  was  presi 
dent  of  Washington  College  for  one  year.  He  then  returned, 
and  studied  theology  at  the  Divinity  School  in  Cambridge. 
He  was  ordained  over  the  Unitarian  church  in  Eastport,  Me., 
30  October,  1822  ;  resigned  his  charge,  1  April,  1825.  He  was 
installed  at  Groton,  1  November,  1826  ;  and  resigned  in  Octo 
ber,  1838  ;  installed  at  Medfield,  16  October,  1839  ;  resigned 
1  September,  1850;  installed  at  Peterborough,  N.H.,  4  De 
cember,  1851  ;  resigned  24  June,  1860.  He  then  returned 
to  Groton,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  1 


414  NECROLOGY   OP   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

He  married,  for  his  first  wife,  3  July,  1827,  Jane  Park,  only 
daughter  of  Stewart  J.  Park,  of  Groton ;  and  had  one  child, 
Jane,  —  born  17  March,  1828,  —  who  lived  only  five  days.  His 
wife  died  23  March,  1828. 

He  married,  for  his  second  wife,  1  January,  1830,  Diantha 
Prentiss,  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Prentiss,  of  Keene,  N.H. 
She  died  at  Medfield,  18  May,  1843,  — no  children. 

He  married,  for  his  third  wife,  11  September,  1844,  Sally 
May  Cotton,  daughter  of  Eev.  Ward  Cotton  (H.C.  1793),  of 
Boylston,  Mass.,  and  had  by  her  two  children;  viz.,  Sarah 
Jane,  born  29  July,  1845,  —  died  8  October,  1847;  and  Charles 
Cotton,  born  22  May,  1849,  —  who  survived  him.  His  wife 
died  6  June,  1849. 

He  married,  for  his  fourth  wife,  1  September,  1850,  Eliza 
beth  Jane  Burton,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Burton,  of  Wilton, 
N.H.,  and  had  one  child;  viz.,  William  Burton,  born  3  April, 
1854  ;  who,  with  his  mother,  survived  him. 

1818.  — Dr.  SIMON  WHITNEY  died  in  Framingham,  Mass., 
2  September,  1861,  aged  62  years.  He  was  the  youngest 
but  one  of  nine  children  of  Nathaniel  Ruggles  and  Abigail 
(Frothingham)  Whitney,  and  was  born  in  Watertown,  Mass., 
30  October,  1798.  His  father  was  son  of  Simon  and  Mary 
(Ruggles)  Whitney ;  was  born  in  Watertown,  19  March, 
1759  ;  was  a  teacher  in  early  life,  afterwards  a  trader  and 
farmer:  died  17  December,  1833.  His  mother  was  daughter 
of  James  Frothingham,  for  many  years  deacon  of  Dr.  Jede- 
diah  Morse's  church  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  The  subject  of  this 
notice  began  his  preparatory  studies  for  college  under  the  instruc 
tion  of  Abiel  Jaques  (H.C.  1807),  at  Newton  Corner,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  about  one  year ;  and  completed  his  studies 
under  Samuel  Hunt,  of  Watertown  (H.C.  1765).  Mr.  Hunt 
was  born  in  Watertown,  25  October,  1745  ;  was  appointed 
master  of  the  Boston  Latin  School,  8  November,  1776,  where 
he  remained  until  January,  1805  ;  when  he  resigned,  and  re 
turned  to  his  native  place.  He  afterwards  went  to  the  West ; 
and  died  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  8  October,  1816,  aged  71  years. 
After  leaving  college,  Mr.  Whitney  taught  school  six  months  in 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  415 

Brighton ;  then  went  to  Charlestown,  where  he  taught  six 
months ;  and  there  he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  under  the 
instruction  of  Dr.  William  Johnson  Walker  (H.C.  1810), 
where  he  remained  until  1822,  when  he  received  his  degree  of 
M.D.  ;  and  established  himself  in  Framingham,  where  he  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  soon  acquired  an  extensive  prac 
tice,  and  gained  the  confidence  of  the  community  in  which  he 
resided.  His  practice  was  in  accordance  with  the  plain  principles 
of  the  science  of  medicine.  He  dealt  in  no  occult  sciences,  nor 
patent  medicines,  which  none  but  the  initiated  could  understand. 
His  fine  powers  of  observation,  perception,  and  discrimination, 
enabled  him  to  gather  up,  in  the  range  of  his  extensive  practice, 
a  large  amount  of  experience  and  practical  knowledge ;  and 
made  him  always  welcome  to  the  chamber  of  sickness  and  suffer 
ing,  which  his  genial  spirit  and  manners  brought  confidence  to, 
and  brightened  with  the  light  of  faith  and  hope.  As  a  citizen, 
he  was  honored  and  trusted  ;  for  he  was  always  ready,  with 
heart  and  hand  and  purse,  to  do  any  good  word  or  work.  In 
the  Christian  church,  he  was  a  strong  pillar  and  a  beautiful  ex 
ample,  in  ever  treading  in  the  footsteps  of  "  Him  who  went 
about  doing  good."  He  was  repeatedly  honored  by  offices  of 
honor  and  trust.  He  was  surgeon  of  the  regiment  in  that 
vicinity  five  years  ;  captain  of  an  infantry  company ;  leader  of 
the  choir  thirty  years  ;  was  frequently  elected  selectman,  and 
chairman  of  the  board  ;  w^as  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  fifteen 
years ;  and  was  representative  to  the  state  legislature  from 
Framingham  in  1853. 

He  married,  6  May,  1824,  Mary  Walker,  daughter  of 
Timothy  Walker,  Esq.,  of  Charlestown,  and  sister  of  Dr. 
William  J.  Walker,  with  whom  he  studied  medicine.  The  issue 
of  this  marriage  was  eight  children  :  viz.,  1.  Elizabeth  Walker, 
born  8  April,  1825;  married,  30  August,  1845,  John  W. 
Osgood,  M.D.,  a  practising  physician  in  Saxonville,  Mass.,  who 
have  had  three  children,  — two  sons  and  one  daughter.  2.  Mary, 
born  16  August,  1826,^  and  died  the  next  day.  3.  Allston 
Waldo,  a  graduate  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School  in  1852,  and 
a  practising  physician  in  South  Framingham.  4.  Abby  Walker, 


416  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

born  23  July,  1829.  5.  Henry  Augustus,  born  11  January, 
1831  ;  was  drowned  while  bathing,  22  July,  1840.  6.  Harriet 
Lincoln,  born  3  October,  1833.  7.  Clarence,  born  1  January, 
1838.  8.  James  Bradish,  born  22  August,  1843.  His  wife 
survived  him. 

1818.  —  Hon.  JOHN  HUBBAKD  WILKINS  died  in  Boston, 
5  December,  1861,  aged  67  years,  lacking  five  days.  He  was 
the  youngest  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Dorcas  (Towne)  Wil- 
kins,  and  was  born  in  Amherst,  N.H.,  10  December,  1794. 
He  was  also  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel  Wilkins  (H.C.  1736), 
the  first  settled  minister  of  his  native  town.  It  was  the  inten 
tion  of  Deacon  Wilkins  that  his  youngest  son  should  become  a 
merchant.  He  accordingly  left  home  early  in  life,  and  was  em 
ployed  in  the  store  of  a  Mr.  Randall,  in  the  neighboring  town  of 
Mount  Vernon.  After  remaining  there  about  a  year,  he  went 
to  Boston,  and  was  employed  in  the  store  of  Mr.  David  S. 
Eaton,  on  Long  Wharf,  where  he  continued  until  the  war  with 
England  began,  in  1812.  He  then  conceived  the  idea  of  ob 
taining  a  more  thorough  education,  and,  having  purchased  some 
books,  returned  to  his  native  town  with  the  view  of  preparing 
for  college.  His  father  told  him  that  a  college  education  would 
be  very  expensive  ;  that  he  was  unable  to  assist  him  ;  and  that, 
if  he  entered  college,  he  would  not  succeed  in  going  through  the 
course.  He  replied,  that  he  thought  he  would  try.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore  (H.C.  1799),  of 
Milford,  N.H.  He  attained  a  distinguished  rank  of  scholarship 
in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  Immediately 
after  leaving  college,  he  was  appointed  preceptor  of  Taunton 
Academy,  where  he  remained  one  year.  He  then  entered  the 
Divinity  School  in  Cambridge,  where  he  studied  theology  two 
years.  In  1821,  he  came  to  Boston,  and  entered  the  book 
store  of  Hilliard,  Gray,  and  Co.,  as  a  salesman;  and,  in  1826, 
he  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  that  well-known  publishing 
house,  where  he  remained  until  1832,  when  he  withdrew.  The 
next  year  he  formed  a  copartnership  with  Mr  .'Charles  Bolles, 
under  the  style  of  John  H.  Wilkins  and  Co.,  as  paper-dealers, 
in  Water  Street.  In  1835,  Mr.  Bolles  withdrew.  Mr.  Wilkins 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  417 

then  took  in  as  a  partner  Mr.  Richard  B.  Carter,  and  they 
continued  business  under  the  firm  of  Wilkins  and  Carter ;  and, 
in  1844,  Hon.  Alexander  H.  Rice  (U.C.  1844),  for  two  years 
mayor  of  Boston,  and  afterwards  a  representative  in  Congress, 
was  admitted  as  a  partner,  under  the  style  of  Wilkins,  Carter,  and 
Co.  In  his  business,  Mr.  Wilkins  displayed  great  talent  and 
stern  integrity.  He  was  a  skilful  financier,  was  very  success 
ful,  and  acquired  an  ample  competence.  In  1853,  the  National 
Bank  was  established  in  Boston.  Mr.  Wilkins,  having  been 
elected  its  president,  withdrew  from  mercantile  business,  and  de 
voted  himself  to  the  interests  of  that  institution ;  which  he  did 
with  rare  ability.  He  held  the  office  of  president  until  October, 
1861,  when,  at  the  annual  meeting,  he,  on  account  of  ill  health, 
declined  to  be  a  candidate  for  re-election. 

Mr.  Wilkins  was  a  most  useful  and  valued  citizen,  and  the 
estimation  in  which  he  was  held  was  often  manifested.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Boston  common-council  in  1840, 
1841,  1842,  and  1843;  was  an  alderman  in  1844,  1848,  and 
1849  ;  was  elected  to  the  senate  in  the  state  legislature  in  1850 
and  1851 ;  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  convention  in  1853. 
He  was  for  five  years  president  of  the  Cochituate  Water  Board. 
He  was  once  a  candidate  for  mayor,  but  failed  of  an  election  by 
a  few  votes. 

In  1822,  he  published  a  work  entitled  "  Elements  of  Astron 
omy  %"  for  the  use  of  schools  and  academies.  This  treatise  met 
with  a  rapid  sale.  The  encouragement  he  received  induced  him 
to  correct  and  somewhat  enlarge  his  work ;  and,  in  1823,  he 
issued  a  second  edition.  Subsequently,  the  book  was  stereo 
typed.  In  1822,  the  celebrated  mathematician,  Warren  Col- 
burn  (H.C.  1820),  wrote  thus  to  Mr. .  Wilkins :  "I  have 
examined  your  treatise  on  astronomy,  and  I  think  that  subject  is 
better  explained,  and  that  more  matter  is  contained  in  this,  than 
in  any  other  book  of  the  kind  with  which  I  am  acquainted." 
During  the  discussion  of  the  subject  of  introducing  water  into 
the  city  of  Boston,  Mr.  Wilkins  took  a  prominent  part.  He 
wrote  several  pamphlets  on  the  question,  which  were  printed, 
and  contributed  many  valuable  articles  in  the  newspapers.  At 

53 


418  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

the  consecration,  24  June,  1852,  of  Mount-Hope  Cemetery,  in 
Dorchester  and  West  Roxbury,  he  acted  as  president  of  the 
corporation,  and  made  some  introductory  remarks,  which  were 
published  in  the  pamphlet  containing  the  order  of  services.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  active  and  efficient  members  in  establishing 
the  New-Jerusalem  (Swedenborgian)  Church  in  Boston,  of  which 
his  classmate,  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  D.D.,  is  the  pastor. 
The  total  amount  of  his  donations  to  the  society,  it  is  said,  were 
not  less  than  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

He  married,  17  November,  1826,  Mrs.  Thomasine  E.  Minot ; 
she  being  a  sister  of  the  late  Professor  William  Cranch  Bond, 
of  Harvard  College.  He  had  no  children.  His  wife  survives 
him. 

1819.  — Rev.  WILLIAM  FARMER  died  in  Lunenburg,  Mass., 
24  June,  1862,  aged  69  years.  He  was  son  of  Jonas  and 
Mary  (Whitney)  Farmer,  and  was  born  in  Townsend,  Mass., 
24  February,  1793.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  academies 
at  New  Ipswich,  N.H.,  and  Groton,  Mass.  After  leaving  col 
lege,  he  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Thomas  Beede,  of  Wilton, 
N.H.  (H.C.  1798),  and  Rev.  Eli  Smith,  of  Hollis,  N.H. 
(B.C.  1792);  but  completed  his  theological  studies  at  the 
Divinity  School  at  Cambridge.  He  was  ordained  over  the  Uni 
tarian  church  in  Belgrade,  Me.,  18  May,  1831.  Here  he 
remained  about  six  years,  when  he  resigned  his  pastoral  charge. 
He  preached  afterwards,  about  two  years,  in  Dresden,  Me.  ; 
and,  for  a  year  or  more,  in  various  places,  —  in  West  Boylston 
and  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  in  Fitzwilliam,  N.H.,  and  Pomfret,  Vt. 
He  had  been  an  invalid  for  many  years,  and  suffered  often  from 
pulmonary  hemorrhage  and  other  serious  symptoms  before  he 
relinquished  preaching.  His  decline  was  very  gradual ;  and  his 
bodily  sufferings,  which  towards  the  last  were  particularly  irri 
tating,  \vere  borne  with  great  patience.  He  was  a  true  Christian, 
and  was  warmly  interested  in  every  thing  that  concerned  his 
Alma  Mater. 

He  married,  15  October,  1851,  Mrs.  Lovina  Jackson. 
They  had  no  children.  His  wife  survived  him. 

1819.  — JOSEPH  HARDY  PRINCE  died  in  Boston,  18  Novem- 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  419 

her,  1861,  aged  60  years.  He  was  son  of  Capt.  Henry  and 
Sarah  (Millet)  Prince,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  7  June, 
1801.  He  was  fitted  for  college  partly  by  Abiel  Chandler 
(H.C.  1806),  and  partly  by  Samuel  Adams  (H.C.  1806). 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John 
Pickering,  of  Salem  (H.C.  1796);  and  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Salem.  He  was  a  representative  to  the 
state  legislature  from  Salem,  in  1825.  In  1834,  he  was  ap 
pointed  an  inspector  in  the  Boston  custom-house.  He  was 
private-secretary  for  Com.  Eliot,  of  the  frigate  "  Constitution,"  in 
1835,  on  the  voyage  to  France  to  bring  home  the  Hon.  Edward 
Livingston,  the  American  minister,  on  account  of  the  differ 
ences  with  that  nation.  On  his  return,  he  pursued  the  practice 
of  law  in  Boston.  In  1848,  he  was  appointed  to  the  surveyor's 
department  of  customs.  After  leaving  that  office,  he  resumed 
his  profession,  which  he  continued  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
was  ever  tenaciously  devoted  to  the  democratic  party,  and  was 
an  early  advocate  of  Andrew  Jackson.  He  delivered  an  oration 
on  the  4th  of  July,  1828,  before  the  Washington  Society. 
Afterwards,  when  Andrew  Dunlap  moved  that  a  copy  be  re 
quested  for  the  press,  Mr.  Prince  said,  "If  I  have  done  any 
thing  towards  rekindling  the  fire  of  the  old  democracy,  if  I  have 
contributed  a  pebble  to  the  pile  in  the  cause  of  principle  against 
corruption,  I  shall  be  satisfied." 

Mr.  Prince  married,  late  in  life,  Mary  Hunt,  of  Salem ;  but 
had  no  children. 

1821.  —  Dr.  JONAS  HENRY  LANE  died  in  Boston,  5  Sep 
tember,  1861,  aged  61  years.  He  was  son  of  Jonas  and 
Eunice  (Kendall)  Lane,  and  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass., 
28  January,  1800.  His  name  was  originally  Henry  Lane; 
but,  by  act  of  the  legislature,  he  was  allowed  to  prefix  the  name 
of  Jonas,  which  he  did  from  respect  to  his  father.  He  began 
his  preparatory  studies  for  entering  college  at  Groton  Academy, 
where  he  remained  one  term  ;  then  he  went  to  Leicester  Acad 
emy  ;  and  he  completed  his  preparatory  studies  at  the  scientific- 
school  in  Lancaster,  under  the  instruction  of  Jared  Sparks  (H.C. 
1815) ,  afterwards  president  of  Harvard  College.  He  attained  a 


420  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

distinguished  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with 
high  honors.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Silas  Pearson,  of 
Westminster,  Mass.  He  was,  while  studying  his  profession,  for 
some  time  house-physician  at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hos 
pital  in  Boston,  and  subsequently  an  assistant  at  the  McLean 
Asylum  for  the  Insane,  at  Somerville.  On  receiving  his  degree 
of  M.D.,  in  1826,  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Boston,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life ;  having 
attained  a  highly  respectable  rank  in  his  profession,  gained  an 
extensive  practice,  and  reaped  a  rich  reward  for  his  skill,  fidelity 
to  his  profession,  and  his  amiable  and  exemplary  life.  Modest 
in  his  deportment,  he  never  entered  public  life,  or  sought  any 
office.  He  held  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  ;  was  as.  faithful  and 
diligent  in  his  attendance  on  the  poor  to  whom  he  was  called, 
and  who  were  unable  to  compensate  him  for  his  services,  as  he 
was  to  those  who  had  abundant  wealth  to  reward  him.  He  was 
a  cheerful,  happy  Christian;  and  was  emphatically  "the  be 
loved  physician." 

He  married,  6  October,  1830,  Frances  Ann  Brown,  of  Nor 
wich,  Conn.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  three  daughters 
and  one  son ;  of  whom  the  son  and  two  of  the  daughters,  with 
their  mother,  survived  him. 

1824.  — JOHN  MARK  GOURGAS,  of  Quincy,  died  in  Kox- 
bury,  Mass.,  28  June,  1862,  aged  58  years.     He  was  son  of 
John  Mark  and  Margaret  (Sampson)    Gourgas,   and  was  born 
at  Milton  Upper  Mills,  Mass.,  25  March,  1804.     He  was  fitted 
for  college  at  Exeter  (N.H.)  Academy.     He  studied  law  in  the 
office   of  Hon.   Lemuel   Shaw   (H.  C.   1800),  and  settled  in 
Quincy.     He  was  never  married. 

1825.  — ISAIAH  THOMAS  was  lost  at  sea,  probably  the  last 
week  in  February,  1862.     He  was  the  son  of  Isaiah  and  Mary 
(Weld)  Thomas,  and  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  29  Novem 
ber,  1805.     His  father  was  the  oldest  son  of  Isaiah  Thomas, 
the  eminent  printer,  and  author  of  the  "  History  of  Printing  ;  " 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  5  September,  1773.     His  mother  was 
daughter  of  Edward  Weld,   of  Boston.      The   subject  of  this 
notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Leicester  Academy.     After  grad- 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  421 

uating,  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  where  he  was,  for  a  time, 
editor  of  the  "American"  newspaper,  and  afterwards  was  a 
merchant  in  that  city ;  thence  he  removed  to  New  York.  In 
January,  1862,  he  was  appointed  consul  to  Algiers,  and  took 
passage  in  the  ship  "Milwaukie,"  Capt.  Rhodes,  from  New  York 
for  Havre,  with  his  only  daughter  and  two  of  his  sons,  thence 
to  proceed  to  Algiers.  The  ship  sailed  on  the  21st  of  February, 
and  was  never  afterwards  heard  from.  It  is  supposed  she  foun 
dered,  on  the  28th  of  the  same  month,  in  a  gale  which  occurred 
at  that  time. 

He  married,  30  May,  1831,  in  Cincinnati,  Mary  Ann 
Ruder,  of  that  city ;  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  five  daugh 
ters,  —  of  whom  four  of  his  daughters  had  deceased.  Two  sons 
only  survived  him,  —  one  in  a  mercantile  house  in  Boston, 
and  the  other  in  the  army.  His  wife  died  about  nine  years 
since. 

1827.  —  CORNELIUS  CONWAY  FELTON,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  died  in  Chester,  Penn.,  26  February,  1862,  aged 
54  years.  He  left  Cambridge  about  three  weeks  previous 
ly  for  Washington,  D.C.,  and  stopped  at  the  residence  of 
his  brother,  Samuel  Morse  Felton  (H.  C.  1834),  where  he 
was  suddenly  taken  ill  with  a  disease  of  the  heart,  of  which  he 
had  several  times  before  had  attacks.  He  was  son  of  Cornelius 
Conway  and  Anna  (Morse)  Felton,  and  was  born  in  West 
Newbury,  Mass.,  6  November,  1807.  His  father  was  born  in 
Marblehead.  His  mother  was  born  in  Newbury,  died  in  1825  ; 

and  his  father  married  for  his  second  wife  Mrs.  Boynton, 

whose  first  husband  was  a  farmer  in  Saugus,  Mass.  She  was 
a  Torrey,  of  Scituate,  Mass.  She  died  many  years  ago  at  the 
McLean  Asylum  in  Somerville,  Mass.  In  1815,  he  moved 
with  his  father  to  the  corner  of  Chelsea,  which  belonged  to  a 
parish  in  Saugus.  His  father  lived  in  great  poverty  during  the 
war  of  1812,  although  he  had  a  good  business  as  a  chaise- 
maker,  to  which  he  served  his  apprenticeship  with  Mr.  Abner 
Greenleaf,  of  West  Newbury.  But  the  whole  establishment  was 
broken  up  by  the  war ;  and,  to  earn  a  livelihood,  he  became  a 
toll-keeper  at  Chelsea,  on  the  Newburyport  turnpike.  When  he 


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married  his  second  wife,  he  took  her  farm,  with  its  encumbrances, 
in  Saugus,  and  carried  it  on  several  years  ;  then  he  sold  it,  and 
went  to  Charlestown,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  construc 
tion  of  the  Warren  bridge,  of  which  he  had  the  charge,  and  was 
one  of  the  toll-keepers  of  it.  When  the  Fitchburg  railroad  was 
put  in  operation,  he  was  contractor  for  all  the  wood  burned 
on  the  road,  and  at  the  same  time  bought  a  farm  in  Littleton, 
Mass.,  where  he  died. 

From  his  early  youth,  young  Felton  was  very  fond  of  study  ; 
which  propensity  was  encouraged  by  his  mother.  His  father, 
seeing  his  passion  for  learning,  thought  he  might  afford  to  send 
him  to  school  one  quarter ;  and  he  was  placed  in  the  academy 
at  Bradford,  Mass.,  under  Benjamin  Greenleaf,  and  under  the 
tutelage  of  the  venerable  Joshua  Coffin.  From  Bradford,  he 
returned  to  the  town-school  in  Saugus.  Early  in  the  summer 
of  1822,  his  father  sent  him  to  the  private  school  of  Mr.  Simeon 
Putnam,  in  North  Andover  (H.C.  1811) .  When  he  went  there, 
he  intended  to  study  one  quarter.  Mr.  Putnam  was  an  enthusi 
astic  scholar  ;  a  great  lover  of  the  classics  ;  a  man  very  austere  in 
his  manners,  but  gentle  and  kind  to  all  who  wanted  to  study, 
and  awakened  an  extravagant  enthusiasm  in  all  his  pupils.  After 
some  time,  knowing  Felton's  father's  circumstances,  he  called 
him  up  to  him  one  day,  and  told  him  he  wanted  him  to  go  to 
college,  and  would  trust  him  for  his  tutorage  until  he  could  repay 
it.  He  therefore  remained  at  the  school  one  year  and  three 
months.  In  that  period,  he  read  Sallust  four  times,  Cicero's 
Orations  four  times,  Virgil  six  times,  Graeca  Minora  five  or 
six  times,  and  the  poetry  of  it,  until  he  could  repeat  nearly  the 
whole  by  memory ;  the  Annals  and  History  of  Tacitus,  Justin, 
Cornelius  Nepos  ;  the  Anabasis  of  Xenophon  ;  four  books  of  Rob 
inson's  Selections  from  the  Iliad ;  the  Greek  Testament  four 
times  :  besides  writing  a  translation  of  one  of  the  Gospels,  and  a 
translation  of  the  whole  of  Grotius  de  Veritate,  which  he  carried 
in  manuscript  to  college.  He  also  wrote  a  volume  of  about 
three  hundred  pages  of  Latin  exercises,  and  one  of  about  two 
hundred  pages  of  Greek  exercises.  He  also  studied  carefully  all 
the  mathematics  and  geography  requisite  to  enter  college.  These 


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severe  studies  greatly  affected  his  health.  Still,  while  in  college, 
he  studied  a  great  deal  of  extra  Greek  ;  also  modern  languages  — 
French,  German,  Spanish,  Italian,  and  Portuguese  —  and  some 
Hebrew.  In  the  winter  vacation  of  his  freshman  year,  he  was 
employed  in  the  college  library.  In  the  sophomore  year,  he 
taught  school  in  Concord  ;  in  the  junior  year,  in  Bolton  ;  during 
the  rest  of  the  junior  year,  or  six  months,  he  taught  mathematics 
in  Round-Hill  School,  kept  by  Cogswell  and  Bancroft,  in  North 
ampton.  He  was  also  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "  Harvard  Regis 
ter."  After  graduating,  he  was  engaged  for  two  years  with  his 
classmates,  Cleveland  and  Sweetser,  in  the  charge  of  the  Living 
ston-county  high -school  at  Geneseo,  N.Y.  He  was  then 
appointed  Latin  tutor  in  Harvard  College ;  and  the  next  year 
was  appointed  tutor  in  Greek,  which  office  he  held  two  years  ; 
and,  in  1834,  he  was  appointed  Eliot  Professor  of  Greek  Litera 
ture.  This  professorship  he  held  until  the  16th  of  February, 
1860,  when  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  college.  In  1833,  he 
published  an  edition  of  Homer,  with  English  notes  and  Flaxman's 
illustrations,  which  has  since  passed  through  several  editions, 
with  revisions  and  emendations.  In  1840,  a  translation  by  him 
of  Menzell's  work  on  "  German  Literature,"  in  three  volumes, 
was  published  among  Ripley's  "  Specimens  of  Foreign  Literature." 
In  the  same  year,  he  gave  to  the  public  a  "  Greek  Reader,"  con 
taining  selections  in  prose  and  verse  from  Greek  authors,  with 
English  notes,  and  a  vocabulary  :  this  has  since  been  frequently 
reprinted.  In  1841,  he  published  an  edition  of  the  "Clouds" 
of  Aristophanes,  with  an  introduction  and  notes  ;  since  revised, 
and  republished  in  England.  In  1843,  he  aided  Prof.  Sears  and 
Prof.  Edwards  in  the  preparation  of  a  work  on  classical  studies, 
containing  essays  on  classical  subjects,  mostly  translated  from 
the  German.  He  assisted  Prof.  Longfellow  in  the  preparation 
of  the  "Poets  and  Poetry  of  Europe,"  which  appeared  in  1845. 
In  1847,  editions  of  the  "  Panegyricus  "  of  Isocrates,  and  of  the 
"  Agamemnon "  of  ^Eschylus,  with  introductions  and  English 
notes,  were  published  by  him.  A  second  edition  of  the  former 
appeared  in  1854,  and  of  the  latter  in  1859.  In  1849,  he  trans 
lated,  from  the  French,  the  work  of  Prof.  Guyot  on  physical 


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geography,  called  "  The  Earth  and  Man ; "  and,  in  the  same 
year,  he  published  an  edition  of  the  "Birds"  of  Aristophanes, 
with  an  introduction  and  English  notes,  which  was  republished 
in  England.  In  1852,  he  edited  a  selection  from  the  writings  of 
Prof.  Popkin,  his  predecessor  in  the  Eliot  professorship,  with 
an  introductory  biographical  notice.  In  the  same  year,  he  pub 
lished  a  volume  of  selections  from  the  Greek  historians,  arranged 
in  the  order  of  events.  The  period  from  April,  1853,  to  May, 
1854,  was  spent  by  him  in  a  European  tour ;  in  the  course  of 
which  he  visited  Great  Britain,  France,  Germany,  Switzerland, 
Italy,  and  Greece ;  giving  about  five  months  to  the  last-named 
country,  visiting  its  most  interesting  localities,  and  carefully 
studying  its  architectural  remains.  In  1855,  he  revised,  for  pub 
lication  in  the  United  States,  Smith's  "History  of  Greece,"  adding 
a  preface,  notes,  and  a  continuation  from  the  Eoman  conquest  to 
the  present  time.  In  the  same  year,  an  edition  of  Lord  Carlisle's 
"  Diary  in  Turkish  and  Greek  Waters  "  was  prepared  by  him  for 
the  American  press,  with  notes,  illustrations,  and  a  preface.  In 
1856,  a  selection  by  him  from  modern  Greek  writers,  in  prose 
and  verse,  was  published.  Besides  the  above,  he  compiled 
an  elementary  work  on  Greek  and  Roman  metres  ;  was  the  au 
thor  of  a  life  of  Gen.  Eaton,  in  Sparks's  "American  Biography;" 
of  various  occasional  addresses  ;  and  of  numerous  contributions 
to  the  " North- American  Review,"  "Christian  Examiner,"  and 
other  periodical  publications.  A  series  of  vigorous  articles  on 
spiritualism,  which  appeared  in  the  "Boston  Courier"  in  1857— 8, 
were  understood  to  have  proceeded  from  his  pen.  He  delivered 
three  courses  of  lectures  before  the  Lowell  Institute  in  Boston, 
on  subjects  connected  with  the  history  and  literature  of  Greece. 
In  the  summer  of  1858,  he  made  a  second  visit  to  Europe,  partly 
on  account  of  his  impaired  health,  and  partly  to  complete  some 
investigations  into  the  language,  topography,  and  education  of 
Greece.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Edu 
cation  ,  and  one  of  the  regents  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution ;  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  of 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  ;  and  a  corresponding 
member  of  the  Archa3ological  Society  of  Athens.  The  degree 


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of  doctor  of  laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Amherst  College 
in  1848.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  genial  and  social  habits,  and 
was  warmly  loved  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

He  married,  in  the  summer  of  1838,  Mary  Whitney,  daugh 
ter  of  Asa  Whitney,  a  merchant  of  Boston.  She  died  12  April, 
1845,  leaving  two  daughters.  He  married,  for  his  second  wife, 
28  September,  1846,  Mary  Louisa  Gary,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Thomas  Greaves  and  Mary  (Perkins)  Gary,  of  Boston.  By 
his  second  wife  he  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  who,  with 
their  mother,  survived  him. 

1829. — JOSIAH  QUINCY  LORIXG  died  in  Weston,  Mass., 
6  April,  1862,  aged  51  years,  lacking  four  days.     He  was  the 
youngest  son  of  Elijah  and  Abigail   (Rand)  Loring,  and  was 
born  in  Boston,  10  April,  1811.     He  was  a  pupil  of  the  some 
what  celebrated  Lawson  Lyon,   of  Boston   (H.C.  1805)  ;  but 
subsequently  entered  the  Boston  Latin  School.     At  this  school 
he  was  fitted  for  college.     He  entered  in  1825.     He  left  college 
at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  ;  but  rejoined  his  class  at  the 
beginning  of  his  senior  year,   and  graduated  with  them.     In 
November,   1829,   he  entered  the  Law  School   at  Cambridge. 
Here  he  remained  one  year  ;  when  he  relinquished  the  study  of 
the  law,  and  passed  the  winter  of  1830—31  in  Boston,  pursuing 
some  favorite  mathematical  studies  with  Rev.  Tilly  Brown  Hay- 
ward,   of  Boston   (H.C.  1820).     In  the  summer  of  1831,  he 
taught  a  school  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Roxbury ;  and  in  the  autumn 
following  went  into  his  father's  counting-room,  having  at  length 
reached  the  occupation  he  had  most  desired.     He  did  not,  how 
ever,    long  pursue  mercantile   business.       He  finally  removed 
to  Weston,  where  he  had  purchased  a  farm  ;  and  was  engaged  in 
agriculture  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He  was  possessed  of  excel 
lent  natural  gifts,  of  a  fine  literary  taste,  and  of  many  scholarly 
acquirements.     He  was  a  man  of  the  most  unbending  integrity, 
of  a  high  sense  of  honor,  and  of  most  benevolent  feelings,  man 
ifesting  themselves  in  many  a  generous  deed.     If  he  had  faults, 
others  were  not  made  the  sufferers,  except  as  they  sympathized 
with  his  suffering   and  pain.      Intimately  known  to  but  few, 
those  few  will  never  forget  his  many  kind  and  generous  qualities. 

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He  married,  27  December,  1849,  Miss  Christian  W.  Eenton, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Peter  Renton,  of  Boston.  They  had  four  chil 
dren  ;  of  whom  three,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1831.  — ALEXANDER  RAMSAY  BEADLEY  died  in  Fryeburg, 
Me.,  16  February,  1862,  aged  52  years.  He  was  the  third 
son  of  Robert  and  Abigail  (Bailey)  Bradley,  and  was  born  in 
Fryeburg,  5  November,  1809.  His  father  was  born  in  Con 
cord,  N.H.,  17  June,  1772;  removed  to  Fryeburg  in  1801, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  His  great-great-grandfather, 
Samuel  Bradley,  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  near  Concord,  N.H., 
11  August,  1746.  His  maternal  grandfather  was  Col.  Ward 
Bailey,  of  Lemington,  Vt.  ;  and  his  maternal  grandmother  was 
Mary  Sargeant,  sister  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Peaslee  Sargeant 
(H.C.  1750),  formerly  chief-justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Massachusetts.  The  early  studies  of  young  Bradley  were  pur 
sued  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Glazier  Willcy 
(Bowd.  C.  1822),  of  Conway,  N.H.  ;  in  whose  house  he  passed 
several  years,  preparatory  to  entering  Phillips  Academy  in  Ex 
eter,  N.H.,  where  he  was  fitted  for  college.  While  in  college, 
he  was  remarkable  for  his  social  amenity,  and  for  his  athletic 
characteristics.  After  graduating,  he  pursued  his  professional 
studies  in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Col.  Samuel  Ayer  Bradley 
(D.C.  1799),  who  was,  at  that  time,  in  partnership  with  John 
S.  Barrows,  Esq.,  of  Fryeburg.  He  there  acquired  a  good 
knowledge  of  law  as  a  science,  although  having  a  distaste 
for  the  practice,  as  he  had  also  for  the  details  of  business ;  the 
characteristics  of  his  mind  being  rather  for  general  literary  pur 
suits.  In  1835,  on  motion  of  Hon.  Charles  Stewart  Daveis, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar ;  but,  for  some  years,  was  engaged 
in  the  speculations  in  timber-lands,  in  which,  at  that  time,  the 
fortunes  of  so  many  were  embarked.  More  fortunate,  if  not 
wiser,  than  numbers  who  make  similar  ventures,  he  returned  to 
the  practice  of  law  with  some  small  capital  yet  remaining ;  and 
thenceforth  attended  to  his  professional  duties,  without  much  in 
terruption,  until  the  time  of  his  death.  His  practice,  though 
somewhat  extensive,  both  in  his  own  state  and  in  New  Hamp 
shire,  was  never  a  source  of  much  profit  to  himself;  the  chief 


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reason  of  which  was  his  neglect  of  keeping  proper  accounts, 
and  collecting  his  dues.  In  his  social  and  domestic  relations, 
he  was  fortunately  and  happily  situated.  He  married,  Novem 
ber,  1835,  Mary  O.  Barrows,  daughter  of  William  Barrows, 
Esq.,  of  Yarmouth,  Me.  ;  by  whom  he  had  thirteen  children, 
—  ten  sons  and  three  daughters.  Two  sons  and  two  daughters 
died  at  an  early  age.  His  wife  died  27  December,  1861. 
There  are  eight  sons  and  one  daughter  living.  The  first  and 
second  sons  graduated  in  the  same  class  at  Bowdoin  College  in 
1858  ;  the  elder  of  whom,  Samuel  Ayer  Bradley,  is  now  pro 
fessor  of  mathematics  in  Western  Union  College,  Fulton,  111.  : 
the  second,  Alexander  Stuart  Bradley,  who  has  been  engaged 
in  surveying  western  government-lands  for  the  last  two  or  three 
years,  came  home  in  the  fall  of  1861  to  see  his  sick  parents  ;  and, 
in  consequence  of  their  decease,  remained  to  take  care  of  the 
younger  members  of  the  family,  and  pursued  the  study  of  law. 

The  attachment  of  Mr.  Bradley  for  his  wife  was  one  that 
years,  and  the  care  and  trouble  attendant  upon  providing  for  a 
large  family,  never  diminished,  but  strengthened  ;  and  her  death, 
which  occurred  after  a  lingering  illness  of  consumption,  entirely 
prostrated  him.  He  seldom  left  his  room  after  that  event ;  and 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  final  attack  of  the  disorder  which 
proved  fatal  to  him  was  brought  on  by  excessive  grief  at  her 
loss.  A  week  before  his  death,  it  was-evident  that  the  faculties 
of  his  mind  were  giving  way ;  and  he  did  not  regain  posses 
sion  of  them  during  life ;  passing  into  total  unconsciousness  a 
few  hours  before  he  expired.  All  who  were  intimate  with  him 
bore  testimony  to  the  unusual  amount  of  general  knowledge 
which  he  possessed,  which  rendered  him  exceedingly  entertaining 
and  instructive  in  his  social  intercourse  with  them ;  and  to  his 
high  character  as  an  honorable  and  upright  man. 

1832. — Rev.  CHARLES  MASON  died  in  Boston,  23  March, 
1862,  aged  49  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Jeremiah  (Y.C. 
1788)  and  Mary  (Means)  Mason,  and  was  born  in  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  25  July,  1812.  His  father,  who  was  an  eminent  jurist, 
and  one  of  the  most  brilliant  members  of  the  bar,  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Conn.,  27  April,  1768  ;  and  died  in  Boston,  14  Octo- 


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her,  1848.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  by 
Rev.  Andrew  Preston  Peabody  (H.C.  1826).  He  held  a  high 
rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  honors. 
After  leaving  college,  he  began  the  study  of  theology  at  the 
seminary  at  Andover,  and  completed  his  course  of  studies  at 
the  New- York  Episcopal  Seminary.  He  was  ordained  as  dea 
con,  in  Boston,  31  July,  1836.  He  was  inducted  rector  of  the 
Episcopal  church  in  Salem,  Mass.,  31  May,  1837,  where  he 
continued  a  faithful  and  beloved  teacher  of  the  gospel  until 
30  May,  1847,  when  he  resigned  his  pastoral  charge,  and 
removed  to  Boston.  He  was  inducted  rector  of  Grace  Church, 
in  Temple  Street,  Boston,  in  September,  1847.  Being  pos 
sessed  of  a  competence,  his  generous  nature  was  evinced  by  the 
fact,  that  he  gave  his  entire  salary  back  to  the  church.  No  cler 
gyman  in  the  city  probably  labored  more  earnestly  than  he  to 
advance  the  cause  of  religion.  He  was  of  an  amiable  and 
social  disposition,  a  kind  husband  and  parent.  The  honorary 
degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard 
College  in  1858  ;  and  he  received  the  like  honor  from  Trinity 
College  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  same  year.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  10  November, 
1859. 

He  married,  11  June,  1838,  Susan  Lawrence,  daughter  of 
Amos  Lawrence,  of  Boston,  by  whom  he  had  three  daughters 
and  one  son.  His  wife  died  2  December,  1844.  He  married 
for  his  second  wife,  9  August,  1849,  Anna  Huntington  Lyman, 
of  Northampton,  Mass.  ;  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters  and 
one  son.  All  his  children  and  his  second  wife  survived  him. 

1833.  —  THOMAS  BUTLER  POPE  died  at  his  residence  in 
Appleton  Place,  Roxbury,  near  Longwood,  15  January,  1862, 
aged  48  years,  lacking  seven  days.  He  was  son  of  Lemuel  and 
Sally  Belknap  (Russell)  Pope,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  22  Jan 
uary,  1814.  His  father  was  a  very  respectable  citizen,  and,  for 
many  years,  president  of  the  Boston  Insurance  Company.  He 
died  in  Roxbury  in  1851.  His  mother  was  sister  of  the  late 
Nathaniel  Pope  Russell,  Esq.,  and  second  cousin  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Jeremy  Belknap.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin 


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School,  and  entered  at  the  beginning  of  the  sophomore  year. 
His  course  in  college  was  acceptable.  After  graduating,  he  en 
tered  the  Law  School  of  the  University,  and  subsequently  studied 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  Charles  Greely  Loring,  of  Boston  (H.C. 
1812).  In  the  summer  of  1836,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk 
bar,  and  began  to  practise.  In  1840,  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Charles  Henry  Parker  (H.C.  1835),  which  continued  until 
1853,  and  then  terminated  on  that  gentleman  becoming  treasurer 
of  the  Suffolk  Savings  Bank. 

Though  beginning  the  practice  of  law  under  good  auspices, 
and,  in  some  respects,  manifesting  proficiency,  he  was  tempted 
to  enter  into  speculations  quite  foreign  to  his  profession.  In 
this  he  simply  followed  the  example  of  many  other  lawyers  : 
but,  with  him,  his  ventures  met  with  disasters  ;  and,  being  con 
tinued,  resulted  in  bankruptcy  of  fortune,  though  his  probity 
was  unscathed.  His  affairs  were  so  much  embarrassed  in  1858, 
the  year  when  his  class  celebrated  their  "  silver  wedding,"  that 
he  was  with  difficulty  induced  to  attend  the  meeting.  In  1859, 
he  went  into  insolvency.  His  pecuniary  misfortunes  preyed 
upon  him,  and,  it  was  thought,  somewhat  affected  his  mind  for 
several  of  the  last  years  of  his  life.  The  disease  of  which  he 
finally  died  was  softening  of  the  brain,  which  began  to  come  on, 
it  was  thought,  about  two  years  before  his  death.  On  the  1st 
of  April,  1861,  whilst  riding  from  Boston,  he  was  seized  with 
an  attack  of  paralysis,  affecting  his  lower  limbs.  He  was  con 
veyed  to  his  home,  and  never  left  it  again.  After  lingering 
more  than  nine  months,  he  died. 

He  married,  3  June,  1846,  Gertrude,  daughter  of  the  late 
John  Binney,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  who  survived  him.  He  left  also 
three  daughters,  —  Gertrude  Binney,  born  1847  ;  Louisa  Bin 
ney,  born  1855  ;  and  Mary  Binney,  born  1858. 

1837.  —  Dr.  JOHN  FOSTER  WILLIAMS  LANE  died  in  Boston, 
25  August,  1861,  aged  44  years.  He  was  son  of  Frederick 
and  Eliza  (Bonner)  Lane,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  14  June, 
1817.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded  to  him  in  1831.  He  left 
the  school  at  that  time;  and,  being  only  thirteen  years  of  age, 


430  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

his  parents,  thinking  he  was  too  young  to  enter  college,  sent 
him  to  Europe ;  and  he  spent  two  years  in  Italy  and  France, 
studying  the  modern  languages.  He  returned  in  1833,  and  en 
tered  the  freshman  class.  He  attained  a  high  rank  of  scholar 
ship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Wins- 
low  Lewis  (H.C.  1819).  On  receiving  his  degree  of  M.D., 
he  established  himself  in  Boston,  where  he  soon  acquired  an 
extensive  practice.  His  prospects  were  flattering  for  attaining 
an  eminent  rank  in  his  profession  ;  but  he  was  very  suddenly  cut 
off  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  married,  3  June,  1849,  Phebe  A. 
Stewart,  of  Boston,  who  survives  him.  He  had  no  children. 

1837.  — DAVID  HENRY  THOREAU  died  in  Concord,  Mass., 
6  May,  1862,  aged  44  years.  He  was  son  of  John  and  Cyn 
thia  (Dunbar)  Thoreau,  and  was  born  in  Concord,  12  July, 
1817.  His  father,  who  was  a  pencil-maker,  son  of  John  and 
Jeannie  (Burns)  Thoreau,  was  born  in  Boston.  His  grand 
father  came  from  St.  Helier,  on  the  Island  of  Jersey,  and  was 
of  French  origin.  A  Burns  left  property  in  Sterling,  Scot 
land,  to  his  wife,  the  said  Jeannie  Burns,  and  said  it  was  worth 
attending  to ;  but  the  papers  to  obtain  it,  though  three  attempts 
were  made,  never  reached  Scotland.  This  was  about  fifty  years 
ago.  His  grandfather  had  a  brother  Philip  in  the  Island  of 
Jersey.  He  was  a  cooper ;  but  business  was  dull ;  and  he 
shipped  as  a  sailor  on  board  a  vessel  in  which  John  Adams 
went  to  France,  in  the  American  revolution.  He  came  to  this 
country  about  1773.  After  the  termination  of  the  war,  he 
went  into  business  at  No.  45,  Long  Wharf,  Boston,  in  a  very 
small  way,  in  company  with  a  Mr.  Phillips,  under  the  firm  of 
Thoreau  and  Phillips.  He  accumulated  a  large  property,  and 
removed  to  Concord,  where  he  died  of  consumption  about  one 
year  afterwards,  in  consequence  of  a  cold  caught  in  patrolling 
the  streets  in  Boston,  in  a  heavy  rain  in  the  night,  when  a 
Catholic  riot  was  expected,  about  1801.  His  first  wife  died 
not  long  before  he  did ;  and  he  married  a  Miss  Kettle,  of  Con 
cord,  sometimes  spelled  Kettell,  by  whom  he  had  no  children. 
Mr.  Thoreau's  mother  was  daughter  of  Asa  and  Mary  (Jones) 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  431 

Dunbar,  and  was  born  in  Kcene,  N.H.  Her  mother  belonged 
to  the  Jones  family  of  Weston.  Her  father,  Rev.  Asa  Dun- 
bar  (H.C.  1767),  was  a  minister  in  Salem,  and  afterwards  a 
lawyer  in  Keene,  an  eminent  freemason;  died  22  June,  1787, 
aged  42  years,  and  was  buried  with  masonic  honors.  Young 
Thoreau  was  fitted  for  college  at  Concord  Academy  by  Phineas 
Allen  (H.C.  1825).  While  in  college,  he  kept  school  six 
weeks  in  Canton,  and  boarded  with  Orestes  A.  Brownson. 
They  studied  the  German  reader  together  very  industriously, 
and  talked  philosophy  till  eleven  o'clock,  nights.  Thoreau 
became  sick,  and  was  obliged  to  leave  his  school.  This  was  in 
his  junior  year.  After  graduating,  he  taught  the  public  school 
a  few  weeks ;  then  a  private  school  in  Concord  two  or  three 
years.  Not  long  afterwards,  he  spent  six  months  as  a  private 
tutor  in  the  family  of  William  Emerson  (H.C.  1818),  on  Sta- 
ten  Island,  N.Y.  For  two  years  at  one  time,  and  one  year  at 
another,  he  was  a  member  of  the  family  of  Ralph  Waldo 
Emerson  (H.C.  1821)  in  Concord.  With  the  exception  of  the 
six  months  at  Staten  Island,  he  resided  constantly  in  Concord, 
leading  chiefly  an  agricultural  and  literary  life  ;  supporting  him 
self  by  his  own  hands,  being  a  pencil-maker ;  often  employed  as 
a  painter,  surveyor,  and  carpenter.  Nearly  every  year,  he  made 
an  excursion  on  foot  to  the  woods  and  mountains  in  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  New  York,  and  other  places.  For  two  years  and 
two  months  continuously,  he  lived  by  himself  in  a  small  house 
or  hut  of  his  own  building,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  Con 
cord  village.  He  was  well  known  to  the  public  as  the  author 
of  two  remarkable  books,  "A  Week  on  the  Concord  and  Merri- 
mack  Rivers,"  published  in  1849  ;  and  "  Waklen,  or  Life  in  the 
Woods,"  published  in  1854.  These  books  have  never  had  a 
wide  circulation,  but  are  well  known  to  the  best  readers,  and 
have  exerted  a  powerful  influence  on  an  important  class  of  ear 
nest  and  contemplative  persons.  He  led  the  life  of  a  philoso 
pher,  subordinating  all  other  pursuits  and  so-called  duties  to  his 
pursuit  of  knowledge,  and  to  his  own  estimate  of  duty.  He 
was  a  man  of  firm  mind  and  direct  dealing ;  never  disconcerted, 
and  not  to  be  turned,  by  any  inducement,  from  his  own  course. 


432  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

He  had  a  penetrating  insight  into  men  with  whom  he  conversed, 
and  was  not  to  be  deceived  or  used  by  any  party,  and  did  not 
conceal  his  disgust  at  any  duplicity.  As  he  was  incapable  of 
the  least  dishonesty  or  untruth,  he  had  nothing  to  hide ;  and 
kept  his  haughty  independence  to  the  end.  He  was  never 
married. 

1841.  —  CHARLES  FREDERICK  SIMMONS  was  lost  at  sea,  in 
February  or  March,  1862,  at  the  age  of  41  years.  He  was  the 
youngest  son  of  Hon.  William  (H.C.  1804)  and  Lucia  (Ham- 
matt)  Simmons,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  27  January,  1821. 
His  father  was  born  in  Hanover,  Mass.,  9  July,  1782  ;  was  a 
lawyer  in  Boston,  and  for  many  years  one  of  the  judges  of  the 
Police  Court;  and  died  17  June,  1843,  aged  61  years.  His 
mother  was  a  native  of  Plymouth.  He  was  a  school-boy  at 
the  Latin  School  in  Boston,  and  nearly  ready  to  enter  college, 
when  ill  health  compelled  an  absence  for  several  months  of 
country  life  :  his  preparatory  studies  were  finished  under  the 
direction  of  his  brother,  the  Eev.  George  Frederick  Simmons 
(H.C.  1832)  ;  and  he  entered  Harvard  College  in  1837.  After 
the  usual  college  course,  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  David  A. 
Simmons  ;  and  except  as  interrupted  by  ill  health,  at  one  time, 
in  his  early  professional  life,  —  being  from  this  cause  absent  for 
three  years  from  his  office, — he  was  in  general  practice  as  a 
lawyer  in  Boston,  devoting  himself  during  the  last  three  years 
chiefly  to  conveyancing,  and  to  the  law  of  real  estate.  At  an 
early  period  of  the  war,  he  received  a  commission  as  adjutant 
of  the  Fourteenth  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  when  he  gave  all 
his  energy  to  the  formation  of  that  regiment.  The  exposures 
and  hardships  of  military  life  were  cheerfully  borne  by  him  ; 
but  a  long  march  with  his  regiment,  in  severely  cold  and 
stormy  weather,  proved  too  much  for  his  physical  strength  : 
from  the  ill  effects  of  this  march  he  never  recovered.  After  a 
long  furlough,  during  which  he  hoped,  in  vain,  quickly  to  regain 
his  customary  health,  he  resigned  his  commission,  and,  for  the 
benefit  of  a  sea  voyage,  left  Boston,  in  the  English  brig 
"Gypsy,"  on  the  25th  of  February,  1862,  for  St.  Jago,  Cuba. 
Violent  gales  swept  along  the  Atlantic  coast  during  the  early 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  433 

part  of  March,  and  in  these  the  brig  must  have  foundered  : 
after  her  departure  from  Boston,  no  tidings  of  the  brig,  her 
passengers,  her  crew,  ever  came  ;  no  floating  spar,  no  fragment, 
was  ever  seen. 

Mr.  Simmons  was  a  man  of  artistic  tastes,  of  reserved 
manners,  of  great  penetration,  and  much  power  of  sarcasm. 
The  influence  of  his  residence  at  Concord,  during  the  last  year 
of  his  life,  led  him  to  embrace  the  soldier's  life  early  and  ear 
nestly,  and  to  associate  the  welfare  of  the  negro  race  closely 
with  the  objects  of  the  war. 

1842.  —  GEORGE  EDWARD  RICE,  of  Boston,  died  in  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.,  10  August,  1861,  aged  39  years.  He  was  son  of 
Henry  and  Maria  (Burroughs)  Rice,  and  was  born  in  Boston, 
10  July,  1822.  He  was  fitted  for  college  partly  at  the  Latin 
School  in  Boston,  and  partly  at  the  school  of  Mr.  E.  L.  Gush 
ing  (H.C.  1827).  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  law  with 
Charles  G.  Loring  (H.C.  1812)  and  William  Dehon  (H.C. 
1833),  of  Boston,  und  practised  his  profession  in  his  native  city. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  fine  literary  taste  ;  and  contributed  valua-. 
ble  articles  to  the  best  periodicals  in  the  country,  including  the 
"North- American  Review."  He  also  possessed  much  poetical 
talent,  with  keen  wit.  He  was  author  of  several  humorous 
plays,  which  were  performed  at  theatres,  and  received  with  great 
applause.  He  published  several  matters  of  a  humorous  charac 
ter,  and  subsequently  two  small  volumes  of  poems,  under  the 
titles  of  "  Ephemera  "  and  "  Nugamenta."  He  was  widely 
known  as  a  writer  of  genuine  sarcastic  wit.  He  was  possessed 
of  a  sensitive  mind  and  nervous  temperament,  easily  excited  by 
any  unusual  event  of  joy  or  sorrow. 

He  married,  28  December,  1857,  Tirzah  Maria  Crockett, 
daughter  of  George  W.  Crockett,  Esq.,  of  Boston.  She  died 
10  January,  1859,  at  the  age  of  27  years,  without  issue. 

1845.  —  GEORGE  DWIGHT  GUILD  died  in  Brookline  (Long- 
wood  Village),  5  May,  1862,  aged  37  years.  He  was  son  of 
Moses  and  Juliette  (Ellis)  Guild,  and  was  born  in  Dedham, 
Mass.,  17  March,  1825.  He  was  fitted  for* college  at  Wren- 
tham  Academy.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law 

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at  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge ;  and  completed  his  studies  in 
the  office  of  Charles  Mayo  Ellis  (H.C.  1839),  of  Boston.  On 
his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  established  himself  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Boston,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
He  devoted  himself  to  his  profession  -with  great  assiduity,  and 
soon  acquired  an  extensive  practice.  He  was  a  safe  counsellor ; 
and  his  legal  acquirements,  had  his  life  been  spared,  would 
probably  have  obtained  for  him  judicial  honors.  Single-hearted 
integrity  was  the  basis  of  his  whole  intellectual  life.  His  gen 
tleness  and  uncompromising  uprightness  commanded  the  esteem 
and  insured  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact. 

He  married,  13  September,  1860,  Mary  M.  Thomas,  daugh 
ter  of  William  Thomas,  Esq.,  president  of  the  Webster  Bank 
in  Boston.  His  wife  and  an  infant  child  survive  him. 

1849.  —  HENRY  MIDDLETON  KUTLEDGE  FOGG,  of  Nash 
ville,  Tenn.,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Somerset,  Ky.,  19  Janu 
ary,  1862,  aged  31  years.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Francis 
Brinley  and  Mary  (Rutledge)  Fogg,  and  was  born  in  Nashville, 
16  September,  1830.  His  father  was  a  son  of  Eev.  Daniel  Fogg 
(H.C.  1764),  an  Episcopal  clergyman  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.; 
was  born  in  Kensington,  Conn.,  18  August,  1743;  married 
Deborah  Brinley,  daughter  of  Francis  Brinley,  of  Newport,  R.I., 
and  Alef,  his  wife,  a  daughter  of  Hon.  Godfrey  Malbone,  of  that 
city  ;  and  died  in  Brooklyn  in  1815,  aged  72  years.  His  mother 
was  daughter  of  Hon.  Edward  Rutledge,  of  Charleston,  S.C. 
He  was  a  fine  scholar,  and  graduated  with  high  honor.  After 
leaving  college,  he  visited  Europe;  and,  on  his  return,  studied 
law  with  his  father,  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  and  ripest  schol 
ars  in  the  valley  of  the  Mississippi.  It  may  be  added  that  the 
latter  studied  law  with  his  relative,  the  Hon.  William  Hunter, 
of  Newport,  E.I.,  who  received  his  legal  education  in  London. 
On  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  Francis  Brinley  Fogg  removed 
to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  became  the  partner  of  the  late  Felix 
Grundy ;  and  in  their  office  the  late  President  Polk  acquired  his 
legal  education.  Young  Fogg  became  a  promising  lawyer ;  was 
talented  and  spirited.  A  little  South-Carolina  blood,  probably, 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  435 

led  him  into  the  rebel  army.  He  left  his  business  to  become  an 
aide  to  Gen.  Felix  K.  Zollicoflfer ;  and  they  were  both  killed 
in  the  battle  at  Somerset.  Fogg's  brother,  Francis  Brinley 
Fogg,  jun.,  was  educated  at  the  university  in  Nashville,  Tenn.  ; 
but  studied  his  profession  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  grad 
uating  in  1846.  He  returned  to  Nashville,  where  he  began  to 
practise  with  marked  success.  He  died,  after  a  brief  illness  in 
that  city,  in  February,  1848.  Fogg's  parents  are  now  left 
childless,  having  lost  their  only  daughter  a  few  years  ago. 

1849.  —  Dr.  JOHN  SMITH  NICHOLS  died  in  Nevada,  Cal., 
January,  1862,  aged  35  years.  He  was  the  ninth  child  and 
third  son  of  Ezra  and  Waity  Gray  (Smith)  Nichols,  'and  was 
born  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  20  June,  1826.  His  father  was  born 
in  October,  1789  ;  was  married  in  Seabrook,  N.H.  ;  and  died  in 
September,  1848.  The  son  was  fitted  for  college  at  Andover. 
After  leaving  college,  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Ezra  Addi- 
son  Searle  Nichols,  of  Cambridge.  He  received  his  degree  of 
M.D.  in  1851,  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Cambridge.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Woon- 
socket,  R.I.  ;  and  finally  went  to  palifornia. 

1849.  — Col.  EVERETT  PEABODY  died  in  Pittsburg,  Tenn., 
6  April,  1862,  aged  31  years.  He  was  killed  in  battle.  He 
\vas  the  second  son  of  Rev.  William  Bourne  Oliver  (H.C. 
1816)  and  Eliza  Amelia  (White)  Peabody,  and  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Mass.,  13  June,  1830.  His  father  was  son  of 
Hon.  Oliver  Peabody  (H.C.  1773),  of  Exeter,  N.H.,  where 
he  was  born,  9  July,  1799 ;  was  ordained  at  Springfield, 
October,  1820  ;  and  died  29  May,  1847.  His  mother  was  the 
second  daughter  and  eighth  child  of  Major  Moses  and  Elizabeth 
Amelia  (Atlee)  White,  of  Rutland,  Mass.  ;  and  was  born  24 
May,  1799.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college 
by  his  father,  and  entered  the  University  of  Vermont,  at  Bur 
lington,  as  freshman,  in  1845,  where  he  remained  one  year; 
then  left,  and  entered  as  sophomore  at  Harvard  College  in  1846. 
On  leaving  college,  he  concluded  to  adopt  engineering  as  a  pro 
fession  ;  and  he  was  employed  on  the  Cochituate  water-works 
one  or  two  months,  under  Mr.  Chesborough.  He  then  went 


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on  to  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  and  Cincinnati  Railroad,  as  a 
leveller.  He  rose  rapidly  in  his  profession.  Went  on  to  the 
Pacific  Railroad,  in  Missouri,  in  1851  ;  went  on  to  the  Mays- 
ville  and  Lexington  Railroad,  Ky.,  in  1852;  became  chief  of 
the  Memphis  and  Ohio  Railroad  in  1853  ;  became  resident- 
engineer  on  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Railroad  in  1855  ; 
chief-engineer  of  the  Platte-County  Railroad  in  1859.  When 
the  war  broke  out,  he  raised  a  battalion,  received  a  commission 
as  major,  and  was  busily  employed  in  repairing  and  defending 
the  railway-communications  of  Northern  Missouri.  He  com 
manded  twelve  hundred  men  at  the  siege  of  Lexington.  He 
was  slightly  wounded  in  the  chest,  and  severely  in  the  foot, 
which  lamed  him  for  life.  He  was  confined  to  his  bed  for  two 
months,  and  went  on  crutches  for  two  more.  He  re-organized 
his  regiment  (the  Twenty-fifth  Missouri)  in  spite  of  great  opposi 
tion,  and  was  ordered  to  join  Gen.  Grant's  army.  Upon  his 
joining  the  force  under  Gen.  Grant,  the  command  of  a  brigade 
under  Gen.  Prentiss  was  assigned  to  him,  on  the  exposed  left 
wing  of  the  army  nearest  the  enemy ;  and  here,  in  the  unequal 
conflict  which  that  wing  maintained,  he  was  killed.  He  was 
six  feet  and  one  inch  in  stature,  very  broad  and  powerful ; 
hardy  and  rugged,  hardly  knowing  what  sickness  was  ;  gay,  and 
careless  of  the  future  ;  very  chivalrous,  and  of  dauntless  courage. 
1850. — Dr.  EDWARD  BROOKS  EVERETT  died  in  Boston, 
5  November,  1861,  aged  31  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon. 
Edward  (H.C.  1811)  and  Charlotte  Gray  (Brooks)  Everett, 
and  was  born  in  the  house  of  his  grandfather,  Hon.  Peter 
Chardon  Brooks,  at  Medford,  Mass.,  6  May,  1830.  He  went 
with  his  parents  to  Europe  in  1840  (his  father  having  been 
appointed  minister  to  the  Court  of  St.  James) ,  and  was  at  school 
successively  at  Paris,  Florence,  Paris  again,  and  London,  while 
his  father  resided  in  Europe,  from  1840  to  1845  :  at  London,  he 
was  at  King's-College  School,  under  Dr.  Major.  He  returned 
home  with  his  parents  in  1845  ;  and  was  for  a  short  time  at  the 
Boston  public  Latin  School,  and  then  at  the  private  school  of 
Daniel  Greenleaf  Ingraham,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1809),  by  whom 
he  was  offered  for  admission  to  college.  After  graduating,  he 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  437 

studied  medicine  at  the  Tremont  Medical  School  in  Boston,  and 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1853.  He  had  given  much 
attention  to  veterinary  science,  under  the  impression  that  it  ought 
to  be  held  in  much  higher  consideration  than  it  is.  His  health, 
however,  soon  began  to  fail ;  and  he  never  engaged  in  the  prac 
tice  of  his  professsion. 

He  married,  24  October,  1855,  Helen  C.,  daughter  of  Benja 
min  Adams,  of  Boston.  He  left  a  son  of  six  and  a  daughter 
of  four  years  of  age,  whose  mother  also  survives  him. 

1851. — ARTHUR  HERBERT  POOR  died  in  New- York  city, 
11  January,  1862,  aged  31  years.  He  was  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Aroline  Emily  (Peabody)  Poor,  of  Boston ;  and  was  born 
in  Stow,  Mass,  (where  his  parents  resided  for  a  short  time), 
6  December,  1830.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston 
Latin  School.  In  his  class  he  held  a  high  rank  of  scholarship, 
and  graduated  with  honors.  On  leaving  college,  he  entered  the 
counting-room  of  Messrs.  Read,  Chadwick,  and  Dexter,  commis 
sion-merchants,  of  Boston  ;  and  in  January,  1855,  was  admitted 
as  a  partner  of  the  firm.  He  exhibited  great  enterprise,  energy, 
and  skill  in  business  ;  and  soon  afterwrards  went  to  New  York 
to  take  charge  of  the  branch-house  of  the  firm  in  that  city.  In 
the  early  part  of  the  year  1861,  he  had  occasion  to  visit  some 
of  the  western  states,  on  business  of  the  house ;  and  while  on 
his  journey  he  took  a  severe  cold,  which  terminated  in  an  affec 
tion  of  his  lungs,  of  which  he  died  after  a  long  illness.  He 
was  greatly  esteemed  by  his  relatives,  as  well  as  by  the  house 
with  which  he  was  connected  in  business. 

He  married,  10  January,  1855,  Harriet  Leonard,  daughter 
of  William  A.  F.  Sproat,  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  by  whom  he 
had  two  children,  —  one  son  and  one  daughter, — who,  with 
their  mother,  survive  m'm. 

1851.  —  GEORGE  DOANE  PORTER  died  in  Medford,  Mass., 
25  November,  1861,  aged  30  years.  He  was  son  of  Jonathan 
(H.C.  1814)  and  Catharine  (Gray)  Porter,  and  was  born  in 
Medford,  21  June,  1831.  His  father  was  born  in  Medford, 
13  November,  1791;  was  a  lawyer  in  that  town;  and  died 
11  June,  1859.  His  mother  survived  him.  He  was  fitted  for 


438  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

college  chiefly  by  his  father,  and  entered  one  year  in  advance. 
After  graduating,  he  studied  law  under  the  instruction  of  Wil 
liam  Brigham,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1829).  On  his  admission  to 
the  bar,  he  opened  an  office  in  Boston,  and  another  in  Medford ; 
but  soon  afterwards  confined  his  business  solely  to  Medford. 
He  was  much  respected  in  his  native  town  for  his  good  sense, 
honesty,  and  faithfulness.  He  was  for  several  years  a  diligent 
and  useful  member  of  the  school-committee. 

He  married,  8  August,  1860,  Lucretia  A.  Holland,  and  had 
one  son ;  who,  with  his  mother,  survived  him. 

1854. — HENRY  BLATCHFORD  HUBBARD,  of  Boston,  died 
in  Chicago,  111.,  13  February,  1862,  aged  29  years.  He  was  the 
third  son  of  Hon.  Samuel  (Y.C.  1802)  and  Mary  Ann  (Coit) 
Hubbard,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  8  January,  1833.  His  father 
was  born  in  Boston,  2  June,  1785  ;  was  appointed  associate- 
judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts  in  1842  ;  and  died 
24  December,  1847,  aged  62  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
entered  the  Boston  Latin  School  at  the  age  of  twelve,  and 
there  pursued  his  preparatory  studies.  While  in  college,  he 
resided  with  his  brother,  Gardiner  Greene  Hubbard  (D.C. 
1841),  in  Cambridge.  At  the  end  of  his  junior  year,  on 
account  of  ill  health  and  an  affection  of  his  eyes,  he  left  college, 
and  sailed  for  Europe,  18  June,  1853.  He  returned  19  Septem 
ber,  1854,  too  late  to  graduate  with  his  class.  He  received  his 
degree,  out  of  course,  in  1857.  He  began  the  study  of  law 
with  his  brother,  Gardiner  Greene  Hubbard  ;  but  in  September, 
1855,  he  entered  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge.  He  left  the 
Law  School  in  1856  ;  and  was  clerk,  engineer,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Cambridge  water-works  until  the  fall  of  1859.  His 
health  failing,  he  sailed  for  California,  25  December  following, 
in  the  ship  "  Andrew  Jackson."  While  in  California,  he  was 
attached  to  the  United- States  Coast  Survey  as  magnetic  and 
astronomic  assistant.  He  returned  in  the  spring  of  1861,  with 
out  any  improvement  of  his  health.  In  September  following, 
he  went  to  visit  his  brother,  William  Henry  Hubbard  (B.IJ. 
1845),  in  Chicago,  where  he  died.  His  remains  were  brought 
home,  and  interred  at  Mount  Auburn  17  February,  1862. 

He  was  never  married. 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  439 

1855. — LANGDON  ERVING  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  20  May, 
1862,  aged  27  years.  He  was  son  of  John  and  Emily  Sophia 
(Ehvin)  Erving,  and  was  born  at  Fort  Henry,  Md.,  20  Novem 
ber,  1834.  His  father  is  a  colonel  in  the  United-States  army, 
son  of  John,  a  retired  gentleman,  and  was  born  in  Boston. 
His  mother  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Elwin,  of  England,  a 
lawyer,  who  never  practised  his  profession.  His  (Thomas  El- 
win's)  wife  was  the  only  child  of  Gov.  John  Langdon,  of  Ports 
mouth,  N.H.  The  subject  of  this  notice,  for  the  first  ten  years 
of  his  life,  did  not  live  a  year  in  any  one  place.  He  was  at 
North  Carolina,  Michigan,  Georgia,  South  Carolina,  and  Phila 
delphia  :  at  nine  or  ten  years  of  age,  he  was  at  Fort  Hamilton, 
in  New- York  harbor.  He  was  christened,  when  very  young,  by 
Eev.  Charles  Burroughs,  D.D.,  of  Portsmouth,  N.H.  In  Sep 
tember,  1845,  he  began  to  attend  school  at  Perignot's,  in  New 
York,  where  he  staid,  with  the  exception  of  going  to  Cincinnati 
and  Kentucky,  until  he  entered  college.  He  attained  a  dis 
tinguished  standing  of  scholarship  in  college,  ranking  as  the  fifth 
in  a  class  numbering  81.  After  graduating,  he  entered  the 
Law  School  at  Cambridge ;  and,  having  obtained  his  degree  of 
LL.B.  in  1857,  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Baltimore. 

He  married,  18  December,  1860,  Sophie  C.  Pennington, 
of  Baltimore ;  and  left  one  daughter,  born  27  September, 
1861.  ' 

1855.  —  GEORGE  FOSTER  HODGES,  of  Roxbury,  Mass., 
died  at  Hall's  Hill,  near  Washington,  D.C.,  30  January,  1862, 
aged  25  years.  He  contracted  a  violent  cold  while  on  a  visit  to 
Washington,  which  the  damp  exposure  of  camp  life  intensified, 
till  it  became  a  fever,  of  which  he  died  after  an  illness  of  ten 
days.  He  was  son  of  Almon  Danforth  and  Martha  (Corn- 
stock)  Hodges,  and  was  born  in  Providence,  R.I.,  12  January, 
1837.  His  father  was  born  in  Norton,  Mass.,  25  January, 
1801.  He  came  to  Boston  in  his  youth,  and  served  his  appren 
ticeship  in  the  store  of  Messrs.  John  D.  Williams  and  Co.  ;  and 
afterwards  began  business  in  Providence,  R.I.,  under  the  firm 
of  Stimpson  and  Hodges,  as  wholesale  grocers,  where  he  con- 


440  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

tinued  more  than  twenty  years.  In  1845,  he  removed  to  Bos 
ton,  and  formed  a  copartnership  with  Mr.  John  L.  Emmons 
(who  was  a  fellow-apprentice  writh  him  in  the  store  of  Messrs. 
Williams),  under  the  style  of  Hodges  and  Emmons.  In  No 
vember,  1850,  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Washington 
Bank ;  which  office  he  now  holds,  having  retired  from  commer 
cial  business.  Young  Hodges's  mother  was  a  native  of  Provi 
dence.  She  died  in  Roxbury,  29  August,  1849.  The  subject 
of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  by  Rev.  Moses  Burbank 
(Waterv.  C.  1836),  at  his  private  school  in  Newton,  Mass.,  and 
entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1852.  He  was  one  of  the 
youngest  in  his  class,  but  attained  a  highly  respectable  rank, 
and  graduated  with  honors.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied 
law,  first  in  the  office  of  Peleg  Whitman  Chandler,  of  Boston 
(Bowd.  C.  1834),  and  completed  his  studies  at  the  Law  School 
in  Cambridge,  where  he  received  his  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1860. 
Immediately  after  he  graduated,  he  went  to  the  Warren-street 
Chapel  in  Boston,  and  asked  whether  he  could  not  be  of  some 
service  in  carrying  out  the  objects  of  that  most  useful  institution, 
and  pressed  his  desire  to  be  employed  in  whatever  way  he  could 
be  useful.  He  was  immediately  engaged  in  the  evening  school, 
teaching  the  simplest  rules  of  arithmetic  and  writing  to  adults, 
who  in  their  youth  had  not  enjoyed  the  privileges  of  instruction. 
After  he  had  begun  the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  the  first 
case  in  which  he  was  employed  he  was  successful.  With  the 
reward  he  had  earned,  and  of  which  he  had  so  much  right  to  be 
proud,  he  went  to  the  treasurer  of  the  chapel.  "This,"  said  he, 
"is  one-half  of  my  first. fee.  Take  it,  that  it  may  do  good  to 
others."  When  the  call  came  for  the  Massachusetts  militia  to 
rally  for  the  support  of  their  flag,  in  April,  1861,  he  sought  his 
friend  and  classmate,  Col.  Lawrence,  of  the  Fifth  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  and  told  him  that  his  heart  was  in  .the  struggle,  and 
that  he  had  determined  to  enlist  with  his  regiment ;  but,  there 
being  no  vacancy  for  him  as  an  officer,  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  Charlestown  City-Guards,  but  was  soon  promoted  by  his 
classmate  to  the  office  of  paymaster.  At  the  battle  of  Bull  Run 
he  manifested  great  bravery,  standing  at  the  colonel's  side,  even 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  441 

when  urged  to  He  down,  when  shot  and  shell  were  coming 
against  them  like  an  avalanche.  Col.  Lawrence  publicly  stated, 
soon  after  his  return,  that  he  owed  his  life  to  the  chivalrous  exer 
tions  of  his  friend.  Returning  to  Massachusetts  with  his  regi 
ment,  his  military  taste  was  again  gratified  by  his  appointment 
as  adjutant  of  the  Eighteenth.  The  universal  testimony  of  his 
intimate  friends  is,  that  he  was  of  a  frank  and  generous  nature, 
amiable  and  warm-hearted,  and  enjoyed  the  esteem  and  respect 
of  all  his  classmates  and  friends.  The  noble  object  to  which  he 
devoted,  and  in  the  end  gave  up,  his  life,  is  a  guaranty  to  the 
world  that  their  confidence  was  not  misplaced.  An  officer 
of  his  regiment,  at  his  funeral,  said  of  him,  "He  had  a  good 
word  for  everybody.  He  was  kind  and  obliging  to  all.  He 
gained  the  respect  and  regard  of  both  officers  and  men." 

He  was  never  married. 

1855.  —  Rev.  WILLIAM  WARD  MERIAM  was  murdered 
3  July,  1862,  on  his  way  from  Constantinople  to  Philippopolis. 
He  was  born  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  15  September,  1830;  and 
was  therefore  31  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  death.  After 
the  death  of  his  father,  in  1834,  his  mother  removed  with 
her  four  children  to  Cambridgeport,  where  she  resided  until  her 
death  in  1850.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college 
at  the  high  school  in  Cambridgeport.  In  1850,  he  became 
deeply  impressed  with  the  importance  of  a  religious  life  ;  and 
the  next  year  he  united  with  the  Orthodox  Congregational 
church  in  Cambridgeport.  Immediately  after  leaving  college, 
he  entered  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  where  he 
graduated  in  1858.  Having  resolved  to  devote  his  life  to 
missionary  services,  he  married,  1  September,  1858,  Susan 
Dimond,  of  Cambridgeport ;  and  was  ordained  at  the  same 
place,  29  November  of  that  year.  He  sailed  from  Boston 
for  his  mission,  with  his  wife  and  several  other  missionary 
laborers,  17  January,  1859  ;  arrived  at  Smyrna  22  Febru 
ary,  and  at  Adrianople  22  April.  After  spending  some 
months  at  the  latter  place,  studying  the  Turkish  language,  he 
went  in  October,  with  Mr.  Clark,  another  missionary,  to  the 
new  station  Philippopolis  (Western  Turkey) ,  which  was  subse- 

56 


442  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

quently  the  field  of  his  labors.  He  had  greatly  endeared  him 
self  to  the  people  in  the  vicinity  of  his  residence ;  had  just 
acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  Turkish  language,  and  was  pre 
pared  to  prosecute  his  work  successfully.  In  May,  1862,  he 
made  a  tour  through  sixty  or  seventy  villages  in  the  neighbor 
hood  of  his  residence.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  on  his 
way  home  from  Constantinople,  where  he  had  been  to  attend  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  missionaries  of  Western  Turkey.  His 
wife  and  child  and  one  or  two  missionaries  were  with  him  ;  when 
the  party  were  met  by  a  company  of  five  mounted  brigands,  by 
whom  Mr.  Meriam  and  one  of  his  companions  were  killed. 
Mrs.  Meriam  carried  the  body  of  her  husband  forty-eight  long 
and  weary  hours,  in  order  that  she  might  bury  it  in  the  home 
of  his  mission-life ;  but  the  shock  to  her  own  system  was  too 
great  for  her  to  bear,  and  she  died  of  typhoid-fever  on  the  25th 
of  July,  —  twenty-three  days  after  the  death  of  her  husband. 
She  was  a  graduate  of  the  Cambridge  High  School,  and  for 
many  years  a  most  successful  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
place.  Three  of  the  five  brigands  were  afterwards  arrested, 
were  tried,  convicted,  and  were  all  executed  on  the  8th  of 
January,  1862. 

The  child  of  Mr.  Meriam  arrived  at  Boston,  12  May,  in  the 
bark  "  Smyrniote "  from  Smyrna,  in  good  health ;  and  found 
a  new  home  in  the  family  of  Mr.  J.  N.  Meriam,  in  Cam 
bridge. 

1858. — GEORGE  BRADFORD  CHADWICK,  of  Boston,  died 
in  Northampton,  Mass.,  12  August,  1861.  He  was  the  third 
of  four  children,  and  only  son  of  Dr.  George  (D.C.  1825) 
and  Susan  Brewster  (Gilbert)  Chadwick,  and  was  born  in 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  3  January,  1836.  His  father  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  College  with  the  second  honors  of  his  class.  After 
leaving  college,  he  pursued  the  study  of  medicine  ;  and,  having 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1828,  he  began  the  practice  of 
Ms  profession  in  Ipswich,  where  his  four  children  were  born. 
Shortly  after  the  birth  of  his  fourth  child,  he  relinquished  the 
practice  of  medicine,  removed  to  Chelsea,  and  began  business 
as  a  merchant,  in  Milk  Street,  Boston,  with  his  brother-in-law, 


1861-62.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  443 

Samuel  S.  Gilbert,  under  the  firm  of  Gilbert  and  Chadwick. 
His  mother  was  daughter  of  Hon.  Benjamin  Joseph  Gilbert,  of 
Hanover,  N.  H.  (Y.  C.  1786) ,  a  lawyer  by  profession  ;  and  mar 
ried  Sally  Shepard,  of  Boston.  His  great-grandfather,  Joseph 
Gilbert,  was  a  native  of  Brookfield,  Mass.  The  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  notice  took  a  severe  cold  in  the  autumn  of  1843, 
which  resulted  in  a  rapid  consumption  ;  and  he  died,  11  Novem 
ber  of  that  year,  at  the  house  of  his  father-in-law,  who  had 
removed  from  Hanover  to  Boston. 

Young  Chadwick  first  entered  the  Adams  School,  in  Mason 
Street,  Boston.  He  was  afterwards  transferred  to  the  Brimmer 
School,  where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded  to  him  in  1850. 
He  that  year  entered  the  Boston  Latin  School,  where  he  re 
mained  a  little  more  than  a  year ;  and  then  entered  the  private 
Latin  school  of  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell  (H.C.  1857),  in  Boyls- 
ton  Place,  where  he  completed  his  studies  for  entering  college, 
leaving  the  school  in  January,  1854.  While  in  college,  he 
held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship.  He  had  a  strong  par 
tiality  for  architecture ;  and,  at  commencement,  an  essay  was 
assigned  to  him  :  the  subject  was,  "Architecture  in  the  United 
States."  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  architecture  for  some 
time  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  George  Snell,  of  Boston  ; 
and  intended  to  make  that  business  his  profession. 

1858.  —  JAMES  JACKSON  LOWELL  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Oct.  15,  1837.  He  was  the  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Charles  Russell  and  Anna  Cabot  (Jackson)  Lowell,  and  the 
grandson  of  Rev.  Charles  Lowell,  D.D.  (H.C.  1800),  and  of 
Patrick  T.  Jackson.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  private 
school  of  Rev.  Thomas  Russell  Sullivan,  and  at  the  Boston 
Latin  School,  where  he  took  the  first  rank.  Early  in  the  fresh 
man  year,  he  was  acknowledged  to  be  the  first  scholar  in  his 
class  ;  a  place  which  he  held  without  dispute  through  his  college 
course.  After  graduation,  he  taught  private  pupils  in  Cam 
bridge  for  a  year ;  and  then  entered  the  Law  School,  while  still 
continuing  his  private  instruction  and  residing  with  his  parents 
in  Cambridge.  At  the  breaking-out  of  the  rebellion,  he  became 
an  interested  member  of  a  drill-club  which  was  formed  in  Cam- 


444  NECEOLOGY   OP   ALUMNI  [1861-62. 

bridge,  and  has  since  furnished  many  excellent  officers  to  the 
army.  In  July,  1861,  he  joined  the  Twentieth  Massachusetts 
Eegiment  as  first  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Schmitt's  company. 

On  21  October,  1861,  he  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  at 
Ball's  Bluff;  passing  several  weeks  at  home  in  consequence. 
He  rejoined  his  regiment  as  soon  as  he  was  fit,  and,  in  the  ab 
sence  of  the  captain,  took  the  command  of  his  company,  which 
he  retained  through  the  Peninsula  campaign,  until,  during  the 
"  seven  days,"  he  was  wounded  mortally  in  the  battle  of  Glen- 
dale,  June  30.  He  was  left  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  it  being 
the  opinion  of  the  surgeons  that  he  could  not  live  more  than  a 
few  hours.  He  lingered,  however,  until  the  fourth  of  .July, — 
a  day  most  fitting  to  be  associated  thus  with  the  memory  of  this 
patriot  soldier.  His  whole  bearing,  after  receiving  the  fatal 
wound,  was  marked  by  a  characteristic  composure  and  undemon 
strative  fortitude.  He  bade  his  men  go  forward  without  mind 
ing  him.  To  a  fellow-officer  he  said  that  his  wound  was  similar 
to  that  of  his  cousin,  William  Lowell  Putnam,  at  Ball's  Bluff, 
whom  he  spoke  of  meeting  shortly.  The  only  message  which 
he  sent  home  was  to  the  effect  that  he  was  doing  his  duty  when 
he  fell;  and,  after  he  was  left  in  the  enemy's  hands,  so  clearly 
and  so  dispassionately  did  he  talk  of  the  nature  of  the  war, 
and  of  the  reasons  which  had  led  him  to  devote  his  life  to  it, 
that  our  surgeons,  who  had  remained  to  care  for  the  wounded, 
told  the  rebel  officers  to  talk  with  him  if  they  wished  to  see  how 
a  true  and  brave  Northern  soldier  thought  and  felt. 

Some  weeks  elapsed  before  certain  news  concerning  his  death 
reached  his  family  ;  but  at  length  the  return  of  one  of  his  fellow- 
prisoners  put  it  beyond  doubt.  Few  have  fallen  so  widely 
lamented,  or  have  been  felt  to  be  a  greater  loss  to  the  com 
munity,  as  was  manifested  by  the  heartfelt  tributes  which  were 
paid  to  his  memory  in  very  numerous  letters  to  his  parents,  in  a 
printed  sermon  by  Eev.  C.  A.  Bartol,  D.D.  (Bowd.  C.  1832), 
and  in  many  other  ways.  Nor  can  the  loss  of  one  whose  character 
was  so  living  ever  cease  to  be  freshly  felt.  His  springing  step,  his 
cheery  voice,  his  eye  shining  with  a  deep  interior  light,  are  inti 
mately  associated,  to  all  who  knew  him,  with  the  Cambridge  streets 


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and  walks.  The  outward  bearing  marked  the  quality  of  the  man. 
There  was  a  charm  in  his  whole  air  and  manner  that  attracted 
even  the  chance  beholder ;  the  more  because  he  was  himself  so 
unconscious  of  it.  A  lover  of  nature  and  natural  things,  he 
was  thoroughly  and  entirely  natural.  Simple,  pure,  and  wise, 
abstemious  in  personal  tastes  and  habits,  reticent  of  his  judg 
ment  of  others,  he  was  severe  in  his  judgment  of  himself,  so 
that  he  might  almost  have  been  called  ascetic,  but  for  the  fresh 
and  hearty  enjoyment  which  he  took  in  all  social  pleasures. 

He  had  a  singular  truthfulness,  which  sometimes  put  on  the 
appearance  of  bluntness ;  nor  did  he  conceal  the  quick  displeas 
ure  which  moved  him  at  any  deception  or  ungenerosity  :  but  he 
was  equally  ready  to  more  than  repair  any  fault  of  impulse. 
His  unobtrusive  kindness  was  continually  occupied  in  quiet 
benefits.  Deliberate  in  decision,  he  was  speedy  in  thought :  his 
mind  worked  carefully  and  surely,  as  well  as  quickly,  in  its  pro 
cesses  ;  although  he  weighed  the  practical  results  of  his  conclu 
sions  with  the  utmost  care,  and  was  slow  to  take  an  irrevocable 
step. 

A  high  and  delicate  honor,  loyalty  to  the  principles  of  truth 
and  freedom,  a  fine  sense  of  justice,  which  was  instinctive,  took 
in  him  the  place  of  a  natural  aptitude  for  Avar,  which  he  had  not 
especially.  At  his  second  college  exhibition,  he  had  spoken  on 
"Loyalty."  In  a  military  note-book  for  his  private  use,  he  had 
written  the  motto,  from  one  old  French  army  list,  "The  true 
characteristic  of  a  perfect  warrior  should  be  fear  of  God,  love  of 
country,  respect  for  the  laws,  preference  of  honor  to  pleasures, 
and  to  life  itself."  It  was  the  unconscious  statement  of  the  prin 
ciples  w^hich  led  him  into  the  service  of  his  country.  He  went 
calmly  and  seriously,  because  he  felt  it  to  be  his  duty  to  go. 
He  comprehended  the  nature  and  importance  of  the  contest ;  and, 
realizing  fully  the  personal  danger  also,  was  willing  to  give  his 
life  to  the  cause.  In  a  letter  to  some  classmates  who  had  pre 
sented  him  with  a  sword,  written  in  the  spring  of  1862,  he  said, 
almost  prophetically,  "  When  the  class  meets  in  years  to  come, 
...  let  the  score  who  went  to  fight  for  their  country  be  remem 
bered  with  honor  and  praise ;  and  let  not  those  who  never 


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returned  be  forgotten,  —  those  who  died  for  the  cause,  not  of 
the  constitution  and  the  laws  (a  superficial  cause  :  the  rebels 
have  the  same) ,  but  of  civilization  and  law,  and  the  self-restrained 
freedom  which  is  their  result." 

Such  a  noble  spirit  can  never  be  forgotten.  Honorable  by 
blood  and  name  and  nature,  devotedly  beloved,  rarely  gifted  in 
all  intellectual  and  moral  qualities,  pre-eminent  among  his  fel 
lows,  who  rejoiced  in  that  undisputed  pre-eminence,  their  pride 
and  affection  follow  him  with  fresh  sorrow,  and  yet  wdth  joy 
that  a  heroic  death  was  permitted  to  round  and  complete  a  life 
short  in  years,  but  long  in  the  acquisition  of  those  gifts  and 
graces  which  are  among  the  possessions  of  the  soul,  and  can 
never  die. 

1858. — NATHANIEL  EUSSELL,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  died  at 
Drummondtown,  Accomac  county,  Va.,  25  March,  1862,  aged 
24  years.  He  was  son  of  Nathaniel  (H.C.  1820)  and  Catha 
rine  Elizabeth  (Elliott)  Russell,  and  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
13  June,  1837.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  high-school 
in  Plymouth,  under  John  William  Hunt  (Mid.  C.  1847),  and 
afterwards  under  Franklin  Crosby.  He  had  a  particular  partiality 
for  vessels  ;  for  any  kind  of  navigable  craft.  He  intended  to 
be  a  merchant,  and  become  interested  in  navigation.  Soon  after 
leaving  college,  he  became  attached  to  the  United-States  Coast 
Survey,  under  Capt.  Harrison,  of  Plymouth,  stationed  in  Eastern 
Virginia.  His  death  was  sudden  :  on  the  18th  of  March,  he 
was  attacked  with  lung-fever,  and  died  one  week  afterwards. 
He  was  a  young  man  of  frank,  cordial  manners,  and  was  en 
deared  to  all  his  acquaintances.  Retiring  and  quiet,  almost 
self-distrustful,  as  he  was,  his  unaffected  simplicity  and  open- 
heartejlness  could  not  fail  to  win  him  friends.  Kind,  affec 
tionate,  devotedly  fond  of  his  relatives  and  friends,  an  upright 
man  and  sincere  Christian,  he  has  gone  early  to  receive  the  re 
wards  of  a  life  well  spent. 

1858.  — FRANK  HOWARD  SHORE Y  died  in  Dedham,  Mass., 
24  January,  1862,  aged  24  years.  He  was  son  of  John  and 
Cornelia  (Guild)  Shorey,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  2  Novem 
ber,  1837.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in  Boston:  he  died 


1861-62.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  447 

about  ten  years  since.  His  mother  was  a  native  of  Dedham : 
but,  on  her  marriage,  she  removed  to  Boston,  where  she  resided 
five  or  six  years ;  after  which  she  returned  to  Dedham,  and  has 
since  resided  there.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Dedham 
High  School.  He  entered  Dartmouth  College,  where  he  re 
mained  two  years ;  then  left,  and  entered  the  junior  class  in 
Harvard.  He  attained  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class, 
and  graduated  with  distinction.  He  was  a  very  good  belles- 
lettres  scholar,  and  possessed  great  love  for  the  natural  sci 
ences.  Botany  was  to  him  a  favorite  pursuit.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  law,  under  the  instruction  of  Thomas  La 
fayette  AYakefield,  of  Boston  (D.C.  1843)  ;  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  December,  1849.  He  immediately  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston,  with  cheering  prospects 
of  success.  Soon  afterwards  he  became  a  member  of  the. Epis 
copal  church  in  Dedham,  of  which  the  Rev.  Samuel  Brazer 
Babcock  (H.C.  1830),  is  rector.  About  a  year  before  his 
death,  the  fatal  signs  of  consumption  appeared.  He  was  patient 
in  suffering,  waiting  calmly  the  result.  His  whole  life  was 
beautifully  consistent,  pure ;  and  his  death  was  serene  and 
cheerful.  He  was  never  known  to  swerve  from  moral  rectitude  ; 
and  yet,  with  delicate  sensitiveness,  he  discarded  self-merit,  and 
died  with  the  Saviour's  name  upon  his  lips,  as  his  only  but  per 
fect  hope.  He  was  never  married. 

1859.  — Major  HEXRY  JACKSON  How  was  killed  in  one  of 
the  battles  fought  during  a  retreat  of  the  army  from  Fair  Oaks 
to  Malverton,  on  James  river,  30  June,  1862.  He  was  son  of 
Phineas  and  Tryphena  (Wheeler)  How ;  was  born  in  Haver- 
hill,  Mass.,  22  October,  1835  ;  and  was  therefore  26  years  old 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  entered  in  1854,  but  left  in  the 
first  term,  in  his  freshman  year.  He  re-entered  in  the  class  of 
the  next  year.  After  leaving  college,  he  was  engaged  most 
of  the  time  in  the  manufacture  of  hats,  until  the  breaking-out  of 
the  rebellion,  when  he  resolved  to  devote  himself  to  the  cause 
of  his  country.  He  entered  into  the  service  with  his  whole 
soul,  and  proceeded  at  once  to  raise  a  company,  which  was 


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attached  to  the  19th  regiment.  He  was  a  fine  soldier  ;  six  feet 
in  height ;  of  splendid  personal  appearance,  great  physical 
power,  and  indomitable  courage.  He  received  a  commission  as 
major.  The  regiment  left  for  Washington  on  the  28th  of  Au 
gust  last,  and  was  stationed  on  the  Upper  Potomac.  Major  How 
was  engaged  in  much  active  service,  and  exhibited  the  utmost 
intrepidity  on  the  battle-field,  until,  at  last,  his  life  was  sacri 
ficed  in  the  cause  to  which  he  has  so  nobly  devoted  himself. 

1860. — JULIUS  SEDGWICK  HOOD,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  died 
in  Louisville,  Ky.,  21  December,  1861,  aged  21  years.  He 
was  son  of  George  and  Hermione  (Breed)  Hood,  and  was 
born  in  Lynn,  7  October,  1840.  His  father  was  son  of 
Abner  and  Mary  (Richardson)  Hood;  was  born  in  Lynn, 
10  November,  1806.  While  young,  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Nahant,  where  he  passed  his  youth,  with  the  excep 
tion  of  a  few  years  which  he  spent  at  school  in  Hanover,  N.H. 
Having,  by  his  own  unaided  exertions,  accumulated  a  small 
capital,  he  went,  in  1827,  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where,  in  com 
pany  with  John  C.  Abbott,  he  established  a  boot-and-shoe 
business,  in  which  he  was  interested  until  1841.  Returning  to 
Lynn  in  1835,  he  established  himself  in  Boston  as  a  commission 
boot,  shoe,  and  leather  merchant ;  in  which  business  he  con 
tinued  until  his  death.  He  for  some  time  took  an  active  part 
in  public  life,  being  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  legislature.  He  was  also,  in  1850,  the  first  mayor  of 
Lynn,  and  was  re-elected  in  1851 ;  and  a  member  of  the  Massa 
chusetts  constitutional  convention  in  1853.  He  died  27  June, 
1859.  His  mother  was  born  in  Lynn,  18  March,  1812.  She 
was  daughter  of  Aaron  Breed,  born  in  1761,  a  soldier  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  an  adjutant  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  for  several  years. 
He  died  in  1817.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Lynn  High  School,  under  Mr.  Jacob  Batchelder 
and  Mr.  Gordon  Bartlett.  In  college,  his  attainments  in  schol 
arship  were  distinguished,  and  he  graduated  with  the  second 
honors  of  his  class.  On  account  of  his  feeble  health,  he  did 
not  enter  upon  the  study  of  any  profession  or  upon  any  busi- 


1861-62.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  449 

ness.  A  few  weeks  before  his  death,  he  left  his  home  in  Lynn 
for  Lexington,  where  he  had  a  brother  residing ;  hoping,  in  a 
more  congenial  climate,  to  regain  his  lost  strength,  or,  at  least, 
to  lengthen  a  life  so  dear  to  those  who  looked  to  him  for  counsel 

O 

and  assistance.  "His  death,"  writes  one  who  knew  him  well, 
"w^as  calm  and  beautiful :  he  felt  more  than  willing  to  go  and 
do  the  work  and  achieve  the  usefulness  there  which  he  had  hoped 
to  do  here."  He  was  a  true  and  warm-hearted  friend ;  a  man 
strong  in  principle,  and  earnest  in  a  Christian  life. 

1860.  — WILLIAM  MATTICKS  ROGERS  died  of  typhoid  fe 
ver,  in  the  army,  near  Richmond,  June,  1862.  He  was  the 
only  son  of  Rev.  William  Matticks  (H.C.  1827)  and  Adelia 
(Strong)  Rogers,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  26  October,  1838. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass. 
He  held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship,  and  was  greatly  be 
loved  by  his  classmates.  He  was  one  of  the  class-committee. 
Immediately  after  graduating,  he  went  to  Europe,  and  began  the 
study  of  law  and  of  the  German  language  in  Heidelberg,  where 
he  remained  one  year;  and,  when  the  rebellion  broke  out,  he  at 
once  determined  to  devote  himself  to  the  cause  of  his  country. 
He  immediately  returned,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company 
A,  of  the  Eighteenth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  He  was  soon 
afterwards  made  a  sergeant,  and,  subsequently,  sergeant-major. 
Had  his  life  been  spared,  he  would  probably  soon  have  received 
a  commission.  But  it  was  otherwise  ordered :  his  life  was 
sacrificed  while  contending  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union. 


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1862-63. 


1791. — Dr.  JOHN  WALTON  died  in  Pepperell,  Mass.,  21 
December,  1862,  aged  92  years.  He  was  the  son  of  John  and 
Keziah  (Yiles)  Walton,  and  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
29  October,  1770.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native 
place.  He  held  a  respectable  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated 
with  honors.  He  studied  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr. 
Oliver  Prescott,  of  Groton,  Mass.  (H.C.  1783),  and  settled  in 
Pepperell ;  where  he  practised  his  profession  for  more  than  sixty 
years,  and  was  much  respected  by  the  people  of  the  town  of 
which  he  was  so  long  a  resident.  On  the  4th  of  September, 
1832,  he  was  chosen  a  deacon  of  the  Unitarian  church  in  Pep 
perell.  He  never  held  a  political  office. 

He  married,  in  Newton,  Mary  Bullard,  by  whom  he  had 
seven  sons  and  one  daughter ;  of  whom  the  daughter  and  three 
sons  survived  him.  His  wife  died  in  the  spring  of  1848. 

1801. — Eev.  JOHN  OKILL  STUAKT  died  in  Kingston, 
C.W.,  5  October,  1862,  aged  86  years.  He  was  son  of  Rev. 
John  Stuart,  and  was  born  in  the  missionary-house  at  Fort 
Hunter,  on  the  banks  of  the  Mohawk  Eiver,  N.Y.,  29  June, 
1776.  His  father  was  the  last  missionary  to  the  Mohawk 
nation.  In  1787,  at  the  age  of  eleven  years,  he  was  placed 
at  school  in  the  academy  in  Schenectady,  N.Y.  (now  Union 
College),  where  he  received  instruction  preparatory  to  his 
reception  into  a  higher  seminary.  In  1792,  he  was  sent  to 
the  academy  at  Windsor,  N.S.,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
In  1795,  he  was  appointed  teacher  of  a  public  grammar- 
school  in  Kingston,  and  continued  in  that  office  and  employ 
ment  till  June,  1798  ;  and  that  year  he  entered  the  sophomore 
class  in  Harvard  College ;  but  he  did  not  remain  with  the  class 
much  more  than  a  year,  although  he  received  his  degree  with 


1862-63.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  451 

the  others  of  the  class  who  had  gone  through  the  whole  course^ 
In  June,  1800,  he  was  ordained  as  minister  of  the  United 
Church  of  England  and  Ireland  by  Dr.  Mountain,  bishop  of 
Quebec  ;  and,  in  1801,  was  appointed  missionary,  by  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  at  York  (now 
Toronto),  C.W.,  at  that  time  the  seat  of  government.  There 
he  served  his  vocation  and  ministry  from  1800  to  1812  ;  estab 
lished  a  congregation,  and  built  a  church ;  and,  on  the  decease 
of  his  father  (who  was  rector  of  St.  George's  in  Kingston),  by 
invitation  of  the  congregation,  and  upon  application  to  the 
bishop,  he  was  appointed  his  successor;  and,  in  1812,  removed 
from  York  (now  Toronto)  to  Kingston.  From  1812  to  1822, 
he  served  the  congregation  at  Kingston  as  their  parish  minister ; 
and,  in  the  latter  year,  he  was  collated  by  the  bishop  to  be 
archdeacon  of  York,  in  the  diocese  of  Quebec.  In  1839,  when 
the  diocese  of  Quebec  was  divided,  and  Toronto  taken  from  it, 
he  resigned  his  commission,  and  was  collated  by  the  bishop  to 
be  archdeacon  of  Kingston,  in  the  diocese  of  Toronto,  and  con 
tinued  in  that  office  until  1862  ;  when,  on  the  subdivision  of 
the  diocese  of  Toronto  into  that  of  Ontario,  he  surrendered  his 
commission  of  archdeacon  of  Kingston,  and  was  preferred  to  be 
dean  of  Ontario.  In  1830,  he  had  an  assistant-minister  to  St. 
George's,  who  continued  his  aid  and  work,  he,  however,  con 
tinuing  as  rector  of  St.  George's  ;  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
was  one  of  the  officiating  clergymen  in  the  cathedral  of  the 
diocese  of  Ontario,  in  the  city  of  Kingston.  Therefore,  for 
more  than  sixty  years,  he  resided  in  nearly  the  same  place ; 
preaching  to  a  people  to  whom  his  whole  course  of  life,  and 
all  his  sayings  and  doings,  were  known,  and  retaining  and 
enjoying  their  respect  and  esteem.  He  was  not  brilliant,  nor 
particularly  gifted,  nor  very  learned  ;  but  he  had  great  moral 
worth.  In  all  his  communications,  he  was  perfectly  sincere, 
wholly  free  from  artifice,  deception,  guile.  With  an  exterior 
somewhat  grave  and  reserved,  almost  stern,  he  had  ardent 
and  warm  attachments.  In  communing  with  him,  one  felt 
a  perfect  satisfaction  that  he  was  truthful  in  all  he  said. 
Without  making  professions  of  attachment,  he  was  always 
inclined  to  do  kind  things  whenever  it  was  in  his  power. 


452  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

He  married,  2  October,  1803,  Lucy  Brooks,  daughter  of 
Gov.  John  Brooks,  of  Medford,  with  whom  he  became  ac 
quainted  in  1798,  during  a  residence  of  several  months  in  the 
town,  completing  his  studies  for  admission  into  college.  She 
died  in  1813,  leaving  one  son,  —  George  Okill  Stuart,  the  only 
surviving  male  descendant  of  Gov.  Brooks,  —  a  counsellor-at- 
law  of  high  standing,  who  has  been  mayor  of  Quebec.  He 
married  a  second  wife,  Ann  Ellice  Stuart,  who  died  in  King 
ston,  28  November,  1836,  aged  70  years. 

1802. — HENRY  ADAMS  died  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  13  No 
vember,  1862,  aged  83  years.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Zabdiel 
(H.C.  1759)  and  Elizabeth  (Stearns)  Adams;  was  the  ninth 
of  eleven  children,  ten  of  whom  lived  to  adult  age ;  and  was 
born  in  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  13  May,  1777.  His  father  was 
son  of  Ebenezer  Adams,  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born 
5  November,  1739  ;  was  ordained  at  Lunenburg,  5  September, 
1764;  died  1  March,  1801,  aged  61  years.  His  mother  was 
daughter  of  Rev.  David  (H.C.  1728)  and  Ruth  (Hubbard) 
Stearns  :  she  was  born  in  Lunenburg,  20  April,  1742  ;  and 
died  August,  1800,  aged  58  years.  His  father  was  successor 
of  her  father  in  the  church  of  Lunenburg.  The  subject  of 
this  notice  was  fitted  for  college,  partly  at  Groton  Academy,  and 
partly  by  Dr.  John  Hosmer,  of  Medford.  He  studied  law  with 
his  brother,  Zabdiel  Boylston  Adams  (H.C.  1791),  in  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  where  he  afterwards  practised  his  profession. 
Subsequently  he  resided  for  about  four  years  in  Richmond,  Va. , 
where  he  taught  a  private  school ;  then  returned,  and  again 
practised  his  profession  in  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  where  he  resided 
about  four  years.  Thence  he  removed  to  Lexington,  Mass., 
having  relinquished  his  profession  ;  and,  for  the  last  twenty  years 
of  his  life,  he  resided  in  Somerville,  where  he  devoted  himself  to 
agricultural  pursuits,  to  which  he  had  a  great  partiality. 

He  married,  1  January,  1806,  Susan  Forster,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Rebecca  Forster,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  by  whom 
he  had  three  children  (all  sons),  of  whom  the  only  survivor  is 
Edwin  Forster  Adams,  a  merchant  in  Boston.  His  wife  died  in 
Lexington,  12  January,  1834.  He  married  for  his  second 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  453 

wife,  8  October,  1835,  Sarah  K.  Hawkins,  daughter  of  Col. 
Nathaniel  Hawkins,  of  Somerville,  then  a  part  of  Charlestown. 
She  died  without  issue,  in  Somerville,  17  December,  1851.  He 
married  for  his  third  wife,  4  November,  1852,  Mrs.  Arphia 
Besent,  a  widow,  of  Cambridgeport,  whose  former  husband  was 
a  foreigner.  She  survives  him. 

1802. — ANDREW  RITCHIE  died  in  Newport,  R.L,  7  Au 
gust,  1862,  aged  80  years.  He  was  son  of  Andrew  and 
Isabella  (Montgomery)  Ritchie,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  18 
July,  1782.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in 
Andover.  He  held  a  distinguished  rank  of  scholarship,  and 
graduated  with  the  second  honors  of  his  class ;  but,  when  he 
took  his  degree  of  master  of  arts  in  1805,  the  valedictory 
oration  was  assigned  to  him.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of 

O 

Rufus  Greene  Amory  (H.C.  1778),  and  practised  his  profes 
sion  in  Boston.  Having  inherited  an  ample  competency,  he  did 
not  aim  at  distinction  at  the  bar,  although  his  legal  attainments 
were  of  the  first  order.  On  the  4th  of  July,  1808,  he  delivered 
the  annual  oration  before  the  town  authorities  of  Boston,  in 
which  he  said,  "  We  are  not  required,  like  young  Hannibal,  to 
approach  the  altar,  and  vow  eternal  hatred  to  a  rival  nation  ;  but 
we  will  repair  to  the  neighboring  heights,  at  once  the  tombs  and 
everlasting  monuments  of  our  heroes,  and  swear,  that,  as  they 
did,  so  would  we  rather  sacrifice  our  lives  than  our  country." 
On  the  morning  of  the  day  when  he  delivered  this  oration,  the 
Hon.  Fisher  Ames  died  in  Dedham.  In  his  address,  while 
alluding  to  Bonaparte,  he  said,  w  His  conduct  has  declared, 
plainer  than  language  can  express,  that  he  will  endure  no  neu 
trals  ;  and  that,  too,  under  a  persuasion  that  we  dare  not 
become  his  enemy.  If  we  are  thus  summoned  to  take  our  side 
in  this  momentous  contest,  which  will  in  a  few  years  determine 
the  political  destiny  of  the  civilized  world,  let  the  alternative 
be  decided  by  the  intelligence,  the  virtue,  and  patriotism  of  the 
country."  He  then  uttered  the  following  apostrophe  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Ames:  "But,  alas!  the  immortal  Ames,  who, 
like  Ithuriel,  was  commissioned  to  discover  the  insidious  foe,  and 
point  out  our  danger,  has  accomplished  his  embassy,  and,  on 


454  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

this  morning  of  our  independence,  has  ascended  to  heaven. 
Spirit  of  Demosthenes  !  couldst  thou  have  been  a  silent  and 
invisible  auditor,  how  wouldst  thou  have  been  delighted  to  hear 
from  his  lips  those  strains  of  eloquence  which  once,  from  thine, 
enchanted  the  assemblies  of  Greece  !  " 

Mr.  Ritchie  married,  27  March,  1807,  Maria  Cornelia 
Durant,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Durant,  a  West-India  planter. 
Her  father  was  an  officer  of  the  revolution ;  was  afterwards  for 
many  years  an  eminent  merchant  of  Boston,  where  he  died 
5  May,  1812,  aged  80  years.  In  consequence  of  this  marriage, 
after  the  death  of  his  father-in-law,  Mr.  Ritchie  became,  by 
right  of  his  wife,  owner  of  a  plantation  in  the  Island  of  St. 
Croix.  By  the  Danish  law,  he,  to  retain  possession  of  the 
estate,  was  required  to  reside  there  ;  and  for  many  years  this  was 
his  place  of  residence,  although  he  often  visited  Boston,  and 
spent  a  great  part  of  his  time  in  the  United  States.  He  there 
fore  did  not  long  practise  his  profession.  His  wife  died  in 
Paris,  France,  without  issue. 

He  married  for  his  second  wife,  9  December,  1823,  Sophia 
Harrison  Otis,  daughter  of  Hon.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  of  Boston 
(H.C.  1783),  by  whom  he  had  three  children, — two  sons  and 
one  daughter, — who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him.  The  sons 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  respectively  in  1845  and  1846  ; 
and  the  daughter  is  the  wife  of  a  physician  in  Paris,  France. 

1805. — MOSES  GILL  died  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  21  Au 
gust,  1862,  aged  81  years.  He  was  son  of  Michael  and  Anna 
(Gill)  Gill,  and  was  born  in  Westminster,  Mass.,  20  Decem 
ber,  1780  ;  but  removed  to  Princeton,  Mass.,  with  his  parents, 
when  two  years  of  age,  where  he  passed  his  youthful  days.  His 
parents  were  cousins  ;  his  mother  being  daughter  of  John  Gill, 
of  the  firm  of  Edes  and  Gill,  well  known  as  printers  in  Boston. 
He  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  ;  served  a  regular  appren 
ticeship  with  Samuel  Kneeland,  and  married  one  of  Kneeland's 
daughters.  He  died  25  August,  1785.  He  was  nephew  of 
Hon.  Moses  Gill,  who  was  lieutenant-governor  of  Massachu 
setts,  and  acting-governor  from  7  June,  1799,  to  20  May, 
1800. 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  455 

It  being  the  wish  of  his  uncle  (Gov.  Gill)  that  he  should 
have  a  collegiate  education,  he  left  him,  by  his  will,  ample 
means  for  his  support  while  in  college,  and  during  his  subse 
quent  life  ;  but  this  provision  was  not  carried  into  effect,  for  his 
uncle's  will  was  destroyed  at  his  decease.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  partly  by  Rev.  Joseph  Russell  (Y.C.  1793),  of  Prince 
ton,  and  partly  at  Leicester  Academy.  On  leaving  college,  he 
taught  school  for  some  time  in  Dorchester  and  Charlestown, 
Mass.  He  then  began  the  study  of  divinity  at  Suffield,  Conn., 
and  finished  his  studies  with  Rev.  Ebenezer  Gay  (Y.C.  1787), 
of  that  place.  He  received  his  license  to  preach,  after  having 
been  thoroughly  examined  as  to  his  views  and  qualifications,  at 
Boylston,  Mass.,  29  June,  1808,  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the 
association  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  a  teacher  in  Boston,  pub 
lic  and  private,  from  1812  till  1829  ;  preaching  occasionally 
during  the  time.  He  then,  owing  to  ill  health,  removed  into 
the  country,  which  it  was  thought  prolonged  his  life.  After 
leaving  Boston,  he  taught  in  Waltham,  Chelmsford,  and  Acton, 
during  the  winter  seasons  ;  attending  to  agriculture  in  the  sum 
mers.  He  also  taught  in  Boylston,  Northbridge,  and  Shrews 
bury,  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death,  when  he  met  with  a 
fall  which  disabled  him  from  walking,  except  with  crutches  ;  and 
had  also  other  infirmities,  which  he  endured  patiently.  He  was 
one  of  the  school-committee  in  Shrewsbury  about  five  years  ;  was 
chairman  and  secretary  most  of  the  time.  He  died  suddenly  ; 
having  been  as  comfortable  as  usual  during  the  summer,  until 
the  morning  of  his  death,  when  he  was  taken  ill,  and  survived 
but  a  few  hours,  passing  away  without  a  struggle.  He  was  of 
a  cheerful,  mild  temperament,  enjoying  the  company  of  his 
friends,  kind  and  sympathizing,  an  affectionate  husband  and 
father. 

He  married,  2  October,  1810  (at  that  time  teaching  in 
Roxbury),  Mary  Baldwin,  daughter  of  Capt.  Henry  Baldwin, 
of  Shrewsbury,  in  which  town  she  was  born  2  July,  1787. 
The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  two  children,  —  a  son  and  a 
daughter,  — both  of  whom,  with  their  mother,  survived  him. 

1806.  — DANIEL  HENSHAW  died  in  Boston  9  July,  1863, 


456  NECEOLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

aged  81  years.  He  was  son  of  Col.  William  and  Phebe 
(Swan)  Henshaw,  and  was  born  in  Leicester,  Mass.,  9  May, 
1782.  His  father  was  born  in  Boston  in  1735,  and  removed  to 
Leicester  in  1748.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary 
army.  He  died  February,  1820,  at  the  age  of  85  years.  His 
mother  was  daughter  of  Dudley  Wade  and  Beulah  Swan,  of 
Leicester,  where  she  was  born  12  January,  1758  ;  and  died 

5  November,  1808,  aged  55  years.     The  subject  of  this  notice 
was  fitted  for   college  at  Leicester  Academy.     After  leaving 
college,    he   studied    law  in  part  with  Nathaniel  Paine  Denny 
(H.C.  1797),  of  Leicester,  and  in  part  with  Judge  Nathaniel 
Paine  (H.C.  1778),  of  Worcester.     He  practised  his  profession 
twenty-one  years  in  Winchester,  Mass.     In  1830,  he  was  prac 
tising  in  Worcester,  and  afterwards  for  several  years  in  Lynn, 
where  he  had  the  management  of  a  public  newspaper,  —  the 
"  Lynn  Record."     On  becoming  an  editor,  he  gave  up  his  pro 
fessional  business,  and  continued  for  fourteen  years  in  the  arduous 
and  responsible  place  of  leading  editor  of  a  paper  ;  and,  after  that 
period,  often  contributed  valuable  and  interesting  articles,  chiefly 
of  a  biographical  or  historical  character,  to  sundry  newspapers, 
which  were  read  with  interest.     He  had  a  great  taste  for  gene 
alogy,    and  a  fund   of  wit.     He   read  many   amusing  papers 
before  the  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  several  of  which  were 
published  in  the  Boston  papers.     After  his  connection  with  the 
paper  in  Lynn  had  terminated,  he  removed  to  Boston  ;  where  he 
resided  —  with  the  exception  of  a  year  or  two  in  Wisconsin 
with  a  relative  —  until  his  death. 

He  married,  19  November,  1821,  Deborah  Starkweather, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Charles  Starkweather,  of  Worthington, 
Mass.,  where  she  was  born  2  November,  1796.  She  died 

6  July,   1851,  leaving  two  daughters  and  one  son. 

1809. — Hon.  WILLIAM  ELLIOTT  died  in  South  Carolina, 
February,  1863,  aged  74  years.  He  was  son  of  William  Elliot, 
and  was  born  in  Beaufort,  S.C.,  27  April,  1788.  He  entered 
college  at  the  age  of  18,  and  took  a  very  high  rank  of  scholar 
ship  in  his  class  ;  standing  as  the  second,  Samuel  Bird  ranking 
as  the  first,  scholar  in  the  class.  On  account  of  ill  health,  how- 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  457 

ever,  he  was  obliged  to  return  home  before  completing  his 
academical  career ;  but  his  degree  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
the  government  in  1810,  the  year  after  his  class  graduated. 
For  many  years  he*  devoted  himself  to  the  management  of  his 
estates,  and  served  with  credit  in  both  branches  of  the  state 
legislature.  During  the  nullificationrcrisis  in  South  Carolina  in 
1832,  he  held  the  office  of  senator  in  the  state  legislature,  but 
resigned  upon  being  instructed  by  his  constituents  to  vote  to 
nullify  the  tariff  law.  He  afterwards  participated  less  frequent 
ly  in  public  affairs  ;  his  letters  against  secession,  signed  "  Agri- 
cola,"  and  published  in  1851,  being  among  his  latest  expressions 
of  opinion  on  political  subjects.  He  contributed  largely  to  the 
periodical  press  of  the  South.  His  published  works  consisted 
of  an  "  Address  before  the  St.  Paul's  Agricultural  Society " 
(Charleston,  1850) ,  and  "  Carolina  Sports  by  Land  and  Water  " 
(1856).  He  was  also  the  author  of  "  Fiesco,"  a  tragedy 
printed  for  the  author  in  1850,  and  of  a  number  of  occasional 
poems  of  merit ;  few  of  which,  however,  have  been  published. 

1812.  —  SAMUEL  WILLIAM  DEXTER  died  in  Dexter,  Mich., 
6  February,  1863,  aged  70  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Sam 
uel  (H.C.  1781)  and  Catharine  (Gordon)  Dexter,  and  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  18  February,  1792.  He  first  entered 
college  with  the  class  which  graduated  in  1811,  but  remained 
only  a  few  months  ;  when  he  took  up  his  connexions,  and  entered 
the  freshman  class  the  following  year.  A  few  years  after  he  left 
college,  he  purchased  a  township  of  land  in  Michigan,  which  he 
named  Dexter,  and  in  which  he  resided  until  his  death. 

1^12.  —  BEXJAMIN  DANIEL  GREENE  died  in  Boston,  14  Oc 
tober,  1862,  aged  68  years.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Gardiner 
and  Elizabeth  (Hubbard)  Greene,  and  was  born  in  Demarara, 
South  America,  —  where  his  parents  were  then  residing,  — 
29  December,  1793.  His  father  was  well  known  as  the  wealth 
iest  citizen  of  Boston.  His  mother,  whose  virtues  and  amiable 
character  were  long  remembered  by  her  contemporaries,  and 
who  was  a  sister  of  the  late  John  Hubbard,  of  Boston,  died 
during  his  early  childhood.  Her  maternal  cares  were  assumed 
and  fulfilled  by  Elizabeth  Copley,  a  sister  of  Lord  Lyndhurst,  — 

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458  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

the  present  Mrs.  Gardiner  Greene,  —  between  whom  and  her 
adopted  son  a  cordial  affection  subsisted  through  life.  The 
subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Boston  Latin 
School,  where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded  to  him  in  1807. 
He  held  a  respectable  rank  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with 
honors.  After  leaving  college,  he  became  a  student-at-law  in 
Litchfield,  Conn.  ;  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profes 
sion,  which  he  soon  relinquished  for  that  of  medicine.  Passing 
four  years  abroad,  he  travelled  extensively  in  Europe,  and 
completed  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Edinburgh  and  Paris. 
Attracted  by  scientific  pursuits,  he  was  highly  appreciated  as  a 
botanist,  and  became  the  intimate  friend  and  correspondent 
of  Sir  William  Hooker,  and  other  men  of  distinguished  attain 
ments.  He  was  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  Boston  Society  of 
Natural  History  ;  was  its  first  president ;  and  his  valuable  libra 
ry,  uncommonly  rich  in  scientific  works,  was  ever  open  to  the 
researches  of  his  associates.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Acaderiiy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

He  married,  30  May,  1826,  Margaret  Morton  Quincy, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Josiah  Quincy,  of  Boston.  She  survives  him. 
They  had  no  children. 

1812.  —  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  HEARD  died  in  Ipswich, 
Mass.,  21  April,  1863,  aged  70  years.  He  was  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Staniford)  Heard,  and  was  born  in  Ipswich,  5  Febru 
ary,  1793.  He  began  to  fit  for  college  under  the  instruction  of 
Rev.  Asahel  Huntington  (D.C.  1786),  of  Topsfield,  Mass.  ;  and 
completed  his  preparatory  studies  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Ando- 
ver.  After  leaving  college,  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  John 
Gorham,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1801)  ;  and  received  his  degree  of 
M.D.  in  1815,  but  did  not  enter  upon  the  practice  of  his  pro 
fession.  He  engaged  in  business  as  a  distiller  in  Ipswich,  which 
had  been  previously  his  father's  occupation .  After  pursuing  this 
employment  several  years,  he  abandoned  it,  from  conscientious 
•  motives,  and  removed  to  Boston,  where,  in  1837,  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  James  Haughton,  under  the  firm  of  James 
Haughton  and  Co.,  dealers  in  dry  goods.  This  partnership 
continued  until  1844,  when  Mr.  Heard  withdrew.  He  returned 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  459 

to  Ipswich,  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  which  he 
continued  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  much 
respected  in  his  native  town  ;  was  noted  for  his  courtesy,  kind 
feelings,  and  private  liberality  ;  and  the  families  of  volunteers 
in  the  war  had  reason  to  be  thankful  for  his  unostentatious  dona 
tions  for  their  relief.  In  1862  he  was  elected  a  representative 
to  the  state  legislature  from  Ipswich,  but  did  not  take  his  seat ; 
having  been  obliged  to  resign  it  on  account  of  ill  health. 

He  married,  6  November,  1823,  Elizabeth  Ann  Farley, 
daughter  of  Robert  Farley,  of  Ipswich.  The  issue  of  this 
marriage  was  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  The  sons  and  their 
mother  survived  him. 

1813. — Dr.  DAVID  OSGOOD  died  in  Boston,  23  February, 
1863,  aged  69  years.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Rev.  David  (H.C. 
1771)  and  Hannah  (Breed)  Osgood,  and  was  born  in  Medford, 
Mass.,  23  December,  1793.  His  father  was  born  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  14  October,  1747;  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  first 
church  in  Medford,  14  September,  1774;  and  was  one  of  the 
most  eminent  divines  of  his  day.  He  died  12  December,  1822, 
aged  75  years.  His  mother  died  7  January,  1818,  aged  70 
years.  She  belonged  to  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  was  grand 
daughter  to  Richard  Foster,  who  was  high  sheriff  under  the  old 
government.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college 
by  Dr.  John  Hosmer,  of  Medford.  He  held  a  respectable  rank 
of  scholarship  in  college,  and  graduated  with  honors.  After 
graduating,  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  John  Jeffries,  of  Bos 
ton  (H.C.  1763)  ;  and,  on  receiving  his  degree  of  M.D.  in  1816, 
began  practising  his  profession  in  Boston,  where  he  continued 
his  duties  until  his  death.  As  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  he  was  respected  in  his  profession  for  his  skill, 
promptitude,  and  kindness.  He  had  a  warm  and  generous  na 
ture,  which  never  failed  in  its  response  to  calls  for  assistance  and 
advice ;  was  always  lenient  and  kind  towards  real  suffering. 
To  his  poor  patients  he  was  an  unfailing  friend,  whose  pa 
tience  no  length  of  unpaid  service  could  exhaust ;  one  whose 
unobtrusive  and  unostentatious  charity  made  him  an  always- 
welcome  visitant.  With  a  mind  open  to  conviction,  he  was  not 


460  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-G3. 

afraid  of  questioning  his  early  opinions.  A  signal  proof  of  this 
occurred  during  a  visit  to  Europe  in  1839.  At  Paris,  a  friend 
introduced  him  to  Dr.  Hahnemann,  the  founder  of  the  school  of 
homoeopathy.  The  German  philosopher  spoke  with  warmth 
of  his  system,  and  offered  his  visitor  the  loan  of  a  copy  of  the 
"Homoeopathic  Novum  Organum."  This  book,  though  not  en 
tirely  satisfactory  to  Dr.  Osgood,  led  him  to  further  researches, 
and  he  ended  in  becoming  a  very  successful  practitioner  on  the 
homoeopathic  system.  During  a  second  journey  to  Europe,  he 
visited  his  distinguished  patient,  Miss  Fredrika  Bremer,  who 
was  under  his  charge  when  she  was  in  Boston,  and  who  feels 
lasting  gratitude  for  his  successful  treatment  of  her  case.  Her 
printed  commendations  of  his  skill  and  friendliness  are  the  just 
sentiments  of  a  discriminating  mind  and  a  feeling  heart.  As  a 
friend,  he  was  not  demonstrative  and  impetuous,  but  reserved 
and  sure.  As  a  husband,  he  was  all  devotion  to  the  chosen  of 
his  life  ;  while  she  most  promptly  repaid  every  service,  and  most 
heartily  returned  every  affection. 

He  married  in  November,  1821,  Mary  Ann  Elder,  of  Port 
land,  Me.,  who  survived  him.  They  had  no  children. 

1813. — ROYAL  TURNER  died  in  Randolph,  Mass.,  31  De 
cember,  1862,  aged  70  years.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Seth 
and  Abigail  (Wales)  Turner,  and  was  born  in  Randolph,  6  De 
cember,  1792.  He  was  fitted  for  college  under  the  tuition  of 
Rev.  Jonathan  Strong  (D.C.  1786).  On  leaving  college,  he 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  in  which  he  was  eminently  suc 
cessful.  He  was  much  occupied  in  public  business,  always 
to  the  satisfaction  of  his  employers.  In  early  life,  he  was  a 
practical  surveyor,  and  assisted  in  locating  the  first  railroad  built 
in  this  country  ;  namely,  that  leading  from  the  stone-quarries  in 
Quincy  to  Neponset  River.  In  1815,  he  received  a  lieutenant's 
commission,  and  rapidly  passed  through  all  the  grades  of  pro 
motion  until  he  reached  the  colonelcy  in  1823.  He  was  honor 
ably  discharged  in  1825.  In  1818,  and  in  several  subsequent 
years,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town.  He 
was  also  clerk  and  treasurer  from  1823  to  1828.  He  was  com 
missioned  justice  of  the  'peace  in  1826,  and  of  the  quorum  in 


1862-63.J  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  461 

1833  ;  and  continued  in  office  until  his  death.  lie  was  appointed 
bank-commissioner  from  Norfolk  in  1830.  On  the  incorporation 
of  the  Randolph  Bank,  in  1836,  he  was  appointed  cashier,  and 
held  the  office  until  1842,  when  he  was  elected  its  president, 
and  continued  in  that  position  until  his  death.  During  this  long 
period,  he  watched  over  its  interests  with  paternal  solicitude,  and 
left  it  in  a  state  of  prosperity  rarely  attained  by  similar  institu 
tions.  He  was  a  director  in  the  Rridgewater  and  Middleborough 
and  Fall-River  railroads  until  their  union  with  the  Old-Colony 
in  one  corporation  ;  and  afterwards  he  was  often  consulted  with 
regard  to  important  measures.  In  all  financial  matters,  his 
judgment  was  much  respected  ;  and,  when  deliberately  made  up, 
seldom  needed  a  revision.  Although  his  intercourse  with  soci 
ety  was  necessarily  restricted  by  a  defect  in  his  hearing,  which 
increased  as  he  advanced  in  life,  yet  he  was  social  in  his  tem 
perament,  and  took  a  deep  interest  in  passing  events.  He  was 
exemplary  in  all  the  vocations  and  duties  of  life,  and  was  a 
regular  attendant  upon  public  worship,  although  for  many  years 
unable  to  hear  a  syllable  uttered  during  the  service.  Symptoms 
of  organic  disease  of  the  brain  began  to  manifest  themselves 
some  months  before  his  death,  and  continued  to  increase  in  inten 
sity,  until  they  terminated  in  partial  paralysis,  and  ultimately 
in  apoplectic  coma,  and  the  extinction  of  life.  His  death  .was 
felt  to  be  a  great  loss,  not  only  to  his  family,  but  also  to  the 
business  circle  in  which  he  moved.  Such  was  his  integrity, 
energy,  and  promptness  in  executing  every  trust  committed  to 
him,  and  such  his  accuracy  in  all  pecuniary  transactions,  as  to 
command  the  confidence  of  his  associates  and  of  the  public. 
Although  very  decided  in  his  opinions,  it  was  observed  by  the 
directors  of  the  bank,  after  his  decease,  that,  during  the  long 
period  of  his  presidency,  no  one  could  call  to  mind  any  unkind 
word  or  act  towards  his  associates  in  any  of  their  deliberations 
or  transactions. 

He  married,  14  September,  1818,  Maria  White,  born  27 
June,  1800,  daughter  of  Major  John  White,  of  Weymouth. 
They  had  children;  viz.,  1.  Maria  White,  born  30  October, 
1819  ;  died  31  October,  1819.  2.  Seth,  born  29  July,  1821 ; 


462  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-G3. 

now  cashier  of  Randolph  Bank.  3.  Royal  White,  born  10 
March,  1823.  4.  Ann  Maria,  born  15  November,  1825; 
who  married,  in  1849,  Isaac  Sweetser,  a  merchant  in  Boston. 
5.  Abigail  Wales,  born  10  February,  1830. 

1815.  —  Rev.  CONVERS  FRANCIS  died  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
7  April,  1863,  aged  67  years. 

He  was  the  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Convers  and 
Susanna  (Rand)  Francis,  and  was  born  in  West  Cambridge, 
9  November,  1795.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Medford 
Academy,  under  the  charge  of  John  Hosmer.  He  held  a  dis 
tinguished  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class.  After  graduating, 
he  studied  theology  in  the  Cambridge  Divinity  School ;  was 
approbated  by  the  Boston  Association ;  and  preached  his  first 
sermon,  15  November,  1818,  in  Rev.  Dr.  Osgood's  pulpit  in 
Medford.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church 
in  Watertown,  Mass.,  23  June,  1819,  where  he  remained 
twenty-three  years.  In  1842,  he  was  appointed  "  Parkman 
Professor  of  Pulpit  Eloquence  and  the  Pastoral  Care  "  in  Har 
vard  College,  which  appointment  he  accepted  ;  and  21  August, 
1842,  delivered  his  valedictory  sermon  in  Watertown.  He  im 
mediately  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  professorship,  which  he 
continued  until  the  end  of  his  life.  He  was  earnest  and  inde 
fatigable  in  his  researches  after  sacred  truth.  From  a  principle 
of  self-respect,  he  was  prompted  to  regard  as  true  the  conclu 
sions  which  his  mind  had  established  ;  yet  he  was  far  from  being 
unreasonably  tenacious  of  his  opinions.  His  mind  was  enriched 
with  the  best  thoughts  of  authors.  He  read  with  avidity,  but 
with  attention  ;  noting  with  care  peculiarities  of  opinions,  and 
sentiments  distinguished  for  beauty  and  power.  He  was,  in  an 
eminent  sense,  ambitious  to  know  the  truth  through  whatever 
medium,  be  that  medium  only  authoritative.  He  held  an  im 
portant  and  responsible  office.  He  was  not  only  a  Christian 
learner  :  he  was  also  a  Christian  teacher.  He  knew  full  well 
the  impression  that  instruction  makes  upon  open  and  sensible 
minds  ;  and  it  was  commendable  in  him,  that,  in  his  anxiety  to 
teach  nothing  but  the  truth,  he  should  seek  the  guidance  of 
other  minds,  hallowed  by  equally  holy  motives  with  his  own,  to 
share  with  him  the  responsibilities  of  his  sacred  vocation. 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  463 

He  possessed  a  heart  alive  to  social  affections.  His  friendly 
interest,  where  it  found  a  fitting  and  accordant  place,  was  sin 
cere  and  ardent ;  and  he  did  not  suffer  it  to  be  limited  to  any 
point  beyond  which  it  could  by  any  means  be  influential  for 
good.  Although  no  elaborate  work  proceeding  from  his  pen 
has  been  given  to  the  public,  he  manifested  his  interest  in  sci 
ence  and  literature  by  publishing  several  valuable  papers  in  our 
best  accredited  periodicals.  Among  his  publications  were 
"Errors  of  Education,"  a  discourse  at  the  anniversary  of 
Derby  Academy,  in  Hingham,  21  May,  1828  ;  Address  on 
the  4th  of  July,  1828,  at  Watertown  ;  An  Historical  Sketch  of 
Watertowji,  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  to  the  close 
of  the  second  century,  in  1830  ;  A  Discourse,  at  Plymouth, 
22  December,  1832  ;  A  Dudleian  Lecture,  at  Cambridge,  8 
May,  1833  ;  The  Life  of  Rev.  John  Eliot,  the  Apostle  to  the 
Indians,  in  the  fifth  volume  of  Sparks's  American  Biography, 
1836  ;  The  Life  of  Sebastian  Rale,  Missionary  to  the  Indians,  in 
the  seventh  volume  (new  series)  of  Sparks's  American  Biogra 
phy,  1845  ;  Memoir  of  Rev.  John  Allyn,  D.D.,  of  Duxbury, 
1836  ;  Memoir  of  Dr.  Gamaliel  Bradford,  1846  ;  Memoir  of 
Judge  Davis,  1849  (the  last  three  were  published  in  the  Collec 
tions  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society)  ;  many  articles 
in  the  "Christian  Disciple,"  the  "Christian  Examiner,"  the 
"American  Monthly  Review,"  the  "Unitarian  Advocate,"  the 
"  Scriptural  Interpreter,"  the  "  Juvenile  Miscellany  ;  "  several 
translations  from  Herder,  at  different  times  ;  Obituary  Notice  of 
Miss  Eliza  Townsend,  1854  ;  and  a  large  number  of  occasional 
discourses.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society.  In  1837,  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Harvard  College. 

He  married,  15  May,  1822,  Abby  Bradford,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Allyn,  D.D.,  of  Duxbury,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children,  —  one  daughter  and  one  son.  The  son  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1854.  His  wife  was  born  in  Duxbury, 
15  January,  1796  :  she  died  in  Cambridge,  17  December,  1860, 
aged  64  years.  The  two  children  survive  their  parents. 

1816.  —  SAMUEL  BUCKMIXSTER  RICE  died  in  Brookfield, 


4G4  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

Mass.,  28  May,  1863,  aged  64  years.  He  was  son  of  Dr. 
Tilly  (B.U.  1777)  and  Eunice  (Reed)  Rice,  and  was  born  in 
Brookfield,  14  June,  1798.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lei 
cester  Academy.  Immediately  after  graduating,  he  entered  the 
counting-room  of  Messrs.  Bordman  and  Pope,  in  Boston,  for 
the  purpose  of  preparing  himself  for  business  as  a  merchant. 
While  in  their  employ,  he  went  to  the  East  Indies  in  the  ship 
"  Brilliant,"  belonging  to  them.  On  the  passage,  the  ship  sprang 
a  leak  ;  and  he  labored  so  long  and  so  severely  at  the  pumps, 
that  it  seriously  affected  his  health,  which  he  never  afterwards 
fully  recovered.  At  the  expiration  of  his  apprenticeship,  he 
returned  to  Brookfield,  but  did  not  enter  into  mercantile  busi 
ness.  He  was  afterwards  connected  with  an  iron-foundry  and 
glassworks  in  that  town,  but  relinquished  the  business  some 
time  before  his  death.  He  was  never  married. 

1817.  —  Rev.  THOMAS  RUSSELL  SULLIVAN  died  in  Boston, 
23  December,  1862,  aged  63  years.  He  was  son  of  John 
Langdon  and  Elizabeth  (Russell)  Sullivan,  and  was  born  in 
Brookline,  Mass.,  13  February,  1799.  He  was  fitted  for  col 
lege  principally  at  Dummer  Academy  in  Newbury.  He  held  a 
respectable  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  theology  in  the  Divinity  School  at  Cam 
bridge.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church  in 
Keene,  N.H.,  28  December,  1825,  where  he  faithfully  and 
zealously  performed  his  duties  until  May,  1835,  when  he  re 
signed  his  charge.  He  soon  afterwards  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  opened  a  private  school,  which  he  continued  until  his 
death.  His  beautiful  Christian  character  is  thus  eloquently 
delineated  by  Rev.  William  Orne  White  (H.C.  1840),  now 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Keene,  over  which  Mr.  Sullivan  was 
settled  :  "  He  has  gone,  — the  man  who  knew  how,  in  the  apos 
tolic  sense,  to  magnify  his  office ;  the  serious  and  reverend 
ambassador  of  God  ;  the  simple-hearted  and  guileless  Christian  ; 
the  friend  whose  heart  was  pierced  with  the  sorrows  of  his 
people  ;  the  writer  skilled  in  controversy,  yet  rejoicing  more 
when  he  could  utter  affectionate  and  sober  words  of  practical 
counsel.  In  a  '  furnace  of  affliction '  he  has  indeed  been  tried 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  465 

and  proved  ;  and  at  last,  from  sharp  and  mysterious  visitations 
of  chastisement,  he  has  been  permitted  to  rest  from  all  earthly 
toil,  to  lay  down  his  heavy  cross,  and  to  be  led  by  the  hand  of 
the  good  Shepherd  'in  green  pastures  by  the  still  waters.'  The 
scholarly  mind  of  this  true-hearted  man  enabled  him  to  achieve 
enduring  success  as  a  wise  and  faithful  teacher  for  many  years 
after  his  retirement  from  the  scenes  of  his  ministry.  From 
time  to  time,  however,  he  delighted  in  the  privilege  of  resum 
ing,  in  various  pulpits,  his  early  and  cherished  duties.  He  was 
one  whom  no  change  of  occupation  could  secularize  ;  one  who 
might  have  always  said,  in  perfect  sincerity,  '  I  will  dwell  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  for  ever.'  Now  that,  safe  from  every  rough 
blast,  the  tears  wiped  from  his  eyes,  his  faith  and  patience 
accepted,  he  has  '  sweetly  fallen  asleep  in  Jesus,'  it  is  precious 
to  remember  that  here,  where  he  so  patiently  served  the  Church 
of  Christ  for  nine  and  a  half  years,  in  what  was  then  an  out 
post  of  our  Zion,  not  a  shadow  rests  upon  his  memory.  f  Good 
and  faithful  servant,'  we  bid  thee  a  reluctant  farewell ;  while 
we  rejoice  that  all  who  ever  knew  thee,  if  they  value  purity, 
honor,  truth,  will  find  words  of  respect  and  affection  springing 
to  their  lips,  whenever  they  hear  the  name  of  THOMAS  RUSSELL 
SULLIVAN." 

Mr.  Sullivan  married,  19  January,  1826,  Charlotte  C. 
Blake,  of  Worcester,  by  whom  he  had  six  sons  and  two  daugh 
ters,  all  of  whom  but  one  son  survived  him.  His  wife  died  2 
July,  1863,  aged  59  years. 

1818. — Rev.  PETER  SIDNEY  EATON  died  in  Chelsea,  Mass., 
13  March,  1863,  aged  64  years.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Peter 
(H.C.  1787)  and  Sarah  (Stone)  Eaton,  and  was  born  in  Box- 
ford,  Mass.,  7  October,  1798.  His  father  was  born  in  Haver- 
hill,  Mass.,  15  March,  1765  ;  ordained  at  Boxford,  7  October, 
1789  ;  died  in  Andover,  14  April,  1848,  aged  83  years.  His 
mother  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Eliab  Stone  (H.C.  1758),  of 
Reading.  Young  Eaton  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  under 
the  instruction  of  his  father.  On  leaving  college,  he  was  em 
ployed  some  time  as  a  teacher  in  Phillips  Academy,  Andover. 
He  subsequently  studied  divinity  at  the  theological  seminary 

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466  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

in  that  town,  and  graduated  there  in  1822.  He  was  ordained 
at  Amesbury,  20  September,  1826,  where  he  continued  his 
pastorship  about  eleven  years,  where  his  labors  were  so  arduous 
as  to  seriously  affect  his  health ;  and  by  the  advice  of  his 
friends  he  resigned  his  charge,  and  wholly  relinquished  the 
duties  of  the  ministry.  He  spent  several  years  afterwards  as  a 
teacher,  principally  in  Andover.  From  Andover,  he  removed 
to  Chelsea,  where  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His 
health  was  somewhat  impaired ;  but  he  endeavored  to  exert  an 
influence,  by  all  the  means  he  might  possess,  favorable  to  the 
interests  of  religion  and  good  morals. 

He  married,  4  December,  1828,  Elizabeth  Ann  Leman, 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  by  whom  he  had  three  children  :  Sidney 
Payson,  born  in  Amesbury,  16  September,  1829;  Henry  Mar- 
tyn,  born  in  Amesbury,  28  June,  1835  ;  Elizabeth  Anne, 
born  in  Worcester,  16  May,  1841.  His  wife  and  all  his  chil 
dren  survived  him. 

1818.  — CHAELES  OCTAVIUS  EMERSON  died  in  York,  Me., 
22  June,  1863,  aged  64  years.  He  was  son  of  Edward  E. 
and  Abigail  (Lyman)  Emerson,  and  was  born  in  York,  27 
March,  1799.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Jeremiah  Bradbury  in  York,  where  he  remained  one 
year.  In  October,  1819,  he  went  into  the  office  of  Luther 
Lawrence  (H.C.  1801)  in  Groton,  Mass.,  where  he  continued 
his  studies  until  October,  1821,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Concord,  Mass.  Pie  then  returned  to  his  native  town, 
where  he  practised  his  profession  until  his  death.  From  1823 
to  1830,  he  was  frequently  elected  to  fill  the  office  of  clerk  and 
treasurer;  was  representative  in  the  legislature  in  1827,  1828, 
and  1829.  His  life  was  happy  and  useful.  He  was  an  honora 
ble,  religious,  and  unambitious  gentleman. 

He  married,  24  June,  1829,  Harriet  Jane  Phillips,  daugh 
ter  of  Deacon  John  Phillips,  of  Portland,  Me.  Their  children 
were,  —  1.  Charles  Edward,  born  5  April,  1830;  died  25 
March,  1832.  2.  Francis  Philip,  bora  2  September,  1831. 
3.  Abbie  Clara,  born  17  March,  1833.  4.  Edward  Octa- 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  467 

vius,  born  6  June,  1834.  5.  Andrew  Samuel,  born  25 
February,  1837.  6.  Harriet  Eliza,  born  11  March,  and 
died  23  September,  1840. 

1818.  —  JOHN  FLAVEL  JENKINS  died  in  White  Plains, 
N.Y.,  12  September,  1862,  aged  66  years.  He  was  son  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Hall)  Jenkins,  and  was  born  in  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  6  February,  1796.  His  father,  who  was  a  celebrated 
writing-master,  and  was  author  of  "The  Art  of  Writing,"  &c., 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in  1755,  and  died  in  Wilming 
ton,  Md.,  in  1823.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Dan  Hall,  of 
Peekskill,  N.Y.,  who  was  son  of  Caleb  Hall,  of  Attleborough, 
Mass.  ;  and  was  born  in  Peekskill,  in  1765.  The  subject  of  this 
notice,  when  about  six  weeks  old,  went  with  his  parents  to 
New- York  city  ;  whence  they  soon  left  for  Peekskill,  where  they 
resided  until  he  was  seven  years  old.  He  then  went  to  the  resi 
dence  of  his  grandparents  in  Boston,  which  he  made  his  home, 
except  while  pursuing  his  studies  in  the  country.  As  he 
obtained  his  education  by  his  own  unaided  exertions  until  he 
entered  college,  he  labored  on  a  farm  at  first,  and  afterwards 
taught,  to  defray  his  expenses.  He  was  obliged  to  change  his 
place  of  study  several  times,  according  to  the  state  of  his  funds  ; 
and  taught  school  for  three  winters  while  in  college.  He  held 
an  eminent  rank  of  scholarship  in  college  ;  and  in  the  classics, 
in  general  literature,  in  natural  sciences,  and  in  mathematics, 
he  manifested  equal  ability  to  excel ;  so  that,  at  commencement, 
the  salutatory  oration  was  assigned  to  him.  After  graduating, 
he  taught  the  Roxbury  Grammar  School  one  year.  In  1819, 
he  received  the  appointment  of  tutor  of  mathematics  in  Tran 
sylvania  University,  Lexington,  Ky.  In  1820,  he  was  made 
professor  of  mathematics  in  place  of  Professor  Bishop,  after 
wards  president  of  Athen's  College,  O.  In  1823,  the  death 
of  his  father  required  his  presence  in  the  East,  and  he  resigned 
his  professorship.  In  1824,  he  took  charge  of  Middletown 
Academy,  Monmouth  county,  N.J.,  where  he  remained  nearly 
eleven  years,  except  one  interval,  when  he  taught  a  select 
school  in  Freehold,  the  adjoining  town.  He  was  there  until 
invited  to  the  city  of  New  York,  and  appointed  principal  of  the 


468  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

Mechanics' -  Society  School;  where  he  remained  until  1839, 
when,  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  he  resigned,  and  removed  to 
the  country.  In  January,  1840,  his  health  being  in  some 
degree  restored,  he  assumed  the  charge  of  North-Salem  Academy, 
Westchester  county,  N.Y.,  where  he  remained  until  1853; 
when  he  removed  to  White  Plains,  where  he  passed  the  remain 
der  of  his  life,  engaged  in  business  as  civil  engineer  and  sur 
veyor.  He  married  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  14  March,  1822,  Mary 
Ann  Thayer  Pike,  daughter  of  Job  H.  Pike,  of  Providence, 
R.I.,  who  derived  his  descent  from  Sir  George  Pike,  Bart.,  of 
the  Isle  of  Wight.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  twelve 
children:  viz.,  1.  John  Pike,  born  at  Middletown,  N.J., 
12  April,  1827  ;  a  lawyer  at  White  Plains.  2.  Mary  Abi 
gail,  born  at  Freehold,  N.J.,  28  April,  1827  ;  married  A.  W. 
Lobdell,  of  North  Salem,  in  1860.  3.  James  Mason,  born  in 
Middletown,  N.J.,  in  1831  ;  died  in  infancy.  4.  Emily  Maria, 
born  in  Middletown,  4  February,  1832.  5.  Oliver  Richardson, 
born  in  Middletown,  20  November,  1833.  6.  James  Henry,  born 
in  New- York  city,  15  December,  1835.  7.  Caroline  Hall, 
born  in  New  York,  12  February,  1838  ;  died  at  the  age  of  six 
months.  8.  Caroline  Hall,  born  in  North  Salem,  27  March, 
1840.  9.  Horatio  Gates,  born  in  North  Salem,  12  February, 
1842.  10.  Everett  Lent,  born  in  North  Salem,  18  July,  1843  ; 
died  in  infancy.  11.  Henry  Clay,  born  in  North  Salem,  28 
November,  1844.  12.  George  Mead,  born  in  North  Salem,  25 
June,  1847.  His  wife  survived  him. 

In  a  letter  to  one  of  his  classmates,  he  says,  "As  I  began  to 
teach  before  I  entered  college,  and  taught  every  winter-  and  two 
summer-  vacations  while  there,  and  have  continued  teaching  in 
college  or  academy  ever  since,  I  may  take  rank  among  the  oldest 
teachers  in  the  country.  There  are  comparatively  few  who  have 
taught  for  thirty-six  years  continuously.  During  that  period,  I 
have  helped  to  form,  or  rather  to  develop,  the  minds  of  many 
who  were  afterwards  distinguished  and  useful.  Several  of  my 
early  scholars  have  been  members  of  Congress.  I  therefore  trust 
I  have  done  some  good  in  my  day  ;  and,  though  I  have  acquired 
no  great  amount  of  wealth  or  fame,  I  have  ascertained  that  a 
good  degree  of  happiness  may  exist  without  either." 


1862-63.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  469 

At  the  time  of  his  death,  three  of  his  sons  were  in  the  army  : 
one  a  captain,  and  another  a  sergeant,  in  the  25th  Connecticut 
Volunteers,  under  Banks;  and  the  third,  fife-major  in  the  17th 
Connecticut  Volunteers,  under  Sigel.  The  eldest  son  had  been 
connected  with  the  army  for  the  previous  eighteen  months,  and 
was  about  to  resume  the  practice  of  the  law  at  White  Plains. 

1823. — CHARLES  CARROLL  died  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  Decem 
ber,  1862,  aged  61  years.  He  was  son  of  Charles  and  Har 
riett  (Chew)  Carroll,  and  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  25  July, 
1801.  His  father  was  born  in  Annapolis,  Md.,  and  was  edu 
cated  in  Liege,  Europe.  His  grandfather,  Charles  Carroll,  of 
Carrollton,  was  born  in  Annapolis,  20  September,  1737  ;  died 
14  November,  1832,  aged  95  years;  and  was  the  last  survivor 
of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Each  of  the 
three  was  named  Charles,  and  each  was  an  only  son.  The 
mother  of  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  a  daughter  of  the  chief- 
justice  of  the  state  of  Pennsylvania.  After  going  through  his 
preliminary  studies  at  home,  he  was  sent  to  Mount-St. -Mary's 
College,  near  Emmettsburg, —  a  Roman-Catholic  institution  in 
Maryland.  He  remained  there  for  a  year  or  two  ;  \vhen  his 
grandfather,  who  superintended  his  studies,  determined  to  give 
him  the  advantages  of  a  European  education.  In  1817,  he 
was  sent  to  Paris  ;  wyhere,  in  company  with  his  cousin,  Charles 
Carroll  Harper,  he  entered  the  college  of  St.  Stanislaus,  and 
remained  there  three  years.  After  a  short  tour  through  Italy 
and  Switzerland,  of  which  he  has  left  a  very  interesting  diary, 
he  returned  home,  and  immediately  proceeded  to  Harvard  Col 
lege ;  where,  in  1821,  he  entered  the  sophomore  class.  [It 
may  not  be  amiss  to  mention  here,  that  a  large  portion  of  his 
class  became  engaged  in  some  disturbances  at  college  only  a  few 
weeks  before  commencement,  and  were  summarily  dismissed  : 
among  them  was  Mr.  Carroll ;  and  it  was  not  till  1855  that  his 
degree  was  forwarded  to  him  by  the  faculty  of  the  college.] 

Having  thus  completed  his  course  at  college,  he  entered  the 
law-office  of  his  uncle,  Robert  Goodloe  Harper  (N.J.C.  1785), 
where  he  remained  two  years;  and,  in  1825,  he  married  Mary 
Digges  Lee,  a  grand-daughter  of  Gov.  Thomas  Simon  Lee, 


470  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1802-63. 

of  Maryland.  In  November,  1832,  his  grandfather,  having 
died,  left  him  his  tract  of  land  in  Maryland,  called  Donghoregan 
Manor,  consisting  of  about  twelve  thousand  acres,  together  with 
the  care  of  some  two  hundred  slaves.  The  estate  had  become 
much  impoverished  ;  but  Mr.  Carroll,  by  devoting  his  life  to  the 
improvement  of  his  property,  for  his  own  pleasure  and  the  benefit 
of  his  family,  succeeded  in  gathering  around  him  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  respectable  tenantries  in  the  state,  and,  by 
judicious  management,  increased  many  fold  the  productive  qual 
ities  of  the  manor-lands. 

He  always  took  a  very  lively  interest  in  the  public  questions 
of  the  day  ;  but  the  sphere  of  duties  which  he  had  marked  out 
for  himself  did  not  incline  him  to  engage  in  political  life.  A 
few  years  since,  he  built  up  and  enlarged  the  old  Catholic  chapel 
at  the  manor,  ornamenting  it  with  a  marble  altar  made  by  the 
American  artist  Bartholomew  in  Rome,  and  erecting  a  hand 
some  monument  to  the  memory  of  his  grandfather,  whose  remains 
lie  there.  For  some  years  previous  to  his  death,  he  had  been 
afflicted  with  a  very  severe  catarrh,  or,  as  it  is  called  by  some, 
"hay  fever."  This  trouble  visited  him  every  autumn,  causing 
great  suffering,  wrhen  finally  a  disease  of  the  heart  became  devel 
oped,  which  terminated  in  dropsy,  of  which  he  died.  He  left  a 
family  of  six  children  living,  and  three  grandchildren,  repre 
sentatives  of  a  son  who  died  a  few  months  previous.  The 
"  home-quarters "  of  Donghoregan  Manor  he  devised  to  his 
eldest  son  of  Charles  Carroll ;  and  all  the  residue  of  his  property 
to  be  divided  equally  among  his  children,  share  and  share  alike. 
He  survived  his  wife  only  three  years ;  she  having  died  at  the 
manor  in  December,  1859. 

Mr.  Carroll  was  greatly  endeared  to  his  friends  by  a  remark 
ably  kind  and  genial  nature,  which  derived  a  peculiar  attraction 
from  the  ease  and  refinement  of  his  manners,  and  found  ample 
illustration  in  the  liberality  with  which  he  ministered  the  tradi 
tional  and  elegant  hospitality  of  Donghoregan  Manor  ;  a  virtue 
which  he  has  transmitted  with  the  inheritance  to  a  most  worthy 
successor  in  his  eldest  son,  the  present  proprietor  of  the  old 
homestead.  He  was,  in  its  more  exalted  sense,  a  gentleman,  — 


1862-63.] 


OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  471 


cordial,  frank,  and  honorable  in  every  relation  of  duty,  —  a 
beloved  husband  and  father,  a  most  humane  and  considerate 
master  of  his  servants,  and  a  generous  and  trusty  friend.  Pos 
sessing,  by  an  hereditary  necessity,  a  large  number  of  slaves  at 
tached  to  the  manor,  he  was  forced  to  give  much  attention  to 
the  questions  involved  in  this  relation  ;  and  no  man  in  Maryland 
ever  brought  to  it  a  more  liberal  and  intelligent  study :  the  re 
sult  was  the  conclusion  which  he  has  expressed  in  his  will,  and 
in  conformity  with  which  his  whole  conduct  through  life  was 
directed,  —  a  conviction,  namely,  that  this  class  of  dependants 
was  too  helpless  for  freedom  without  the  preliminary  nurture 
and  education  that  alone  can  make  it  valuable  to  its  possessor, 
and  that  it  is  one  of  the  highest  and  most  necessary  duties  of 
the  proprietor  to  bestow  that  boon  upon  the  slave  before  he 
commits  him  to  the  hazards  of  self-defence.  In  accordance 
with  this  view,  Mr.  Carroll  has  enjoined  it  upon  his  children 
to  give  their  attention  to  this  preparation,  with  the  further  in 
timation  of  his  desire  that  the  slaves  committed  to  them  shall 
not  pass  into  bondage  to  another  generation. 

1824. — Rev.  WILLIAM  HAZZARD  TVriGG  BARXWELL  died 
in  Germantown,  Penn.,  March,  1863,  aged  56  years.  His 
name  was  originally  William  Barn  well,  but  was  altered  in  1856. 
He  was  son  of  Col.  Robert  Gibbs  and  Elizabeth  (Wigg)  Barn- 
well,  and  was  born  in  Beaufort,  S.C.,  27  July,  1806.  He 
was  brother  of  Hon.  Robert  Woodward  Barnwell  (H.C.  1821), 
who  has  been  senator  in  Congress  from  South  Carolina.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  law  in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  and  South 
Carolina.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Coosawhatchie  in 
1827.  Some  time  in  the  month  of  September,  1831,  he  expe 
rienced  a  change  of  heart,  relinquished  the  bar,  united  himself 
with  the  Episcopal  church,  and  began  the  study  of  divinity.  He 
was  ordained  deacon  in  the  Episcopal  church  in  Beaufort,  S.C., 
14  April,  1833  ;  and,  in  1834,  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Bowen, 
rector  of  the  Pendleton  Church  in  South  Carolina,  where  he 
remained  six  months.  He  was  then  called  to  Charleston,  and 
was  instituted  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  which  was  built  for 
him,  and  where  he  continued  some  twenty  years.  Then  he  left, 


472  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

and  came  north  to  Philadelphia,  where,  he  resided  a  few  years. 
In  1857,  he  became  insane,  and  was  removed  to  Germantown, 
where  he  died. 

He  married,  26  November,  1820,  his  cousin,  Catharine 
Osborn.  Barnwell,  daughter  of  Edward  Barnwell,  of  Beaufort, 
S.C.,  where  she  was  born  27  April,  1809. 

1824. — REV.  ROBERT  BREXT  DRANE  (name  originally 
Lillbourne  Brent  Drane)  died  of  yellow-fever  in  Wilming 
ton,  N.C.,  16  October,  1862,  aged  65  years.  He  was  born 
in  that  part  of  Maryland  which  is  now  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  9  January,  1797.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  Mass.  For  a  few  years  after 
he  graduated,  he  kept  a  classical  school  in  Salem,  Mass.  He 
was  settled  as  an  Episcopal  clergyman  in  Hagerstown,  Md., 
where  he  remained  several  years.  In  1836,  he  became  rec 
tor  of  St.  James  Church  in  Wilmington,  N.C.  In  1843, 
much  to  the  regret  of  his  parishioners,  he  took  charge  of  a 
small  college  near  Louisville,  Ky.  ;  but  after  a  few  years,  at 
the  urgent  solicitation  of  his  old  parishioners,  he  returned  to 
Wilmington ,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  He  was  much 
beloved  by  his  people,  and  hardly  any  man  could  be  more  self- 
sacrificing  and  hard-working  than  he  was.  In  1843,  he  published 
a  brief  history  of  the  parish  over  which  he  was  settled,  and 
which  was  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  state.  In  1844,  the  honor 
ary  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
South-Carolina  College. 

When  the  troubles  incident  to  the  last  presidential  election 
threatened  to  destroy  the  Union,  he  took  firm  ground  to  sustain 
it ;  but  when  these  efforts  proved  unavailing,  and  the  capture  of 
Fort  Sumter  compelled  all  to  decide  for  the  South  or  the  North, 
he  came  out  fully  and  strongly  for  the  former ;  and,  for  the  last 
year,  hardly  a  man  in  the  town  advocated  the  doctrine  of  seces 
sion  with  more  force  and  energy.  The  most  prominent  members 
of  his  church  had  long  before  been  ultra  secessionists,  which 
may  have  influenced  him  in  his  course.  But  this  great  and 
leading  congregation  is  now  nearly  broken  up  :  of  the  young 
men,  a  large  part  have  fallen  victims  to  the  war;  and  subse- 


1862-63.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  473 

quently  the  old  men  and  females,  with  their  pastor,  fell  before 
the  pestilence,  and  have  gone  to  that  bourn  from  which  no 
traveller  returns. 

He  married,  May,  1828,  Augusta  Endicott,  daughter  of 
Captain  Moses  and  Anna  (Towne)  Endicott,  of  Danvers, 
Mass.,  where  she  was  born  25  July,  1803  ;  by  whom  he  had 
two  sons,  —  Robert  and  Henry, — the  former  of  whom  died  about 
three  years  since.  His  wife  died  in  Wilmington,  7  July,  1847. 
.He  married  afterwards  a  lady  of  North  Carolina. 

1829. — Rev.  REUBEX  BATES  died  in  Stowe,  Mass., 
1  December,  1862,  aged  54  years.  He  was  son  of  Caleb  and 
Mary  (Douglas)  Bates,  and  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass., 
20  May,  1808.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  partly  at  the  West- 
ford  and  partly  at  the  Groton  Academy.  Immediately  after 
leaving  college,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School  in  Cambridge, 
from  which  he  graduated  18  July,  1832.  He  was  faithful  as  a 
student,  as  he  was  always  faithful  in  every  thing  ;  but  his  success 
and  usefulness  in  active  life  surpassed  any  expectations  his  class 
had  formed  of  him.  As  he  proceeded  in  his  studies  in  divinity, 
it  became  manifest  how  the  heart  was  quickening  the  intellect. 
His  first  sermon  in  the  theological  school  was  a  marked  suc 
cess  ;  not,  indeed,  on  account  of  any  very  new  or  brilliant 
thoughts  ;  but  it  was  so  full  of  devotion  and  piety,  that  it  moved 
all  hearts.  In  him  was  fulfilled  the  saying  of  Scripture,  — 
"His  eye  was  single,  and  his  whole  body  full  of  light."  For  a 
short  time  after  he  left  Cambridge,  he  supplied  the  pulpit  in 
Saxonville,  Mass.  He  was  ordained  at  New  Ipswich,  N.H., 
1  June,  1834 ;  where  he  remained  until  31  March,  1835,  when 
he  was  dismissed  at  his  own  request.  He  was  installed  at 
Ashby,  13  May,  1835.  In  February,  1844,  he  went  to  Havana, 
having  suffered  from  an  attack  of  bronchitis.  He  returned  in 
June,  his  health  having  improved.  Two  months  afterwards, 
his  health  again  failed;  and  he  resigned  his  pastorate,  31  Au 
gust,  1845.  During  the  winters  of  1845  and  1846,  he  was 
representative  from  Ashby  to  the  state  legislature.  His  health 
having  improved,  he  was  installed  in  Stowe,  18  June,  1846. 
In  the  summer  of  1859,  his  health  again  compelled  him  to  give 

GO 


474  NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

up  his  parish.  He  continued,  however,  to  reside  among  his 
people,  taking  an  active  interest  in  every  good  work ;  having 
charge,  as  school-committee,  of  the  public  schools,  and  super 
intending  the  sunday-schools  until  within  about  three  months 
of  his  decease.  Both  in  Ashby  and  in  Stowe,  his  labors  were 
rewarded  with  much  fruit  of  spiritual  and  moral  good.  Very 
modest  and  unassuming,  he  was  independent  and  fearless  in  all 
his  work.  He  did  nothing  to  be  seen  of  men  ;  but  he  labored 
with  all  earnestness,  industry,  and  self-devotion,  and  with  care 
ful  thought  and  sound  judgment,  to  see  how  he  could  do  the 
most  good.  His  people  felt  the  power  of  a  steady  and  strong 
influence  in  favor  of  rational,  practical  Christianity ;  wherein, 
by  work  and  examples,  he  was  faithful  to  the  end. 

He  married,  11  February,  1835,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  Prichard,  of  New  Ipswich,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children,  —  George  Prichard,  born  7  August,  1836,  who  is  now 
a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  house  in  Boston  ;  Charles  Francis,  born 
31  October,  1840,  and  died  30  April,  1842.  His  wife  died  in 
Ashby,  10  April,  1842,  aged  33  years.  He  married,  for  his 
second  wife,  25  November,  1842,  Helen  T.,  widow  of  Clinton 
Atwater,  of  Michigan,  and  daughter  of  Daniel  Tuttle,  of  Bos 
ton  ;  who  survives  him,  and  resides  in  Stowe. 

1829.  — FREDERICK  WILLIAM  CROCKER  died  in  Barnstable, 
Mass.,  11  June,  1863,  aged  54  years.  He  was  son  of  David 
and  Rachel  (Bacon)  Crocker,  and  was  born  in  Barnstable, 
16  April,  1809.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  in  part,  at  the 
Sandwich  Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  Warren 
Goddard  (H.C.  1818),  and  in  part  at  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover.  After  graduating,  he  was  for  seven  years  in  business 
in  Barnstable.  In  February,  1837,  he  removed  to  Boston,  and 
went  into  the  navigation  and  commission  business  in  company 
with  James  Huckins  and  Zenas  D.  Bassett.  This  connection 
continued  two  years,  when  it  was  dissolved  ;  and  he  was  in  busi 
ness  alone  until  1842,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Dwight 
Ruggles  as  booksellers.  This  continued  but  one  year  ;  and,  in 
1843,  he  returned  to  Barnstable  to  reside  *  Inheriting  a  good 
estate,  he  thenceforth  took  a  deep  and  earnest  interest  in  the 


1862-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  475 

improvement  of  his  native  town,  and  identified  himself  with 
its  social  and  literary  progress.  At  the  third  anniversary  of 
the  Cape-Cod  Association,  held  in  Barnstable,  2  August,  1854, 
he  delivered  a  humorous  and  appropriate  poem,  'subsequently 
printed  in  the  "Yarmouth  Register.''  He  was,  we  believe, 
a  frequent  contributor  of  political  and  literary  articles  to  the 
county  journals.  His  "  Song  for  Harvest,"  written  for  an  agri 
cultural  meeting  in  1858  (set  to  the  tune  of  "Old  Hundred"), 
has  much  of  poetic  beauty  and  merit.  The  annual  meetings  of 
his  class  have  been  much  indebted  to  him  for  very  racy  and 
witty  contributions,  as  well  as  for  the  remarkably  kindly  arid 
genial  spirit  which  he  invariably  brought  with  him.  Few  of 
the  class  possessed  more  striking  characteristics  ;  and  very  few 
classes  or  communities  of  men  can  show  a  more  honest  and 
truthful  man  than  Frederick  William  Crocker.  A  hearty  hater 
of  cant  and  shams  of  every  description,  he  knew  how  to  appre 
ciate  every  sterling  and  generous  characteristic  in  man ;  and,  to 
those  in  whom  he  could  confide,  he  proved  himself  a  warm  and 
true  friend.  In  1855,  he  was  appointed,  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Massachusetts,  clerk  of  the  courts  for  the  county  of  Barn- 
stable.  After  the  amendment  of  the  constitution  of  the  state, 
requiring  election  by  the  people  to  the  county  offices,  he  was 
elected  to  the  same  office  with  but  a  single  dissenting  vote,  —  a 
rare  instance  of  almost  unanimity. 

He  married,  6  April,  1851,  Louisa  G.  Sawyer,  of  Bolton, 
Mass.,  by  whom  he  had  four  children,  who,  with  their  mother, 
survived  him. 

In  this  class,  the  following  members  had  died  prior  to  1851  : 
viz.,  Nathaniel  F.  Derby,  of  Salem,  who  died  13  July,  1830  ; 
Henry  B.  McLellan,  of  Boston,  who  died  4  September, 
1833 ;  Andrew  Ritchie,  of  Boston,  who  died  at  Palermo, 
Sicily,  10  July,  1837  ;  Albert  Locke,  of  Lowell,  who  died 
26  September,  1840 ;  William  Emerson  Foster,  of  Boston, 
who  died  23  January,  1843  ;  John  Rogers  Thurston,  who 
died  23  November,  1843  ;  John  Parker  Bullard,  of  Clinton, 
La.,  who  died  29  January,  1845;  Nicholas  Devereux,  of 
Salem,  who  died  2  March,  1848  ;  Solomon  Martin  Jenkins, 


476  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

of  Easton,  Md.,  who  died  15  May,  1848  ;  John  Hubbard,  of 
South  Berwick,  Me.,  who  died  3  October,  1848. 

1829. — Dr.  WILLIAM  YOUNG  died  in  Hingham,  Mass., 
1  July,  1863,  aged  54  years.  He  was  son  of  Alexander  and 
Mary  (Loring)  Young,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  12  January, 
1809.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
where  a  Franklin  medal  was  awarded  to  him  in  1825  for  his 
good  scholarship.  While  in  college,  he  did  not  associate 
much  with  his  classmates.  After  graduating,  he  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  George  Cheyne  Shattuck  (D.C.  1803)  ;  and 
received  his  degree  of  M.D.  in  1834,  when  he  opened  an  office 
in  Essex  Street,  Boston.  After  a  few  years,  he  relinquished 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  removed  to  Scituate,  and 
subsequently  to  Hingham,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 

1833.  —  Col.  FLETCHER  WEBSTER  was  killed  at  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Eun,  Ya.,  29  August,  1862,  aged  49  years. 
He  was  son  of  Hon.  Daniel  (D.  C.  1801)  and  Grace 
(Fletcher)  Webster,  and  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.H., 
23  July,  1813.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin 
School.  He  held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship ;  and  such 
was  his  popularity  with  his  associates,  that  he  was  chosen  class- 
orator  at  the  conclusion  of  their  collegiate  studies.  After 
leaving  college,  he  studied  law  with  his  father ;  was  admitted  to 
the  Suffolk  bar,  and  practised  his  profession  in  Boston.  He 
was  private-secretary  to  his  father  during  a  portion  of  the  period 
when  the  latter  held  the  office  of  secretary  of  state  under  John 
Tyler's  administration.  In  1843,  he  became  secretary  of  lega 
tion  under  Hon.  Caleb  Cushing,  who  was  then  sent  out  as 
minister  to  China.  In  1847,  he  was  representative  to  the  state 
legislature.  In  1850,  he  was  appointed  surveyor  of  the  port  of 
Boston  ;  an  office  which  he  held  until  the  spring  of  1861,  when 
he  was  removed.  Immediately  afterwards,  on  the  breaking-out 
of  the  war,  he  proceeded  to  raise  a  regiment ;  which  was  one  of 
the  earliest  for  the  three-years'  service.  In  July  of  that  year, 
he  proceeded  to  the  seat  of  war  ;  and  from  that  time  he  was 
assiduously  devoted  to  the  practical  duties  of  the  field,  sealing 
and  crowning  his  career  by  his  death  in  battle.  A  few 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  477 

weeks  previously,  he  was  granted  a  furlough  to  return  home, 
and  attend  the  funeral  of  his  youngest  daughter,  aged  thirteen 
years.  He  was  also  ill  himself,  and  needed  rest.  He  was 
urged  to  address  mass-meetings  to  aid  enlistments  in  Massachu 
setts  ;  but  his  physician  forbade  the  exertion.  During  the  year, 
he  had  belonged  to  the  corps  of  Gen.  Banks,  whom  he  highly 
respected  and  esteemed ;  but  was  subsequently  transferred  to 
the  corps  of  Gen.  McDowell.  He  died  as  the  great  defender 
of  the  Constitution  would  have  been  willing  to  see  a  son  die,  — 
fighting  for  the  defence  of  the  Union. 

He  married  Caroline  Story  White,  daughter  of  Stephen 
White,  of  Salem.  The  issue  of  this  marriage  was  four  chil 
dren, —  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  —  of  whom  both  of  the 
sons  and  one  daughter,  \vith  their  mother,  survive. 

1836.  —  GIIENVILLE  TUDOR  PHILLIPS,  of  Boston,  died  at 
the  house  of  his  brother,  George  William  Phillips,  in  Saugus, 
Mass.,  25  May,  1863,  aged  46  years.  He  was  the  youngest 
son  of  Hon.  John  (H.C.  1788)  and  Sally  (Walley)  Phillips, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  14  August,  1816.  His  father,  who 
was  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (Wendell)  Phillips,  was  born 
in  Boston,  26  November,  1770;  was  an  eminent  lawyer;  was 
president  of  the  senate  of  Massachusetts  ;  and  was  elected,  in 
May,  1822,  the  first  mayor  of  Boston.  He  died  29  May,  1823, 
just  at  the  close  of  the  year  of  his  mayoralty.  His  mother  was 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Hurd)  Walley ;  was  born 
25  March,  1772  ;  and  died  4  November,  1845.  He  was  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School.  After  leaving  college, 
he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Peleg  Sprague  (H.C. 
1812)  and  William  Gray  (H.C.  1829).  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1839,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Boston.  Soon  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  he  went  to  Europe, 
where  he  remained  a  few  years,  and  then  returned  home  ;  but 
his  parents  being  dead,  and  the  family  broken  up,  he  returned 
to  Europe,  spent  some  time  in  England  and  in  Spain,  but 
made  his  permanent  residence  in  France,  and  was  absent  fifteen 
years.  His  death  was  very  sudden,  caused  by  disease  of  the 
heart,  of  which  he  had  previously  had  one  attack.  He  was 
never  married. 


478  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

1839.  —  SAMUEL  ELIOT  GUILD,  of  Boston,  died  at  his  sum 
mer  residence  at  Nahant,  16  July,  1862,  aged  42  years.  He 
was  son  of  Benjamin  (H.C.  1804)  and  Eliza  (Eliot)  Guild, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  8  October,  1819.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  private  school  of  Henry  Eussell  Cleveland  (H.C. 
1827)  in  Boston.  He  held  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in  his 
class,  and  graduated  with  distinction.  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  law  for  some  time  in  the  office  of  William  Gray  (H.C. 
1829),  afterwards  with  Theophilus  Parsons  (H.C.  1815),  of 
Boston,  and  completed  his  studies  at  the  Law  School  in  Cam 
bridge.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  1841,  and 
established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston, 
where  he  resided  until  his  decease.  He  was  not  ambitious  of 
public  life,  and  never  held  or  sought  office.  In  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  he  pursued  the  course  which  was  most  conge 
nial  to  his  taste,  —  a  department  which,  though  it  does  not  bring 
the  practitioner  conspicuously  before  the  public,  opens  to  him  an 
honorable  and  useful  career.  As  a  chamber-counsel,  convey 
ancer  and  manager  of  property,  his  good  sense,  his  conscien 
tious  fidelity  to  his  clients,  and  his  quiet  and  uniform  industry, 
gave  him  all  the  success  which  his  desires  coveted  or  anticipated. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  high  moral  instincts.  He  was,  in  early 
life,  a  communicant  in  the  Rev.  Dr.  Gannett's  church,  and  ever 
walked  worthily  of  his  religious  profession.  He  was  ever  ready 
to  promote  the  best  interests  of  the  community ;  kind,  charita 
ble,  endowed  with  all  the  amenities  of  a  gentleman,  having  a 
pleasant  word  for  all  with  whom  he  might  have  intercourse. 

He  married,  9  February,  1847,  Elizabeth  H.,  daughter  of 
Henry  Gardner  Rice  (H.C.  1802),  of  Boston.  The  issue 
of  this  marriage  was  two  children,  —  a  daughter  and  a  son,  — 
who,  with  their  mother,  survive. 

1842.  —  Col.  WILLIAM  LOGAN  RODMAN  was  killed  in  the 
attack  on  Port  Hudson,  Miss.,  27  May,  1863,  at  the  age  of 
40  years.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Benjamin  and  Susan  (Mor 
gan)  Rodman,  and  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  7  March, 
1823.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Friends'  Academy  in 
New  Bedford.  After  graduating,  he  entered  into  mercantile 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  479 

business.  He  visited  California  during  the  gold  fever,  and  re 
turned,  by  way  of  Calcutta  and  the  overland  route,  through 
Europe.  He  was  absent  about  two  years  ;  and  with  this  excep 
tion,  and  his  college-life,  he  was  always  a  resident  of  New 
Bedford.  He  was  a  member  of  the  common-council  of  that 
city  in  1852  ;  and,  in  1860  and  in  1862,  represented  wards  one 
and  two  of  his  native  city  in  the  legislature.  He  enlisted  in 
the  service  of  his  country  from  the  purest  motives  of  patriotic 
duty ;  relinquishing  the  blessings  of  friends  and  home,  and  all 
the  attractions  which  wealth  could  command,  to  assume  the 
position  of  a  volunteer  captain.  He  was  rapidly  promoted  to 
be  major  and  lieutenant-colonel ;  and  was  the  first  officer  from 
New  Bedford  who  had  fallen  in  battle.  The  illness  of  Col. 
Ingraham  devolved  upon  him  the  command  of  the  regiment 
during  the  assault  of  the  27th  and  the  preceding  six-days'  fight 
ing,  wherein  he  bore  a  most  gallant  part.  The  "  New-Bedford 
Mercury  "  thus  spoke  of  this  lamented  officer  :  "  It  is  fresh  in 
the  memory  of  every  one  in  this  community,  with  what  earnest 
ness  and  zeal  Col.  Rodman  devoted  himself  to  the  successful 
labor  of  raising  a  company  of  volunteers  for  the  war,  at  a  time 
when  the  work  of  recruiting  moved  heavily  here.  His  rapid 
promotion  from  the  captaincy  of  this  company  to  the  position, 
first  of  major,  and  then  of  lieutenant-colonel,  of  the  regiment, 
has  been  justified  by  the  testimony  of  his  superior  officers,  who 
have  warmly  commended  the  care  taken  of  his  men,  and,  most 
of  all,  by  his  gallant  conduct  in  action,  where  he  proved  him 
self —  as  his  friends  knew  he  would,  in  the  hour  of  danger  — 
faithful  to  his  duty,  a  brave  soldier.  There  will  be  many  to 
mourn  for  him  ;  remembering  how  he  possessed  the  fine  qual 
ities  which  mark  the  gentleman,  the  generous  nature  which  made 
him  a  true  friend,  and  that  amiable  disposition  which  endeared 
him  to  his  family  and  kindred." 

Col.  Rodman  was  never  married. 

1843. — Rev.  ARTHUR  BUCKMIXSTER  FULLER  was  killed 
in  the  battle  at  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  12  December,  1862,  aged 
40  years.  He  was  the  third  son  of  Hon. "Timothy  (H.C.  1801) 
and  Margaret  (Crane)  Fuller,  and  was  born  in  Cambridge, 


480  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

Mass.,  10  August,  1822.  At  the  age  of  twelve,  he  spent  one 
year  at  Leicester  Academy.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his 
sister  Margaret  (who  afterwards  married  Count  Ossoli),  at 
Groton,  and  Mrs.  Ripley,  wife  of  Rev.  Samuel  Ripley,  at  Wal- 
tham.  During  his  college  course,  he  united  with  the  church  con 
nected  with  the  university.  Immediately  after  graduation,  he 
purchased  Belvidere  Academy,  in  Belvidere,  Boone  county,  111., 
in  which,  assisted  by  a  competent  corps  of  instructors,  he  taught 
for  the  two  succeeding  years.  During  this  time  he  occasionally 
preached,  as  a  missionary,  in  Belvidere  and  destitute  places.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  conference  of  Christian  and  Uni 
tarian  ministers,  and  by  them  licensed  to  preach.  His  first  ser 
mon  was  preached  October,  1843,  in  Chicago,  to  the  Unitarian 
church  then  under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Joseph  Harrington  (H.C. 
1833).  In  1845,  he  returned  to  New  England ;  entered,  one 
year  in  advance,  the  Cambridge  Theological  School,  where  he 
graduated  in  1847.  After  preaching  three  months  at  West 
Newton,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Unitarian 
society  in  Manchester,  N.H.,  over  which  he  was  ordained  29 
March,  1848,  and  remained  there  a  little  more  than  five  years, 
when  he  resigned  his  charge,  and  was  installed  over  the  New 
North  Church  in  Boston,  1  June,  1853.  Failing  health  induced 
him  to  resign  his  city  pastorate,  and  close  his  labors  there,  31 
July,  1859.  He  accepted,  however,  a  call  for  six  months  to  the 
charge  over  the  Unitarian  church  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  which 
was  afterwards  renewed  for  an  indefinite  time.  In  1854,  he  was 
chaplain  of  the  house  of  representatives  in  the  legislature ;  and, 
in  1850,  he  was  chaplain  of  the  senate.  In  1855,  he  was  se 
lected  to  deliver  a  bi-centennial  oration,  by  the  citizens  of  Groton, 
Mass.,  on  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of 
that  town ;  which  he  did  on  the  31st  of  October  of  that  year. 
After  the  war  broke  out,  he  determined  to  devote  himself  to  the 
cause  of  his  country.  He  was  appointed  chaplain  in  the  army, 
11  August,  1861 ;  and  he  then  resigned  his  charge  of  his  society 
in  Watertown.  He  proceeded  to  the  seat  of  war,  where  he 
continued  until  his  death.  At  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  he 
reported  himself  to  Capt.  Dunn,  of  Company  D,  Nineteenth 


1862-63.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  481 

Regiment,  whose  company  was  deployed  as  skirmishers  in  the 
principal  street,  and  said  he  wanted  to  do  something  for  his 
country.  He  took  a  musket,  and  in  five  minutes  fell  dead, 
pierced  by  a  rebel  ball. 

Mr.  Fuller  was  a  gentleman  of  great  enthusiasm,  an  ener 
getic  preacher,  untiring  in  the  pursuit  of  the  objects  at  which  he 
arrived ;  and,  in  his  patriotic  zeal  in  behalf  of  his  country,  he 
sacrificed  his  life. 

He  married „  18  September,  1850,  Elizabeth  G.  Davenport, 
daughter  of  Joseph  G.  and  Mary  H.  Davenport,  of  Andover, 
Mass.  She  died  4  March,  1856.  He  married,  for  his  second 
wife,  28  September,  1859,  Emma  Lucilla  Reeves,  who  survives 
him.  He  left  three  children. 

1843.  —  SETH  WEBB  died  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  31  August, 
1862,  aged  39  years.  He  was  son  of  Seth  and  Eliza  (Dunbar) 
Webb,  and  was  born  in  Scituate,  14  February,  1823.  He  was 
prepared  for  college,  partly  at  a  private  school  in  Hingham, 
Mass.  ;  partly  at  the  academy  in  Bridgewater ;  and  from  May, 
1837,  to  August,  1839,  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Exeter,  N.H. 
He  held  a  distinguished  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class.  After 
leaving  college,  he  passed  the  time  from  November,  1843,  to 
June,  1844,  in  travelling ;  having  gone  to  New  Orleans, 
Jamaica,  and  Cuba,  back  to  New  Orleans,  up  the  river  to  Cin 
cinnati,  and  through  the  country  home.  He  then  pursued  the 
study  of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  George  Tyler  Bigelow 
(H.C.  1829)  and  Manlius  Stimson  Clarke  (H.C.  1837),  and 
afterwards  with  Hon.  Charles  Greely  Loring  (H.C.  1812) .  He 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  Boston,  at  the  July  term  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas ;  and  1  October,  1845,  went  into 
practice  with  O.  Z.  Chapman,  Esq.,  the  partnership  continu 
ing  until  1848.  From  January,  1847,  to  the  autumn  of 
1848,  he  kept  a  law-office  also  in  Brighton,  Mass.,  where  he 
resided  most  of  the  time.  In  the  fall  of  1848,  he  gave  up  his 
Brighton  office  and  his  connection  with  Mr.  Chapman.  He  then 
opened  an  office  in  Boston,  which  he  continued  until  1  May, 
1851,  when  he  went  into  partnership  in  Boston  with  Charles 
Gideon  Davis  (H.C.  1840),  under  the  firm  of  Davis  and  Webb. 

61 


482  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

In  1858,  he  removed  to  New  York,  where  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  and  practised  there  during  that  and  the  following  year. 
He  then  returned,  and  practised  a  short  time  in  his  native  place 
(Scituate),  until  he  gave  up  his  profession  on  account  of  ill 
health.  In  July,  1861,  he  was  appointed  United-States  com 
mercial  agent  at  Port-au-Prince,  in  Hayti :  whither  he  repaired, 
and  remained,  until,  on  account  of  serious  illness,  he  got  leave  of 
absence,  and  returned  to  his  native  place,  where  he  died,  after  a 
long  illness,  of  consumption. 

He  married,  in  Boston,  18  November,  1852,  Helen  Gibbons, 
daughter  of  George  M.  and  Mary  D.  (Billings)  Gibbons  (hav 
ing  been  changed  from  Gibbens,  which  was  the  original  name). 
They  had  no  children.  His  wife  died  very  suddenly,  16  June, 
1858. 

1847.  —  GEORGE  ANDREWS  died  in  Salem,  Mass.,  26  Au 
gust,  1862,  aged  38  years.  He  was  son  of  John  Hancock  and 
Nancy  (Page)  Andrews,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  13  March, 
1824.  His  father  was  a  merchant  of  Salem,  and  died  some 
years  since.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Page,  of 
Danvers,  and  Rebecca  (Putnam)  Page,  of  Sterling,  and  was  a 
direct  descendant  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Salem  public  Latin  School,  under  the  instruction 
of  Oliver  Carlton  (D.C.  1824).  After  leaving  college,  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Asahel  Huntington,  of  Salem 
(Y.C.  1819)  ;  and  was  admitted  to  the  Essex  bar  in  due  course. 
He  practised  his  profession  in  Salem  during  his  life.  He  was 
a  representative  from  Salem  to  the  legislature  in  1858  ;  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  school-committee,  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  quorum,  a  special -justice  of  the  Salem  Police  Court, 
a  member  of  the  Essex  Institute,  a  trustee  of  the  Salem  Athe 
naeum,  a  trustee,  secretary,  and  treasurer  of  the  Plummer  Farm 
School,  and  vice-president  of  the  Salem  Lyceum.  In  his  death, 
his  native  city  lost  a  conscientious,  faithful,  upright  man.  By 
his  will,  in  addition  to  several  private  legacies,  he  bequeathed 
to  the  city  of  Salem  $1,500,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  given 
to  the  high-school  scholars  most  distinguished,  not  for  scholarship 
only,  but  for  faithful  and  correct  deportment.  If  this  dispo- 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  483 

sition  of  the  fund  is  refused  by  the  school-committee,  it  is  then 
to  be  appropriated  to  furnish  fuel  for  poor  and  destitute  families  ; 
$300  to  the  Salem  Marine  Society ;  $500  to  the  Seaman's 
Widow  and  Orphan  Association  ;  $500  to  the  Seaman's  Orphan 
and  Children's  Friend  Society  ;  $500  to  the  Essex  Institute ; 
$100  to  the  Fraternity  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  was  never  married. 

1848. — JOHN  FRANKLIN  GOODRICH  died  of  brain-fever,  in 
the  rear  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  4  June,  1863,  aged  36  years. 
He  was  son  of  Allen  and  Mary  (Emerson)  Goodrich,  and  was 
born  in  Mount  Vernon,  N.H.,  13  August,  1826.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  by  the  wife  of  Eev.  Samuel  Ripley,  of  Wal- 
tham,  Mass.  After  graduating,  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk,  one 
year,  in  one  of  the  manufacturing  companies  in  Waltham.  He 
then  went  to  California,  where  he  remained  five  years  ;  and  on 
his  return  settled  in  Epworth,  Dubuque  county,  lo.  When 
the  rebellion  broke  out,  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  enlist ;  and  went  into 
camp  in  Iowa,  15  September,  as  a  private  in  the  Twenty-first 
Regiment,  for  three  years.  He  was  always  in  the  advance  in 
every  engagement,  and  was  the  first  to  enter  the  rifle-pits  in  the 
charge  of  Black  River  ;  and  was  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight  in 
the  attempt  to  carry  Vicksburg  by  storm,  in  which  his  company 
lost  thirty-three  men  in  killed,  wounded,  and  missing.  He  was 
in  ill  health  when  he  went  into  this,  his.  last  battle  ;  and,  though 
he  came  out  unharmed,  he  was  immediately  taken  with  a  fever, 
which,  together  with  the  previous  severe  marching  and  fighting, 
terminated  fatally.  Among  his  classmates,  he  was  always  con 
sidered  as  modest,  unpretending,  intimate  with  but  few  of  them, 
leading  a  religious  life  ;  and  at  a  meeting  of  his  class,  several 
years  after  he  left  college,  he  was  duly  remembered,  with  a  wish 
that  he  might  become  as  rich  as  he  was  good. 

He  married,  12  September,  1857,  Marion  Pratt,  of  Iowa, 
whose  parents  were  originally  from  Connecticut.  The  issue  of 
this  marriage  was  three  children,  —  two  sons  and  one  daugh 
ter, —  who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him. 

1848.  —  Col.  WILLIAM  OLIVER  STEVENS  died  from  inju 
ries  received  in  the  battle  near  Chancellorsville,  Va.,  5  May. 


484  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1802-63. 

1863,  aged  36  years.  He  was  son  of  William  (H.C.  1819) 
and  Eliza  Leach  (Watson)  Stevens,  and  was  born  in  Belfast, 
Me.,  3  February,  1828.  His  father  was  born  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  21  January,  1799;  was  a  lawyer  in  Andover,  but  re 
moved  to  Lawrence,  where  he  now  resides  ;  and  is  judge  of  the 
Police  Court  in  that  city.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
His  mother  was  born  in  Boston,  22  March,  1802  ;  was  daugh 
ter  of  George  and  Eliza  Watson,  and  grand-daughter  of  John 
Watson,  of  Clark's  Island,  Plymouth,  formerly  president  of  the 
Pilgrim  Society.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  col 
lege  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  After  graduating,  he 
studied  law,  during  a  year  and  a  half,  with  his  father,  and,  for  a 
year  and  a  half  afterwards,  with  Hon.  Thomas  Wright  (H.C. 
1842),  of  Lawrence.  He  practised  his  profession,  with  much 
success,  at  Newmansville,  Fla.,  for  ten  months,  but  was  obliged 
to  leave  on  account  of  the  debilitating  influence  of  the  climate. 
He  was  summoned  on  one  occasion,  at  midnight,  to  the  prison 
grates,  as  counsel  for  a  man  who  had  just  been  committed  on 
a  charge  of  murder.  A  hideous  countenance  met  his  glance 
through  the  grates  ;  and,  upon  his  asking  the  name  of  his  client, 
the  answer  was,  "William  Stevens!"  In  1852,  he  went  into 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Dunkirk,  N.Y.  In  1859,  he 
was  elected,  by  a  very  flattering  vote,  district  attorney  of  Cha- 
tauque  county,  in  which  Dunkirk  is  situated  ;  filled  the  office  for 
two  years,  to  the  great  acceptance  of  the  bench,  the  bar,  and 
the  whole  people ;  and  resigned  the  unexpired  term  of  three 
years  for  the  military  service  of  his  country,  in  the  spring  of 
1861.  He  married,  23  May,  1855,  Virginia  I.  Grosvenor, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Godfrey  Grosvenor,  of  Geneva,  N.Y.  By 
this  marriage  he  had  two  sons,  —  George  Watson,  seven  years 
of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  and  William  Grosvenor, 
twenty  months  ;  and  one  daughter,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Col.  Stevens  joined  the  Excelsior  Brigade,  at  Staten  Island, 
N.Y.,  as  captain  of  a  company  raised  in  Dunkirk;  was  elected 
major  before  leaving  Staten  Island  ;  took  a  conspicuous  part  in 
the  battles  of  Williamsburg,  — where  he  was  slightly  wounded, 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  485 

and  where  his  regiment  lost  over  two  hundred  men,  —  of  Fair 
Oaks,  of  White-oak  Swamp,  and  Malvcrn  Hill ;  losing  in  the 
last-named  battle  sixty-one  out  of  three  hundred  men.  He  was 
commissioned  colonel  of  the  Third  Excelsior  Regiment  on  the 
10th  of  October,  1862  ;  his  commission  dating  from  6  Sep 
tember.  His  regiment  was  attached  to  the  Third  Army  Corps, 
under  Gen.  Sickles.  He  led  it  at  the  bloody  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville,  on  Sunday,  the  3d  of  May,  1863.  The  battle 
began  at  daylight.  His  horse  was  shot  under  him  at  about  six 
o'clock  ;  after  which  he  headed  his  regiment  on  foot.  At  about 
half-past  seven  he  received  a  mortal  wound,  from  a  minie  ball, 
through  his  chest.  A  captain  and  two  privates  of  his  regiment 
were  in  the  act  of  raising  him  to  carry  him  from  the  field,  when 
the  officer  was  shot.  A  private  received  his  sword,  with  the  in 
junction,  "Carry  it  to  my  wife;  remember  me  to  my  boy." 
He  was  conveyed  to  a  hospital  within  the  rebel  lines,  about 
a  mile  from  the  Chancellor  House,  where  he  was  kindly  cared 
for  by  our  own  surgeons  and  by  the  enemy,  bearing  his  suffer 
ings  without  a  murmur  or  a  groan  ;  during  most  of  the  time 
speaking  with  cheerfulness  and  hopefulness  ;  and,  during  his 
moments  of  delirium,  speaking  as  to  his  command,  "Forward, 
men  !  steady  !"  He  died,  without  a  struggle,  at  eight  o'clock  on 
Tuesday  evening,  5  May.  Immediately  after  the  fall  of  Col. 
Stevens,  a  flag  of  truce  was  sent  into  the  enemy's  lines  to  recover 
him  ;  but  Gen.  Lee  would  not  receive  it.  The  general  in  imme 
diate  command  of  the  Excelsior  Brigade  on  that  day,  in  writing 
to  a  friend  in  Boston,  said,  "The  Excelsior  did  splendidly,  and 
lost  heavily ;  but  no  one  is  to  be  so  much  regretted  as  Col. 
Stevens,  who  was  killed  in  my  sight.  He  was  truly  a  splendid 
officer,  and  magnificently  brave  ;  in  fact,  too  good  a  man  to  be  a 
soldier,  and  food  for  powder :  for  he  was  a  fine  lawyer,  and  has 
left  an  interesting  wife  and  boys.  It  was  the  most  terrific  fight 
I  have  ever  passed  through." 

Dr.  Butler,  a  surgeon  in  the  rebel  army,  told  the  father  of 
Col.  Stevens,  who  went  within  their  lines  to  recover  his  son's 
body,  and  who  remained  there  ten  hours,  that  the  appearance 
and  bearing  of  Col.  Stevens  were  so  attractive  and  soldierly, 


486  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

that  he  called  several  officers  of  the  confederate  army  to  his 
room,  to  witness  his  manly  beauty  and  demeanor.  Rev. 
George  Patterson,  chaplain  of  the  Third  North-Carolina  Vol 
unteers  (rebel),  finding  him  in  a  room  with  fourteen  other 
wounded  men,  was  attracted  to  his  person,  procured  for  him  a 
bed  and  a  private  room  :  for  thirty-six  hours  he  watched  over 
him  as  his  own  father,  washed  his  body,  bathed  his  temples, 
gave  him  medicine  and  nourishment ;  spoke  with  him  of  his 
wife,  his  boys,  his  parents,  and  his  friends,  and  commended  him 
in  prayer  to  God ;  closed  his  eyes  in  death ;  caused  him,  after 
death,  to  be  dressed  in  his  own  uniform  ;  took  from  his  neck  the 
locket  of  his  wife  ;  his  money,  bills,  and  change  from  his  pocket, 
with  all  his  private  papers ;  folded  them  in  an  envelope,  and 
caused  them  to  be  sent  to  his  wife.  This  chaplain  said  to  our 
informant,  "I  was  born  in  Boston.  My  father  was  a  Greek: 
my  mother,  if  alive,  resides  in  Raynham,  Mass.  Go  and  see 
her ;  tell  her  of  her  son ;  for  she  does  not  know  that  I  am 
alive." 

Soon  after  he  was  carried  into  the  hospital,  Col.  Stevens  was 
asked  by  the  surgeon  in  attendance,  "  What  regiment  do  you 
belong  to?"  The  reply  was,  "The  Excelsior." — "Does  that 
regiment  belong  to  the  Eleventh  Corps?" — "No,  sir,"  was  the 
emphatic  reply :  "  my  corps  never  runs  from  the  enemy  !  " 

Upon  the  death  of  Col.  Stevens,  resolutions,  in  the  highest 
degree  honorable  to  his  fame  as  a  soldier,  a  lawyer,  a  citizen, 
as  a  man,  were  adopted  by  the  officers  of  the  Excelsior  Brigade, 
by  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York  in  Chatauque  county,  by 
the  members  of  the  bar,  and  by  the  citizens  of  Dunkirk. 

1849.  — JOHN  PEGRAM  MAY  was  killed  in  the  second  bat 
tle  of  Bull  Run,  Va.,  29  August,  1862,  aged  31  years.  He 
was  son  of  David  May,  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  and  Maria 
W.  Pegram,  of  Booneville,  Va.  ;  and  was  born  in  Petersburg, 
18  November,  1829,  the  oldest  of  five  boys  and  two  girls. 
He  was  married,  15  May,  1850,  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Petersburg,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Van  Zandt,  to  Mary 
Dandridge,  daughter  of  the  late  Nathaniel  Hanna,  M.D.  He 
was  killed  while  in  the  rebel  service. 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  487 

1850. — HENRY  EDSON  HERSEY  died  in  Hingham,  Mass., 
24  February,  1863,  aged  32  years.  He  was  son  of  Capt. 
Stephen  and  Maria  (Lincoln)  Hersey,  and  was  born  in  Hing 
ham,  28  May,  1830.  His  father,  who  was  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Ruth  (Nichols)  Hersey,  was  born  in  Hingham,  3  Septem 
ber,  1797.  He  was  a  shipmaster,  and  was  lost  at  sea,  having 
sailed  on  a  voyage  several  years  ago,  and  the  vessel  never  being 
heard  of  afterwards.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  Welcome 
and  Susanna  (Gill)  Lincoln,  and  was  born  in  Hingham,  16 
September,  1806,  where  she  still  resides.  The  subject  of  this 
notice  early  manifested  a  scholarly  taste  ;  and,  after  going  through 
the  customary  course  of  instruction  provided  by  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  he  was  fitted  for  college  at  Derby 
Academy  in  Hingham,  under  the  tuition  of  Luther  Barker  Lin 
coln  (H.C.  1822).  He  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  1847, 
in  which  he  at  once  took  a  high  rank,  and  won  the  esteem  of 
his  associates,  both  by  his  attainments  as  a  scholar,  and  his 
demeanor  as  a  gentleman.  At  commencement,  the  salutatory 
oration  was  assigned  to  him.  After  leaving  college,  he  was 
employed  as  a  private  teacher  in  Charlestown,  N.H.  ;  studying 
law,  at  the  same  time,  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Edmund  Lambert 
Gushing  (H.C.  1827).  He  afterwards  continued  his  pro 
fessional  studies  in  Boston  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Peleg  Whitman 
Chandler  (Bowd.  C.  1834),  and  then  completed  his  preparatory 
course  in  the  office  of  Judge  John  Phelps  Putnam  (Y.C.  1837). 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  September,  1854,  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston ;  opening 
an  office  also  in  his  native  town,  which  he  made  his  place  of 
residence.  Soon  after  establishing  himself  in  business,  he  began 
to  be  honored  with  important  and  responsible  trusts  by  his 
townspeople.  He  was  repeatedly  chosen  a  member  of  the 
school-committee,  in  which  capacity  he  rendered  much  efficient 
and  valuable  service.  He  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  Derby 
Academy,  and  in  that  office  his  fine  scholarship  and  his  zeal  in 
promoting  the  work  of  sound  and  liberal  culture  were  exerted 
in  a  way  that  was  creditable  to  himself,  acceptable  to  his  col 
leagues,  and  satisfactory  to  the  public.  For  several  years  he 


488  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

was  superintendent  of  the  First-Parish  Sunday  School.  By 
a  diligent  use  of  his  talents,  and  faithful  attention  to  business,  he 
had  put  himself  in  a  way  to  obtain  a  successful  practice.  The 
future  was  looking  fair  and  promising,  when  his  health  began  to 
fail,  and,  sadly  to  his  -disappointment,  in  the  fall  of  1861,  he  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  the  duties  of  his  profession  ;  and  he  made 
a  voyage  across  the  Atlantic,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  and 
passed  some  months  in  Spain  and  the  south  of  France.  Soon 
after  his  return,  in  the  summer  of  1862,  it  became  evident  his 
health  was  not  materially  improved  ;  and,  after  remaining  a  short 
time  in  Hingham,  he  sought  the  relief  which  he  hoped  the  cli 
mate  of  New  Hampshire  might  afford.  There  he  remained  a  few 
months,  when  his  vital  energies  had  become  so  exhausted,  that 
he  once  more  returned  to  the  quiet  repose  and  loving  care  of 
home.  Here  the  slow  wasting  of  consumption  terminated 
in  his  decease  at  his  mother's  residence. 

He  married,  20  March,  1856,  Catharine,  only  daughter  of 
Col.  H.  H.  Sylvester,  of  Charlestown,  N.H. 

1851. — WILLIAM  NYE  DAVIS,  of  Boston,  died  in  Nice, 
France,  24  February,  1863,  aged  32  years.  He  was  son  of 
John  Watson  (H.C.  1810)  and  Susan  Holden  (Tallman)  Davis, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  2  December,  1830.  He  began  his  pre 
paratory  studies  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School,  where  he 
remained  nearly  five  years,  leaving  in  the  spring  of  1847,  when 
he  became  a  pupil  of  Shattuck  Hartwell  (H.C.  1844),  who  was 
at  that  time  a  tutor  in  college,  with  whom  he  continued  until  he 
entered  the  freshman  class  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  term, 
February,  1848.  After  graduating,  he  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge,  and  completed  his  studies  under 
the  instruction  of  William  Howard  Gardiner  (H.C.  1816),  of 
Boston.  On  his  admission  to  the  Suffolk  bar,  he  established 
himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston. 

He  married,  24  March,  1856,  Mary  C.,  daughter  of  William 
Howard  Gardiner,  of  Boston.  They  had  no  children.  In 
1860,  on  account  of  pulmonary  affection,  he  went  to  France, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  While 
residing  in  Nice,  he  met  with  a  most  heartrending  affliction,  on 


1862-63.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  489 

the  8th  or  9th  of  February,  1863,  by  the  sudden  death  of  his 
wife,  caused  by  her  clothes  accidentally  taking  fire.  This  sad 
event  completely  overcame  him.  He  was  soon  afterwards 
attacked  twice  by  severe  hemorrhage  from  the  lungs,  and  sur 
vived  his  wife  only  about  two  weeks. 

1851. — Major  WILLIAM  DWIGHT  SEDGWICK  died  at  Kee- 
dysville,  Md.,  30  September,  1862,  of  wounds  received  at  the 
battle  of  Antietam,  17th  of  the  same  month,  aged  31  years. 
He  was  the  only  son  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Dwight) 
Sedgwick,  and  was  born  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  27  June,  1831.  At 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  his  father  sent  him  to  Illinois,  where 
he  spent  a  summer  with  a,  farmer,  who  was  a  relative,  and  who 
then  lived  in  a  log-house  ;  where  he  learned  and  performed  every 
kind  of  farm-work  of  which  a  boy  of  that  age  is  capable.  His 
father  believed,  that,  without  some  personal  knowledge  and  expe- 
perience  of  labor,  he  could  not  have  a  proper  sympathy  with 
laboring  men.  He  spent  one  year  at  a  French  school  in  New 
York,  and  one  in  a  boys'  school  taught  by  Rev.  Samuel  P.  Parker 
(H.C.  1824)  in  Stockbridge,  Mass.  ;  and  pursued  the  studies 
preparatory  to  admission  into  college  under  the  instruction  of 
his  mother,  and  at  the  academy  in  Lenox.  After  leaving  col 
lege,  he  spent  a  winter  in  a  law-office  ;  then  went  abroad,  and 
studied  a  portion  of  his  professsion,  first  in  the  University  of 
Gottingen,  and  then  in  that  of  Breslau.  He  was  abroad  about 
seventeen  months.  Soon  after  his  return,  he  entered  the  Cam 
bridge  Law  School,  where  he  remained  a  year,  and  then  estab 
lished  himself  as  a  lawyer  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  After  the  breaking- 
out  of  the  war,  he  forsook  his  profession,  and  was  commissioned 
as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Second  Massachusetts  Regiment.  He  went 
into  the  service  with  the  regiment ;  was  made  ordnance-officer 
of  Gen.  Banks's  corps  ;  and  was  soon  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
major  on  the  staff  of  his  kinsman,  Gen.  Sedgwick,  with  many 
and  weighty  duties  faithfully  discharged.  All  through  the  fear 
ful  battles  before  Richmond,  he  went  with  little  food,  almost 
without  sleep,  for  days,  worn  down  with  fatigue  and  exhaustion, 
fighting  at  every  step,  and  winning  the  praise  of  his  chief.  In 
the  great  battle  of  Antietam,  while  attempting  to  rally  and 

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490  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

re-form  a  regiment  in  some  disorder,  he  received  a  fatal  wound. 
Seven  hours  and  a  half —  from  half-past  eight  in  the  morning 
until  half-past  three  in  the  afternoon  —  he  lay  on  the  hard 
ploughed  ground ;  while  the  shells,  the  cannon-balls,  and  the 
bullets  of  the  foe  were  showering  over  and  around  him.  As 
he  was  lying  there,  his  body  from  his  waist  to  his  feet  para 
lyzed,  and  unable  to  move,  he  felt  for  his  diary,  and  wrote  in  it 
a  few  modest,  manly  words,  "  Say  that  he  tried  to  do  his  duty  ;" 
and  making  some  suggestions  in  behalf  of  his  family.  At  the 
close  of  a  long  letter,  in  which  he -gave  his  share  of  the  dreadful 
news  and  sufferings  of  the  retreat  from  before  Richmond,  he 
said,  "My  country  is  welcome  to  every  drop  of  my  blood." 
He  was  fully  persuaded  that  the  war  would  be  fruitless,  com 
paratively,  unless  slavery  were  completely  eradicated  ;  and  said, 
"  I  love  my  wife  and  children  as  well  as  any  man ;  but  I  would 
engage  never  to  see  them  again,  if  thereby  I  could  secure  the 
eradication  of  slavery." 

He  married  in  1857,  at  Hanover,  Germany,  Louisa  Frede- 
rica  Tellkampf,  daughter  of  Professor  Adolf  Tellkampf,  of  that 
place.  HI  left  three  little  girls,  the  youngest  of  whom  he  never 
saw.  She  was  born  in  July,  1861,  after  he  had  enlisted  in  the 
army,  and  bidden  what  proved  to  be  his  last  farewell. 

1851. — Rev.  THEODORE  TEBBETS  died  in  New- York  city, 
29  January,  1863,  aged  31  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Noah 
(Bowd.  C.  1822)  and  Mary  Esther  (Woodman)  Tebbets,  and 
was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  1  April,  1831.  His  father,  the 
son  of  James  (a  blacksmith)  and  Mary  (Nutter)  Tebbets,  was 
born  in  Rochester,  N.H.,  26  December,  1802;  was  a  lawyer 
and  circuit-judge  of  the  Qourt  of  Common  Pleas  of  New  Hamp 
shire  ;  and  moved  from  Parsonsfield  to  Rochester,  in  November, 
1834  or  1835,  where  he  died  9  September,  1844.  His  mother 
was  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Hall  (D.C.  1794),  a  lawyer  of 
Portsmouth,  N.H.,  and  Sarah  (Chase)  Woodman;  was  born 
in  Portsmouth,  12  January,  1808  ;  and  was  grand-daughter  of 
Stephen  Chase  (H.C.  1764),  a  merchant  of  Portsmouth.  In 
May,  1845,  the  subject  of  this  notice  went  to  Parsonsfield  to 
live  on  a  farm ;  and  in  the  following  August  left,  and  entered 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  491 

Phillips  Academy  in  Exeter,  N.H.  In  August,  1847,  he 
entered  Bowdoin  College,  but  returned  to  Exeter  to  fit  for  ad 
mission,  a  year  in  advance,  at  Harvard,  as  all  his  friends  went 
to  Cambridge.  He  procured  a  dismission  from  Bowdoin,  and 
entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Harvard,  in  August,  1848. 
Being  entirely  without  property,  he  was  supported  by  his  own 
exertions,  and  by  the  funds  for  assisting  poor  students  at  Exeter 
and  Cambridge.  He  taught  school,  in  the  winter  of  1847-8, 
in  Rochester,-  N.H.  He  attained  a  high  rank  of  scholarship  in 
college.  He  took  the  first  Bowdoin  prize  for  English  composi 
tion,  in  the  senior  year,  for  a  dissertation  on  "  The  Characteristics 
of  a  Philosophical  History ;  "  also  the  prize  for  Latin  prose 
composition,  for  a  dissertation,  "De  Sepulchris  Etruscis  ;"  and, 
at  commencement,  the  fifth  English  oration  was  assigned  to  him. 
After  graduating,  he  entered  the  Divinity  School  at  Cambridge, 
where  he  remained  till  February,  1852.  From  March,  1852, 
to  July,  1853,  he  was  teacher  of  the  ancient  languages  in  Exeter 
Academy  ;  and  from  October,  1854,  to  July,  1855,  was  proctor 
in  college.  He  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  Smith  Unitarian 
Church  in  Lowell,  as  successor  of  Rev.  Henry  A.  Miles  (B.U. 
1829),  19  September,  1857.  He  preached  two  Sundays,  and 
was  taken  with  a  typhoid-fever,  from  which  he  did  not  recover 
entirely  for  a  year.  He  resigned  his  pastorate  in  May,  185fi, 
and  spent  the  summer  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals.  In  January,  1857, 
he  received  a  call  from  the  First  Parish  in  Medford,  as  suc 
cessor  of  Rev.  John  Pierpont ;  and  was  installed  15  April,  1857. 
In  the  autumn  of  1858,  he  was  attacked  Avith  symptoms  of  pul 
monary  disease,  which  resulted  in  a  slight  hemorrhage  in 
February,  1859  :  he  had  preached  in  the  mean  while,  with  the 
exception  of  one  Sunday.  He  left  New  York  for  the  South,  14 
February,  1859,  and  spent  the  winter  in  Savannah  and  Florida  ; 
but  returned  in  the  spring,  and  resumed  preaching.  He  preached 
three  half-days,  and  then  was  attacked  with  a  severe  hemorrhage 
from  the  lungs  ;  went  to  the  Isle  of  Shoals,  1  August,  where 
he  remained  till  18  November,  gaining  health  and  strength. 
He  went  to  Savannah  again,  14  January,  1860  ;  and  thence  to 
Florida,  where  he  remained  till  3  May ;  thence  to  Savannah, 


492  NECROLOGY  OP  ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

and  returned  to  Medford.  Finding  the  life  of  a  minister  was 
out  of  the  question,  he  sent  in  a  peremptory  resignation  ;  preached 
for  the  last  time,  12  July;  and  his  resignation  was  accepted 
1  August,  1859. 

He  afterwards  went  into  business  as  a  coal-dealer  in  Boston, 
and  opened  an  office  at  No.  3,  Merchants'  Exchange  ;  but  was 
soon  afterwards  obliged  to  relinquish  it  on  account  of  his  health. 
The  closing  years  of  his  life  tested  and  testified  to  the  strength 
of  his  religious  faith.  With  unsurpassed  patience,  a  patience 
that  veiled  itself  with  cheerfulness,  asking  neither  for  sympathy 
nor  pity,  he  submitted  to  the  loss  of  all  his  most  cherished  pur 
suits.  Not  only  the  profession  he  so  loved,  but  all  study  and 
continuous  effort,  must  be  relinquished  ;  and  yet  no  one  ever 
heard  him  refer  to  baffled  hopes,  or  indicate  that  he  was  pecu 
liarly  unfortunate.  His  faith  in  the  all-wise  Father  was  the  pillar 
of  fire  through  the  darkness. 

His  printed  works  were  several  articles  in  the  "  Monthly  Re 
ligious  Magazine  ;  "  also  a  sermon  in  the  same  magazine  for 
May,  1858,  on  "  The  Revival  ; "  "A  Memoir  of  the  late  Judge 
Tebbets,  of  New  Hampshire ; "  "A  Memoir  of  William  Gib 
bons." 

He  married,  3  June,  1857,  Ellen  Sever,  daughter  of  Col. 
John  and  Anna  Dana  Sever,  of  Kingston,  Mass.  They  had 
one  son,  John  Sever,  born  4  July,  1858. 

1852.  —  Dr.  SAMUEL  FOSTER  HAVEN  was  killed  at  the  bat 
tle  of  Fredericksburg,  13  December,  1862,  aged  30  years.  He 
was  the  only  son  of  Samuel  Foster  (H.C.  1826)  and  Lydia 
Gibbon  (Sears)  Haven,  and  was  born  at  the  house  of  his  grand 
father,  Hon.  Samuel  Haven  (H.C.  1789),  in  Dedham,  Mass., 
20  May,  1831.  In  August  of  the  same  year,  he  went  with 
his  parents  to  live  in  Dracut,  Mass.,  where  they  resided  a  little 
more  than  one  year.  They  then  removed  to  Lowell,  where  his 
father  practised  law.  After  living  there  three  years,  he  spent 
the  winter  of  1835-6  in  Dedham.  In  April,  1836,  he  was 
sent  to  Salem  to  live  with  a  private  family.  About  a  year  af 
terwards,  he  returned  to  Dedham;  and  soon  afterwards  went  to 
a  boarding-school  in  Needham,  where  he  remained  three  years. 


1862-63.]  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.  493 

In  1839,  he  went  to  live  in  Worcester  with  his  father,  who  had 
removed  thither  in  1837,  where  he  now  resides,  and  holds  the 
office  of  librarian  of  the  Antiquarian  Society.  The  subject  of 
this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Worcester  High  School. 

In  January,  1853,  he  began  his  medical  studies  in  the 
office  of  Dr.  Henry  Sargent,  of  Worcester  ;  and  was  next  in  the 
Medical  School  at  Boston.  The  last  year  of  his  studies,  he 
had  the  appointment  of  house  pupil  at  the  Massachusetts  Gen 
eral  Hospital.  He  graduated  at  the  Medical  College,  7  March, 
1855  ;  and,  the  same  year,  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  In  the  summer  of  the  same 
year,  he  went  abroad  for  professional  improvement,  with  particu 
lar  reference  to  the  department  of  ophthalmology.  He  spent  a 
winter  in  Paris,  and  passed  the  following  year  partly  at  Vienna 
and  partly  at  Berlin.  On  his  return  to  Boston,  he  took  an 
office  in  Asylum  Street ;  but,  in  the  spring  of  1858,  he  removed 
to  Worcester,  where  he  proposed  to  attend  chiefly  to  diseases  of 
the  eye.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war,  he  immediately  offered 
to  enter  the  service ;  and,  when  the  Fifteenth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  was  organized,  he  joined  it  as  assistant-surgeon. 
The  illness  and  absence  of  the  senior-surgeon  left  him  alone  in 
the  medical  care  of  the  regiment  for  many  months  ;  and,  on  the 
ultimate  retirement  of  that  officer,  he  was  commissioned  in  his 
place.  During  the  whole  of  his  service,  he  devoted  all  his  ener 
gies  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  never  left  his  post  for 
rest  or  recreation.  Believing  it  to  be  his  duty  to  be  where  he 
could  render  instant  aid  to  the  wounded,  he  always  accompanied 
his  regiment  into  battle,  entirely  regardless  of  personal  exposure. 
When  his  regiment  went  into  the  engagement  at  Fredericksburg, 
where  he  lost  his  life,  he  was  remonstrated  with  by  the  medical 
director  of  the  division  for  wanting  to  go  with  them,  and  ordered 
to  report  himself  at  the  hospital ;  but  his  desire  to  be  with  the 
men  was  so  urgent,  that  he  was  permitted  to  accompany  them  : 
and  he  was  killed  by  a  shell,  while  marching  by  the  side  of  the 
color-bearer,  13  December,  1862. 

He  had  neither  the  faculty  nor  disposition  for  slighting  any 
part  of  his  duty  ;  and,  whatever  he  undertook  to  do,  his  nature 


494  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

required  him  to  do  earnestly  and  thoroughly.  By  his  presence 
in  the  midst  of  the  conflicts,  he  is  said,  by  an  officer,  to  have 
saved  lives  that  must  otherwise  have  been  lost  for  want  of  imme 
diate  attention  ;  and  the  consciousness  of  such  a  possibility,  in  his 
judgment,  not  only  justified,  but  demanded,  the  personal  expo 
sure  of  the  surgeon  to  the  same  risks  that  were  encountered  by 
the  men.  He  was  a  careful  student,  and  fond  of  literary  and 
scientific  research.  Two  of  his  essays  were  printed ;  one  on 
"  Intestinal  Obstructions,"  and  one  on  "  Cysterci  within  the 
Eye."  When  he  entered  the  army,  he  had  nearly  ready  for  the 
press  a  chronological  catalogue  of  books  and  pamphlets  printed 
in  this  country  from  its  settlement  to  the  period  of  the  revolu 
tion,  writh  an  introductory  chapter.  This  was  a  continuation  and 
extension  of  a  list  which  was  begun  by  Isaiah  Thomas,  the  author 
of  the  "  History  of  Printing  in  America,"  but  never  completed,  or 
arranged  from  the  materials  he  had  gathered.  He  \vas  in  the 
battles  of  Ball's  Bluff,  Yorktown,  Fair  Oaks,  Savage's  Station, 
the  seven-days'  fighting  on  the  retreat  to  Harrison's  Landing, 
Antietam  (where  his  regiment  was  very  badly  cut  to  pieces),  and 
the  first  battle  of  Fredericksburg. 

1852.  — Capt.  WILLIAM  DUNCAN  McKiM  was  killed  in  the 
rebel  service  in  the  battle  of  Chancellors ville,  3  May,  1863, 
aged  30  years.  He  was  son  of  William  and  Margaret  I). 
(Hollins)  McKim,  and  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  27  June, 
1832.  His  father  was  son  of  William  Duncan  and  Susan 
(Haslett,  of  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland)  McKim,  and  was 
born  21  December,  1808  ;  is  a  banker  in  Baltimore ;  one  of 
their  most  esteemed  citizens  and  straight-out  union-men.  His 
mother  was  daughter  of  John  Smith  'and  Rebecca  (Dugan) 
Hollins,  and  was  born  in  Baltimore,  April,  1810.  The  subject 
of  this  notice  always  lived  in  Baltimore ;  was  fitted  for  college 
by  Michael  R.  McNally,  and  entered  at  the  beginning  of  the 
second  term  of  the  sophomore  year. 

1852. — Col.  PAUL  JOSEPH  REVERE  died  of  wounds  re 
ceived  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Penn.,  4  July,  1863,  aged 
30  years.  He  was  son  of  Joseph  Warren  and  Mary  (Robbins) 
Revere,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  10  September,  1832.  His 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  495 

father  was  son  of  Paul  Revere  of  revolutionary  history,  who 
changed  his  name  from  Eevoir.  Paul's  father's  name  was  Apol- 
los  ;  was  born  in  France ;  went  to  the  Isle  of  Guernsey  when 
young  ;  and  his  father,  Simeon,  was  obliged  to  leave  the  country 
at  the  revocation  of  the  edict  of  Nantes.  The  mother  of  the 
subject  of  this  notice  was  a  daughter  of  Judge  Edward  Hutch- 
inson  Bobbins  (H.C.  1775),  of  Milton.  In  1839,  young  Re 
vere  went  to  Milton  Academy,  where  he  remained  four  years 
under  Mr.  Marsh ;  then  went  about  a  year  and  a  half  to  the 
Boston  Latin  School ;  then  about  a  year  to  Rev.  Samuel  Ripley 
(H.C.  1804),  of  Waltham;  then  about  a  year  to  Mr.  William 
Hathorne  Brooks  (H.C.  1827),  of  Boston;  then  to  Dr.  W.  A. 
Davis,  of  Dorchester,  previously  of  Roxbury  ;  then,  about  six 
months  before  entering  the  sophomore  class,  was  with  John 
Brooks  Felton  (H.C.  1847),  in  Cambridge.  He  did  not  study 
any  profession  after  leaving  college.  AVhen  the  war  broke  out, 
he  volunteered  his  services  in  behalf  of  his  country.  He  was 
commissioned  major  in  the  Twentieth  Regiment  of  Volunteers  ; 
was  in  the  battle  of  Ball's  Bluff,  where  he  was  taken  prisoner, 
carried  to  Richmond,  and  kept  in  close  confinement  for  several 
months  ;  being  one  of  the  officers  held  by  the  rebels  as  hostages 
for  the  rebel  privateersmen.  After  his  exchange,  he  was  pro 
moted  to  be  colonel  of  the  Twentieth  Regiment. 

He  married,  17  March,  1859,  Lucretia  Watson,  daughter  of 
Rev.  William  Parsons  Lunt  (H.C.  1823),  of  Quincy.  The 
issue  of  this  marriage  was  two  children,  —  one  son  and  one 
daughter,  —  who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him. 

1852. — Dr.  ROBERT  WARE  died  in  Washington,  N.C., 
10  April,  1863,  aged  29  years.  He  was  son  of  Dr.  John 
(H.C.  1813)  and  Helen  (Lincoln)  Ware,  and  was  born  in 
Boston,  2  September,  1833.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Boston  Latin  School.  On  leaving  college,  he  determined  to 
enter  the  medical  profession.  He  began  his  studies  under  the 
instruction  of  his  father,  with  whom  he  continued  until  May, 
1854  ;  when  he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  remained  until  Sep 
tember,  1855,  spending  about  six  months  of  the  time  in  Paris, 
studying  in  the  French  hospitals.  On  his  return,  he  continued 


496  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

his  studies  with  his  father,  and  graduated  at  the  Medical  School 
in  1856,  when  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston. 
In  July,  1857,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  district  physicians 
of  the  Boston  Dispensary.  He  was  remarkably  successful  in 
his  practice ;  which  increased  rapidly,  as  his  father  was  intend 
ing  to  relinquish  the  profession  to  his  son.  On  the  breaking- 
out  of  the  war,  he  was  one  of  the  first  physicians  to  enter 
the  service  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  and  continued  in  its 
service  until  the  close  of  the  Peninsula  campaign  in  Virginia. 
He  was  subsequently  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Forty-fourth 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  with  which  he  left  for  the  seat  of  war. 
On  his  arrival  in  North  Carolina,  his  arduous  labors  and  ex 
posures  to  the  unhealthy  climate  brought  on  a  fever,  of  which 
he  died,  after  a  few  days'  illness.  Such  is  the  brief  record  of 
a  life  of  stainless  virtue,  and  of  modest,  wise,  and  effective  de 
votion  to  the  public  service.  His  manly,  thoughtful,  earnest 
simplicity  indicated  all  the  ancestral  virtues  that  were  shining 
in  his  character.  Few  gave  such  promise  of  eminence  in  his 
profession.  But  one  so  wise,  so  virtuous,  was  well  prepared  to 
sacrifice  his  life  in  the  service  of  his  country. 

He  was  never  married. 

1852.  — Major  SIDNEY  WILLARD  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  14  December,  1862,  aged  31  years.  He 
was  son  of  Joseph  (H.C.  1816)  and  Susannah  Hicklin  (Lewis) 
Willard,  and  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  3  February,  1831. 
In  1831,  he,  with  his  parents,  removed  to  Boston,  which  was 
his  subsequent  residence.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Bos 
ton  Latin  School.  While  an  undergraduate,  he  was  a  diligent 
student,  and  held  a  respectable  rank  in  his  class.  In  his  junior 
year,  he  taught  school,  during  the  winter  vacation,  in  Deerfield, 
Mass.  He  was  distinguished  for  his  athletic  powers  and  his  in 
vincible  courage.  After  graduating,  he  entered  the  Harvard 
Law  School,  and  remained  there  a  little  more  than  one  term. 
From  April,  1853,  to  May,  1854,  he  was  teaching  in  Charles- 
town,  N.H.,  and  at  the  same  time  studying  law  in  the  office  of 
Judges  Gushing  and  Gilchrist.  In  June,  1854,  he  entered  the- 
office  of  Hon.  Charles  Greely  Loring  (H.C.  1812),  of  Boston. 


1862-63.]  OP   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  497 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  19  April,  1856.  In  July,  1856, 
he  went  to  the  West,  and  returned  to  Boston,  after  an  absence 
of  about  three  months.  In  October,  1856,  he  opened  an  office 
in  Court  Street,  where  he  remained  until  he  left  for  the  seat  of 
war.  His  moral  character  was  irreproachable.  From  moral 
conviction,  he  was  strongly  antislavery  in  his  principles.  From 
1854,  besides  being  occupied  by  his  profession,  he  was  more  or 
less  engaged  in  giving  instruction  to  private  pupils.  He  wrote 
an  article  entitled  "  A  Night  in  a  Wherry,"  which  was  pub 
lished  in  the  "  Atlantic  Monthly  "  for  October,  strongly  indica 
tive  of  his  insensibility  to  fear.  In  the  summer  of  1862,  he 
determined  to  devote  himself  to  the  service  of  his  country ;  and, 
haying  a  taste  for  the  military  art,  was  commissioned  as  a  major 
of  the  Thirty-fifth  Regiment  of  the  Massachusetts  troops.  He 
was  employed  for  some  time  before  his  departure  in  drilling 
soldiers,  at  which  he  was  very  expert. 

He  married,  21  August,  1862,  Sarah  Ripley,  daughter  of 
Augustus  Henry  Fiske  (H.C.  1825),  of  Boston;  and  left  the 
next  day,  with  his  regiment,  for  the  seat  of  war ;  bidding,  sad  to 
say,  a  last  farewell  to  his  newly  married  wife. 

1853.  —  Lieut. -Col.  WILDER  DWIGHT  died  in  a  hospital, 
near  Boonesborough,  Md.,  19  September,  1862,  of  wounds 
received  in  the  battle  of  Antietam.  He  was  son  of  Wil 
liam  (H.C.  1825)  and  Elizabeth  Amelia  (White)  Dwight, 
and  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  23  April,  1833.  His 
father  was  son  of  Hon.  Jonathan  Dwight  (H.C.  1793)  ;  was 
born  in  Springfield,  5  April,  1805  ;  and  was  a  lawyer  in  that 
place ;  but  subsequently  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  en 
gaged  in  manufactures,  residing  in  Brookline.  His  mother 
was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Daniel  Appleton  White 
(H.C.  1797),  and  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  4  August, 
1809. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy  in  Exe 
ter,  N.H.  He  attained  a  distinguished  rank  of  scholarship  in 
his  class,  and  graduated  with  high  honors.  Immediately  after 
graduating,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
gained  the  first  prize  in  1855.  He  then  visited  Europe,  where 

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498  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

he  spent  fifteen  months,  travelling  through  Spain,  in  company 
with  Hon.  Millard  Fillmore.  On  his  return,  he  pursued  his 
law-studies  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Caleb  Gushing  (H.C. 
1817),  the  attorney-general  of  the  United  States;  and  in  that 
of  Hon.  Ebenezer  Rockwood  Hoar  (H.C.  1835),  and  Horace 
Gray,  jun.,  Esq.  (H.C.  1845).  He  was  admited  to  the  bar 
in  1856,  and  began  practice  in  Boston  in  1858,  where  he  soon 
gave  promise  of  future  eminence  in  his  profession ;  and  no 
man  of  his  age  had  a  higher  position  at  the  bar  when  he  left 
the  profession  for  the  field.  He  had  studied  law  with  great 
assiduity ;  and  his  knowledge  of  the  sciences  was  not  only  ex 
tensive  and  exact,  but  also  systematic  and  practical.  He  fre 
quently,  during  the  four  years  he  was  in  practice,  appeared 
before  the  Supreme  Court ;  and  many  of  his  arguments  there 
displayed  learning,  research,  and  vigorous  practical  logic,  which 
promised  to  make  him  leader  of  the  profession. 

When  the  \var  broke  out,  he  left  his  profession  to  serve 
his  country ;  and,  with  Col.  Gordon,  organized  the  Second 
Massachusetts  Regiment ;  one  of  the  first  two  regiments  which 
entered  the  field  under  the  President's  original  call  for  three- 
years'  men.  In  the  summer  of  1861,  he  was  commissioned  as 
major,  and  served  through  the  laborious  campaign  on  the 
Potomac.  The  Second  Massachusetts,  under  Col.  Gordon, 
covered  the  disastrous  retreat  of  Gen.  Banks  down  the  She- 
nandoah.  At  Winchester,  after  a  display  of  individual  cour 
age  and  admirable  presence  of  mind,  he  was  taken  prisoner, 
but  was  immediately  paroled.  When  Col.  Gordon,  for  his 
distinguished  services,  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  brigadier- 
general,  Major  Dwight  became  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  regi 
ment.  After  his  exchange,  he  returned  to  active  service  ;  and 
in  the  battle  of  Antietam,  16  September,  1862,  received  his 
mortal  wound.  He  was  distinguished  for  singular  independ 
ence  of  character.  His  thought  was  clear  and  well  defined,  his 
statements  lucid,  his  convictions  strong.  The  same  rare  traits 
adorned  his  short  professional  career ;  and,  seconded  by  other 
shining  qualities,  enabled  him  to  achieve  a  reputation,  as  a 
military  officer,  beyond  that  of  most  civilians.  His  clearness 


1862-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  499 

of  insight,  his  promptness  of  execution,  his  decision  of  charac 
ter,  his  insensibility  to  fear,  and  his  dignified  familiarity,  won 
the  confidence,  the  admiration,  and  the  love  of  his  command. 

1854.  —  Capt.  RICHARD  CHAPMAN  GOODWIN  was  killed 
in  the  battle  at  Cedar  Mountain,  Va.,  9  August,  1862,  at  the 
age  of  28  years.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Ozias  and  Lucy  N. 
(Chapman)  Goodwin,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  11  October, 
1833.  He  went  to  a  private  school  in  Boston  until  1845,  and 
then  entered  the  Latin  school,  where  he  was  fitted  for  college. 
After  graduating,  he  determined  to  pursue  the  mercantile  profes 
sion  ;  and  in  August,  1854,  he  entered  the  counting-room  of 
TTilliam  Story  Bullard ,  of  Boston  ;  but  soon  afterwards  went 
abroad,  where  he  spent  several  years  in  foreign  travel,  and 
returned  in  1858.  In  1861,  immediately  after  the  breaking-out 
of  the  rebellion,  he  raised  a  company  of  Massachusetts  volun 
teers,  of  which  he  was  appointed  captain ;  and  was  attached,  as 
Company  K,  to  the  Second  Regiment,  under  Col.  George  H. 
Gordon. 

1854. — EDMUND  RHETT  died  in  Spartansburg,  S.C.,  15 
February,  1863,  aged  29  years.  He  was  son  of  Hon.  Robert 
Barn  well  and  Elizabeth  (Burnet)  Rhett,  and  was  born  in 
Charleston,  S.C.,  19  November,  1833.  His  time,  before  enter 
ing  college,  was  passed  between  Washington,  Charleston,  and 
his  father's  plantation  on  the  Ashepoo  River.  He  returned 
from  Washington  in  1848  ;  when  his  father  resigned  the  seat  he 
had  held  in  the  lower  house  for  about  thirteen  years.  He  entered 
the  sophomore  class  of  the  South-Carolina  College  in  1850  ; 
took  an  honorable  dismission,  with  one  hundred  and  ten  others, 
in  December,  1852,  on  account  of  certain  differences  which  arose 
between  the  students  and  the  college-government ;  and  entered, 
in  March,  1853,  the  junior  class,  half  advanced,  at  Harvard.  In 
alluding  to  himself,  he  said,  when  in  college,  ''As  my  first 
appearance  in  this  world  of  jests  was  amidst  the  disturbances  of 
nulliiicatioii  in  South  Carolina,  so  probably  will  my  life  continue 
through  a  series  of  political  struggles  and  commotions  only  ; 
but  the  last  act  which  it  shall  witness  will  be  more  effective, 
and  more  finally  decisive  for  the  maintenance  of  the  integrity  of 
my  state,  than  the  first." 


500  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

He  afterwards  studied  law  in  Charleston,  and  intended  to 
practise  in  California ;  but  he  afterwards  became  assistant- editor 
of  the  "  Charleston  Mercury, "  of  which  paper  his  father  was 
proprietor. 

1854. — Lieut. -Col.  JAMES  SAVAGE  died  in  the  hospital 
in  Charlottes ville,  Va.,  22  September,  1862,  of  wounds  re 
ceived  in  the  battle  at  Cedar  Mountain  on  the  9th  of  August, 
aged  30  years.  He  was  the  only  son  of  Hon.  James  (H.C. 
1803)  and  Elizabeth  Otis  (Stillman)  Savage,  and  was  born  in 
Boston,  21  April,  1832.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Bos 
ton  Latin  School,  and  held  a  respectable,  but  not  distinguished, 
rank  in  his  class. 

The  love  of  excellence,  rather  than  the  ambition  to  excel, 
was  always  a  controlling  motive  in  his  life  and  conduct.  He 
secured  the  respect  of  his  teachers  by  the  correctness  and  purity 
of  his  course,  and  was  much  beloved  by  his  classmates  for  the 
rare  truth  and  nobleness  of  his  character.  He  early  showed  a 
great  love  for  music ;  and  this,  with  the  study  of  horticulture, 
equally  an  object  of  his  regard,  filled  all  his  leisure  hours.  Soon 
after  leaving  college,  he  went  to  Europe,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  profiting  by  the  instructions  of  Professor  Liebig  and 
others,  at  Munich  and  Berlin,  in  agricultural  chemistry,  and 
other  departments  ;  visiting,  with  a  student's  appreciation,  the 
galleries  of  art,  and  cultivating  his  taste  for  music.  Upon  his 
return,  he  was  undetermined  as  to  the  path  in  life  he  should 
take,  having  no  decided  taste  for  either  of  the  so-called  learned 
professions,  and  having  found,  by  six  months'  reading  of 
law,  that  the  confinement  incident  to  them  was  incompatible 
with  his  health.  With  more  than  common  muscular  strength 
and  activity,  a  person  manly  and  vigorous,  and  presenting  all 
the  external  aspects  of  health,  his  constitution  was  such  as  to 
make  sedentary  employments  pernicious,  and  much  exercise  in 
the  open  air  necessary.  Fond  of  rural  employments,  of  which 
he  had  acquired  no  small  knowledge  from  his  studies  and  ob 
servations  at  home  and  abroad,  and  enjoying  nature  with  a 
poetical  enthusiasm,  he  determined  to  make  agriculture  his 
profession  ;  and,  with  that  view,  purchased  a  small  farm  in  the 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  501 

town  of  Ashland,  where,  for  two  years,  he  spent  most  of  his 
time  in  the  practical  labors  of  the  husbandman.  In  the  midst 
of  these  occupations,  he  became  interested  in  the  great  ques 
tions  of  the  day,  and  gave  his  heartiest  sympathy  to  the  cause 
of  human  freedom.  The  strong  love  of  justice  inherited  from 
his  father,  showing  itself  in  indignation  against  wrong  and  op 
pression  in  every  form,  was  confirmed  at  this  time  by  his  reading 
and  reflection,  and  prepared  him  to  take  an  active  part  in  the 
defence  of  free  principles  whenever  they  were  assailed.  Fol 
lowing  these  convictions,  as  well  as  his  interest  in  the  occasion 
itself,  he  attended  the  meetings  in  connection  with  the  death  of 
John  Brown,  held  in  December,  1860,  where  he  remained 
through  the  day,  despite  the  insults  of  a  vulgar  and  excited  mob, 
and  showed  then,  and  on  subsequent  occasions,  his  determina 
tion,  at  all  personal  risks,  to  protect  freedom  of  discussion,  and, 
as  he  said,  "  to  give  fair  play."  With  these  characteristics,  it 
need  hardly  be  said  that  he  responded  to  the  first  call  of  his 
country  for  defenders  in  the  field  with  a  deep  and  earnest  en 
thusiasm.  Already,  in  anticipation  of  such  a  call,  he  had  been 
devoting  himself  to  the  practice  and  study  of  military  tactics  as 
a  member  of  a  drill-club,  and  had  shown  his  superior  fitness  for 
the  duties  of  a  soldier.  With  his  friends  Dwight  and  Curtis, 
he  worked  zealously  in  organizing  the  Second  Regiment  of 
Massachusetts  Volunteers,  since  so  distinguished  for  its  disci 
pline,  valor,  and  sacrifices  ;  and,  with  his  friend  and  lieutenant, 
Henry  Higginson,  recruited  the  company  placed  under  his  com 
mand.  His  regiment  left  Boston  on  the  8th  of  July,  1861. 
Its  subsequent  career  is  part  of  the  history  of  the  country.  In 
all  its  fortunes,  whether  successful  or 'adverse,  Capt.  Savage 
bore  a  distinguished  part.  During  fourteen  months  of  his  la 
borious  service,  he  never  asked  a  furlough ;  nor  was  he  ever 
absent  from  his  post,  except  when  suffering  from  a  fever  con 
tracted  on  picket-duty  on  the  Potomac.  The  men  under  his 
command  were  noted  for  their  orderly  conduct,  as  well  as  for 
their  endurance  and  unflinching  courage  in  all  the  trials  of  camp 
and  march  and  battle-field.  With  a  heart  as  tender  as  it  was 
brave,  his  profession  served  to  bring  out  more  distinctly  the  gentle 


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and  generous  qualities,  which,  in  times  of  peace,  had  made  him  so 
dear  to  his  kindred  and  friends.  This  union  of  gentleness  with 
the  sterner  traits  of  character  is  illustrated  by  the  incident,  that 
in  the  Shenandoah  campaign,  while  pursuing  a  squad  of  rebel 
cavalry  who  had  fired  on  our  pickets,  he  snatched  from  the 
ground  the  first  flower  of  spring,  a  humble  hepatica,  as  it 
attracted  his  attention  in  the  dry  oak-leaves,  not  relaxing  for  an 
instant  his  eager  chase.  Of  his  tender  thoughtfulness ,  what 
more  touching  evidence  could  be  given  than  his  offering  of  roses 
to  the  dying  German  bugler  of  the  New- York  Eighth,  at  Win 
chester,  accompanied  by  kind  words  in  the  language  that 
recalled  his  fatherland? 

The  following  tribute  to  Col.  Savage's  worth  as  a  patriot  and 
soldier  is  copied  from  the  "Boston  Daily  Advertiser,"  to  which 
it  was  contributed  by  Col.  Samuel  M.  Quincy,  soon  after  the 
news  of  Col.  Savage's  death  :  — 

"  Of  Col.  Savage's  life  previous  to  the  war,  of  the  services  of  the 
regiment  to  which  he  belonged,  and  the  manner  of  his  death,  others 
have  written.  It  is  my  desire  simply  to  bear  witness  to  the  estima 
tion  in  which  his  character  was  held,  and  the  appreciation  which  it 
received  among  his  fellow-officers.  He  was  universally  acknowledged 
to  have  entered  the  service  simply  and  entirely  from  his  sense  of  duty, 
and  conviction  of  right.  With  others,  although  patriotism  was, 
beyond  doubt,  the  underlying  motive,  still  each  man  was  conscious  of 
a  variety  of  inducements  and  reasons  which  influenced  his  final  deci 
sion.  Not  so  with  Savage  :  the  cause  of  freedom  and  right  was  to 
be  fought  for ;  and,  beyond  that,  he  never  thought  of  looking.  For 
his  character,  as  it  was  developed  and  brought  to  our  notice  by  the 
varied  duties  and  experiences  of  the  campaign,  the  feeling  of  admira 
tion  was  universal.  To  an  almost  feminine  gentleness  and  amiability 
he  joined  the  indomitable  energy  and  resolution  which  became  the 
man.  When,  before  the  regiment  had  yet  been  in  action,  officers 
around  their  camp-  or  picket-  fires  at  night  would  discuss  its  probable 
behavior,  there  was  one  universal  sentiment ;  viz.,  that  '  Jim  Savage,' 
at  least,  would  fight,  as  it  was  once  expressed,  '  like  Mr.  Valiant-for- 
Truth,  until  his  sword  clove  to  his  hand  : '  and  this  prediction  he  well 
fulfilled  at  Newtown,  Winchester,  and  Cedar  Mountain  ;  on  which 
last  disastrous  field  he  fell,  struck  by  two  bullets.  As  he  lay  on  the 


1862-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  503 

field,  he  was  found  by  Capt.  Russell,  whom  he  earnestly  requested  not 
to  remain,  but  to  save  himself;  which  request,  it  is  needless  to  say, 
that  officer  disregarded,  though  at  the  expense  of  his  own  safety. 
Col.  Savage  was  taken  to  Chariottesville,  where  it  is  gratifying  to 
think  that  he  found  friends,  and  where,  on  the  22d  of  October,  1862, 
his  mortal  frame  had  no  longer  strength  to  retain  the  soul  of  one  of 
the  bravest  Christian  gentlemen  that  ever  drew  sword  for  the  right 
since  the  world  began.  He  was  the  only  man  ever  known  to  the 
writer  who  seemed  fully  to  observe  the  title  given  to  the  model  of 
French  knighthood,  —  Chevalier  sans  pcur  et  sans  reproche" 

1856. — Lieut.  STEPHEN  GEORGE  PERKINS  was  killed  in 
the  battle  at  Cedar  Mountain,  Ya. ,  9  August,  1862,  at  the  age 
of  26  years.  He  was  son  of  Stephen  H.  and  Sarah  S.  (Sullivan) 
Perkins,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  18  September,  1835.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  partly  by  Thomas  Gamaliel  Bradford 
(H.C.  1822),  and  partly  by  William  Parsons  Atkinson  (H.C. 
1838).  After  graduation  he  travelled  in  Europe,  and  returned 
in  October,  1857.  He  joined  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge  at 
the  March  term  in  1858  ;  and  joined  the  Scientific  School  in 
September,  1859,  as  a  student  in  mathematics  ;  where  he  re 
mained  until  he  resolved  to  devote  his  services  to  aid  in  the 
preservation  of  the  Union.  He  received  a  commission  as 
second-lieutenant  in  Company  H,  of  the  Second  Regiment, 
under  Col.  George  H.  Gordon  ;  where  he  remained,  discharging 
his  duty  with  great  ardor,  until  his  life  was  sacrificed  in  defend 
ing  the  flag  which  was  so  dear  to  him. 

1857.  —  Capt.  HOWARD  DWIGHT  was  killed  by  guerillas 
7  May,  1863,  at  Courtableau,  on  the  Mississippi  River,  while 
bearing  despatches  from  his  brother,  Gen.  Dwight, — to  whose 
staff  he  was  attached,  —  to  Gen.  Banks.  He  was  son  of  Wil 
liam  (H.C.  1825)  and  Elizabeth  Amelia  (White)  Dwight, 
and  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  29  October,  1837.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  N.H.  After 
graduating,  he  went  to  the  West,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
business  when  the  war  broke  out.  He  immediately  enlisted, 
and  devoted  what  proved  to  be  the  remainder  of  his  life  to  the 
service  of  his  country.  The  manner  of  his  death  is  thus  de- 


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scribed  in  a  New-Orleans  paper  :  "  He  left  the  headquarters  of 
his  brother  on  the  morning  of  the  4th  ;  and,  proceeding  rapidly 
along  the  road  from  Alexandria  to  Franklin,  on  reaching 
Courtableau,  he  was  hailed  by  three  rebel  guerillas.  He  stopped, 
and  asked  them  who  they  were ;  when  they  presented  their 
revolvers,  and  asked  him  to  dismount.  As  there  were  three  to 
one,  and  the  captain  was  unarmed,  he  was  forced  to  comply  ; 
remarking,  'I  cannot  help  myself,  and  therefore  surrender.' 
But  the  heartless  representatives  of  the  chivalry  retorted,  '  We 
don't  want  a  prisoner  : '  and  they  immediately  fired  two  shots  at 
him,  one  of  which  took  effect  in  his  leg ;  but  the  other,  which 
proved  mortal,  passed  through  his  head.  The  guerillas  then 
left  him  lying  on  the  road ;  but  the  body  was  watched  over  by  a 
small  boy  who  had  witnessed  the  cold-blooded  transaction, 
and  who  afterwards  related  the  circumstances  to  some  of  Gen. 
Dwight's  cavalry  which  happened  to  pass  that  way  soon  after, 
and  found  the  body." 

His  genial  social  qualities,  his  unflinching  bravery,  and  his 
sterling  character,  had  endeared  him  to  his  fellow-officers  ;  and 
his  death  and  the  manner  of  it  will  not  be  quickly  forgotten. 

A  meeting  of  the  members  of  his  class  in  college  was  held  on 

O  O 

the  20th  of  May,  and  a  series  of  resolutions  passed  expressive 
of  their  sense  of  his  merits  as  a  genial  companion,  a  beloved 
classmate ;  and  "  that  the  atrocious  circumstances  of  his  death 
make  it  peculiarly  a  martyrdom  ;  and  that  his  cherished  memory 
shall  give  a  new  earnestness  to  our  loyalty  to  the  great  cause 
in  the  defence  of  which  he  fell." 

1857.  —  SAMUEL  BKECK  PARKMAN  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Antietam,  Md.,  17  September,  1862,  aged  26  years.  He 
was  born  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  1  November,  1836.  He  was 
in  the  rebel  army,  first-lieutenant  of  Reed's  Battery,  from 
Georgia ;  and  was  major  upon  Gen.  Longstreet's  staff  when  he 
was  killed.  He  was  left  an  orphan  at  an  early  age,  by  the  loss 
of  both  parents  in  the  steamer  "  Pulaski,"  which  was  destroyed 
by  fire,  when  off  the  coast  of  North  Carolina,  on  her  passage 
from  Charleston  for  Baltimore,  14  June,  1838.  Among  the 
names  of  those  lost  were  Mr.  S.  B.  Parkman,  Master  Park- 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  505 

man,  Miss  A.  Parkman,  Miss  C.  Parkman,  Miss  T.  Parkman. 
In  a  paragraph  in  the  account  of  the  burning  of  the  steamer, 
it  is  stated  that  "the  persons  by  the  name  of  Parkman 
were  the  family  of  S.  B.  Parkman,  of  Savannah,  and  formerly 
of  Westborough,  Mass."  They  were  probably  descendants  of 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Parkman  (H.  C.  1721),  who  was  born  in 
Boston,  5  September,  1703  ;  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  church 
of  \Vestborough,'28  October,  1724;  and  died  9  December, 
1782,  aged  80  years.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  cared 
for  by  an  aunt,  who  supplied  the  place  of  a  mother  to  him.  He 
had  two  sisters.  He  passed  some  time  at  the  military-school 
in  Sing-Sing,  N.Y.,  before  entering  college.  After  gradu 
ating,  he  read  law  in  Savannah,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
due  time  ;  became  a  member  of  the  Georgia  Historical  Society  ; 
and  fin-ally  joined  the  Savannah  troop  of  cavalry.  In  the  sum 
mer  of  1860,  he  travelled  in  Europe ;  returned  in  the  fall,  and 
visited  Boston. 

He  married,  in  December,  1860,  Nannie  Bierne,  of  Virginia, 
a  very  wealthy  lady. 

1857.  —  GEORGE  AVHITTEMORE  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Antietam,  Md.,  17  September,  1862,  at  the  age  of  25  years. 
He  was  the  son  of  George  and  Anna  (Mansfield)  Whittemore, 
and  was  born  in  Boston,  19  December,  1836.  He  was  educated 
at  the  public  schools  in  Boston  ;  and  was  prepared  for  admis 
sion  to  college  at  the  public  Latin  School,  where  a  Franklin 
medal  was  awarded  to  him  in  1853.  His  parents  removed 
from  Boston  to  Gloucester,  Mass.,  during  his  last  year  at  the 
Latin  school ;  and  this  town  was  his  home  during  his  college- 
course.  Soon  after  entering  upon  his  college-course,  he  attained 
a  high  rank  among  the  best  scholars  in  his  class,  and  grad 
uated  with  honors.  During  three  of  the  winters  while  in  college, 
he  taught  school  in  Gloucester  and  Northampton.  After  grad 
uating,  he  was  for  a  time  an  assistant  in  the  private  latin-school 
of  Mr.  Epes  Sargent  Dixwell  (H.C.  1827)  in  Boston.  He 
then  studied  law  in  the  office  of  John  Jones  Clark  (H.C. 
1823)  and  Lemuel  Shaw  (H.C.  1849)  in  Boston.  He  was 
of  an  amiable  disposition,  modest  and  unassuming  in  his  man- 

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ners.  His  tastes  were  naturally  quiet  and  scholarly  ;  yet  he 
had  a  spirit  of  adventure  and  a  fondness  for  manly  sports, 
which  led  him,  after  three  years,  teaching,  and  reading  law,  to 
join  a  party  for  travel  and  exploration  to  the  South-west.  His 
arrangements,  however,  were  not  carried  out,  and  he  returned 
after  a  brief  absence.  In  August,  1861,  he  enlisted  for  three 
years  in  Capt.  Saunders's  company  of  sharpshooters,  determined 
to  devote  himself  to  the  service  of  his  country.  On  the  morning 
of  his  departure  for  the  seat  of  war,  he,  after  an  examination, 
was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar.  He  was  an  excellent  marks 
man  ;  and,  from  his  first  fight  in  a  skirmish  at  Edwards's  Creek 
to  the  day  of  his  last  battle,  he  did  his  duty  with  his  corps  as  a 
true  soldier  of  the  flag. 

1858.  — PAUL  MITCHELL  ELIOT  died  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  26  November,  1862,  aged  25  years.  He  was  son  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Dawes  and  Frances  Lincoln  (Brock)  Eliot, 
and  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  13  September,  1837. 
His  father  was  son  of  William  Greenleaf  Eliot,  and  was  born 
in  Boston,  20  March  1808.  He  graduated  at  Columbian  Col 
lege,  Washington,  D.C.,  in  1825,  his  parents  having  resided 
many  years  in  Washington  ;  is  a  lawyer  in  New  Bedford,  and 
is  now  a  representative  in  Congress  from  the  First  Congres 
sional  District  of  Massachusetts.  The  mother  of  young  Eliot 
was  a  native  of  Nantucket.  He  was  a  student  at  the  Friends' 
Academy  in  New  Bedford,  under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Abner 
Jones  Phipps  (D.C.  1838) ,  from  1847  to  1850,  when  he  entered 
the  Bristol  Academy  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  under  Mr.  Henry 
Blatchford  Wheelwright  (H.C.  1844),  where  he  completed  his 
preparatory  studies  for  entering  college.  After  graduating,  he 
determined  to  engage  in  mercantile  business.  In  October,  1858, 
he  went  to  St.  Louis,  and,  1  January,  1859,  entered  the  count 
ing-room  of  the  Atlantic-Mills  Co.  in  that  city,  where  he 
remained  one  year,  and,  1  January,  1860,  entered  the  store  of 
F.  B.  Chamberlain  and  Co.  ;  and  while  there,  having  been  en 
gaged  one  very  hot  day  in  marking  goods  in  the  sun,  he  was 
affected  by  a  sun-stroke,  from  which  he  never  recovered. 
In  November  of  that  year,  he  left  St.  Louis  on  account  of  ill 


1862-6,-).]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  507 

healtli,  and  spent  the  winter  in  Washington,  where  his  father 
was  attending  Congress  ;  and  in  March,  1861,  returned  to  New 
Bedford.  His  brain  having  been  affected,  the  disease  produced 
mental  imbecility.  His  father  took  him  to  New  York,  and 
placed  him  in  a  private  hospital  under  the  charge  of  a  dis 
tinguished  physician,  but  without  any  benefit.  He  remained 
there  more  than  a  year,  when  death  ended  the  scene. 

1858. — Dr.  HENRY  AUGUSTUS  RICHARDSON  died  of  con 
sumption,  in  Cambridge,  1  July,  1863,  aged  26  years.  He 
was  born  in  Boston,  25  November,  1836,  the  son  of  George 
C.  and  Susan  Gore  (Moore)  Richardson.  His  father,  now  a 
merchant  in  Boston,  was  the  son  of  a  physician  in  Royalston, 
from  whom  Henry  probably  derived  a  fondness  for  the  study  of 
medicine,  and  a  power  of  accurate  observation,  that  led  him  to 
the  same  profession.  When  he  was  very  young,  his  family 
removed  to  their  present  residence  in  Cambridge,  where  he  pre 
pared  for  college  at  the  Hopkins  Classical  School,  and  at  the 
High  School.  In  1853—4,  he  completed  his  studies  at  Exeter 
Academy,  entering  the  freshman  class  in  1854. 

He  early  developed  a  taste  for  chemistry  ;  and,  in  college,  he 
added  a  keen  interest  in  anatomy  and  other  branches  of  medical 
science,  and,  with  a  set  of  congenial  minds,  turned  his  attention 
to  personal  investigations.  For  six  months  before  graduation, 
he  attended  lectures  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  and  in 
October,  1858,  became  a  pupil  of  Dr.  C.  A.  Davis,  at  the 
Marine  Hospital  in  Chelsea,  where  he  remained  three  years. 
During  this  period,  he  followed  certain  courses  at  the  school ;  in 
1860-1,  attended  regularly  all  the  lectures;  and  received  his 
degree  in  July,  1861.  His  classmates,  Drs.  Francis  and  Cobb, 
were  associated  with  him  at  the  hospital  in  the  latter  part  of  his 
residence.  In  May,  1861,  he  became  assistant-physician  in  the 
hospital.  In  August,  he  passed  examination  in  Boston  ;  Avas 
commissioned  acting  assistant-surgeon,  and  appointed  to  the 
steamer  "  Cambridge,"  Capt.  Parker,  of  the  North-Atlantic  block 
ading  squadron.  In  this  duty  he  remained  nearly  a  year;  the 
steamer  being  constantly  employed  in  the  blockade  of  Beaufort 
and  Wilmington,  N.C.  In  his  exposure  to  cold  and  wet,  and 


508  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

restraint  from  exercise,  while  upon  this  service,  the  development 
of  the  disease  commenced,  which  had  been  fatal  to  his  mother 
and  older  brother. 

In  July,  1862,  he  was  forced  by  his  ill  health  to  resign  his 
commission  ;  and  spent  the  following  months,  till  November,  in 
the  southern  part  of  New  Hampshire.  As  a  last  expedient,  to 
stay  the  disease  by  residence  in  a  dryer  climate,  he  went  to  Min 
nesota,  and  spent  the  winter  and  spring  at  St.  Paul.  But  the 
winter  was  extraordinarily  open ;  and  the  melting  snow  filled  the 
air  with  moisture,  so  that  he  derived  no  benefit  from  the  change. 
In  March,  he  was  joined  by  his  brother,  and  seemed  to  gain 
strength  till  his  return  home  in  the  last  of  May.  From  this 
time  he  rapidly  failed,  but  remained  constantly  cheerful  and 
social,  though  perfectly  aware  of  the  nature  of  his  decline.  On 
class-day,  being  unable  to  witness  the  festivities  on  the  college- 
grounds,  he  invited  several  classmates  to  a  quiet  party  in  his 
own  room.  One  of  his  last  acts  was  to  send  for  the  photographs 
of  his  class,  that  he  might  recall  their  memories,  and  enjoy  the 
pleasure  of  their  silent  society. 

Dr.  Eichardson  lacked  the  brilliant  gifts  that  have  made 
others  distinguished.  He  was  not  ready  of  speech,  or  skilful  in 
gathering  the  learning  of  books,  but  was  conscious  that  his  pe 
culiar  talent  would  be  discovered  in  studies  requiring  a  power  of 
exact  and  complete  observation.  In  this  he  remarkably  excelled, 
and  he  wisely  guided  himself  by  it  in  the  choice  of  a  profession. 
He  was  sincere,  courteous,  and  frank,  though  reserved,  gener 
ous,  and  devoted  in  his  friendships  to  a  remarkable  degree ; 
signally  free  from  vanity  ;  devoid  of  envy  or  malice  ;  sympathiz 
ing,  cheerful,  full  of  animal  spirit  and  the  zest  for  nature,  and 
gifted  with  a  quick  sense  of  humor.  His  firmness  and  self-reli 
ance  fitted  him  peculiarly  for  his  profession,  while  his  personal 
traits  made  him  a  favorite  in  every  professional  and  social  rela 
tion. 

1858.  — Lieut.  THOMAS  JEFFERSON  SPURR  died  in  Hagers- 
town,  Md.,  27  September,  1862,  of  wounds  received  in  the 
battle  of  Antietam,  on  the  17th  of  the  same  month,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-four  years.  He  was  son  of  Samuel  D.  and  Mary  A. 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  509 

(Lamb)  Spurr,  and  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  2  February, 
1838.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Worcester  High  School, 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  George  Capron  (B.U.  1847).  At 
the  outset  of  his  college  career,  he  took  rank  with  the  foremost ; 
but,  in  the  second  term  of  his  junior  year,  an  affection  of  the 
eyes  came  upon  him,  compelling  him  to  withdraw  from  his  stud 
ies  for  a  while.  He  made  a  voyage  to  Fayal,  returned  with 
improved  health,  and  resumed  his  connection  with  his  class  ;  but 
was  compelled  to  employ  the  aid  of  a  "  reader."  He  was 
honored  by  his  classmates  with  an  election  to  the  Phi-Beta- 
Kappa  Society,  as  a  token  of  the  rank  which  he  would  have  held 
but  for  his  affliction.  After  graduating,  he  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  his  brother-in-law,  George  Frisbie  Hoar  (H.C.  1846)  ; 
and  in  September,  1859,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cam 
bridge,  and  continued  his  studies  until  the  first  of  April,  1861, 
when  he  sailed  for  Russia,  in  the  bark  "Ethan  Allen,"  for  a  plea 
sure-trip,  to  return  through  England  in  the  autumn.  Hearing  of 
the  rebellion,  he  hastened  home  to  offer  his  services  to  his  coun 
try.  He  was  commissioned  as  first-lieutenant  in  Company  G,  in 
the  Fifteenth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  held 
his  commission  until  his  death.  At  the  battle  of  Antietam,  he 
fell  while  forming  his  company  in  line.  He  was  removed  by  a 
rebel  officer  to  the  shade  of  a  haystack,  where  he  lay  four  days. 
On  the  21st,  he  was  found  by  his  friends,  and  removed  to  a 
better  shelter;  and,  on  the  22d,  was  moved  to  Hagerstown,  eight 
miles,  where  his  mother,  his  family-physician,  and  other  friends, 
met  him  on  the  24th;  and  on  Saturday,  the  27th,  he  tran 
quilly  passed  away.  He  expressed  no  regret  at  his  fate,  saying 
that  he  knew  that  many  must  fall,  and  he  would  claim  no  exemp 
tion.  His  character  exhibited  a  combination  of  womanly  gentle 
ness  with  manly  strength  :  he  was  "pure  in  heart,"  and  a  true 
Christian. 

The  following  letter  from  Lieut. -Col.  Kimball,  of  the  Fif 
teenth  Regiment,  is  indicative  of  the  estimation  in  which  he  was 
held  by  his  associates  in  arms  :  — 


510  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

"  WAERENTON,  VA.,  Nov.  18,  1862. 

"  The  death  of  Lieut.  Spun*  was  a  sad  blow  to  the  regiment.  His 
place  cannot  be  filled.  He  came  among  us  a  stranger  to  us  all ;  but 
by  his  manly  traits  of  character,  his  kind,  noble,  and  generous  nature, 
he  won  the  esteem  of  all,  —  officers  and  men.  He  was  ever  faithful 
to  his  trust ;  and  his  courage  and  bearing  were  undoubted.  His 
memory  will  be  most  dearly  cherished  by  his  comrades  ;  and  they  will 
always  point  with  pride  to  his  private  virtues  and  his  military  career, 
which  were  such  as  it  would  be  alike  honorable  and  manly  to  follow. 
His  noble  bearing  on  the  battle-field  of  Antietam,  where  he  refused  to 
be  carried  to  the  rear  when  mortally  wounded,  was  worthy  of  the 
man,  the  hero,  he  was  ;  and  Avon  the  praise  of  all  his  companions." 

1859.  —  Capt.  GEORGE  WELLINGTON  BATCHELDER  was 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Antietam,  17  September,  1862,  aged  23 
years.  He  was  son  of  Jacob  (D.C.  1830)  and  Mary  W. 
(Wellington)  Batchelder,  and  was  born  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  20  De 
cember.  1838.  His  mother  was  daughter  of  the  late  Eev. 
Charles  Wellington,  D.D.,  of  Templeton,  Mass.  (H.C.  1802). 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Lynn  High  School  under  the 
instruction  of  his  father.  He  held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholar 
ship  in  his  class,  and  graduated  with  honors.  After  leaving 
college,  he  studied  law  about  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  office  of 
Perry  and  Endicott,  of  Salem.  At  his  country's  call  in  April, 
1861,  he  was  one  of  the  first  to  enlist  in  the  ranks  ;  and,  two 
days  after  his  return  with  the  three-months'  troops,  he  enlisted 
for  three  years.  He  was  commissioned  as  first  lieutenant  in 
Company  C  of  the  Nineteenth  Regiment,  and  was  afterwards 
promoted  to  the  captaincy  of  the  same  company.  On  the  even 
ing  previous  to  the  eventful  17th  of  September,  he  gave  to  his 
lieutenant,  the  late  lamented  Newcomb,  special  directions  to  be 
followed  if  it  should  be  his  lot  to  fall  on  the  next  day  ;  and,  in 
the  hottest  of  the  battle  of  the  17th,  called  him  again  to  his  side, 
repeated  his  injunctions,  and  informed  him  where  he  would  find 
a  record  of  his  wishes.  Among  these  occurs  the  following 
sentence,  written  with  a  pencil,  though  unsigned  by  him:  "I 
wish  my  books  to  go  to  my  father  and  mother,  and,  after 
their  decease,  to  be  given  to  Harvard  College."  His  sisters, 


18G2-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  511 

who  alone  are  interested  in  the  final  disposition  of  his  books, 
will  be  ready  at  the  appointed  time  to  execute  the  sacred 
trust. 

A  letter  from  Lieut.  Hill,  of  the  Nineteenth  Regiment,  says, 
"While  rallying  his  company,  George  received  two  wounds, — 
one  from  a  fragment  of  a  shell,  and  one  from  a  bullet.  His 
health  impaired  by  disease  from  which  he  had  not  recovered, 
and  the  loss  of  blood,  rendered  the  wound  fatal.  He  died  in 
the  afternoon  of  the  same  day,  passing  from  sleep  to  death 
quietly  and  without  a  struggle,  —  his  last  words,  f  Mother,  O 
my  mother!"  Lieut.  Hill  continues:  "We  all  feel,  that,  in 
losing  him,  we  have  met  with  an  irreparable  loss.  HOAV  can  we 
feel  otherwise,  when,  by  his  kind  and  cheerful  disposition,  his 
upright  and  honorable  dealings  with  all,  his  brave  and  unflinch 
ing  courage,  he  has  bound  himself  so  closely  to  us  all?"  He 
well  deserved  the  compliment  I  once  heard  paid  him  by  a  fellow- 
officer,  who  said  of  him,  "  He  was  the  most  honorable  man  I  ever 
knew."  With  a  well-stored  mind,  and  a  communicative  dis 
position,  it  was  impossible  to  be  long  in  his  society  without 
learning  something.  As  an  officer,  he  had  no  superior.  Firm, 
yet  gentle,  he  secured  the  love  and  respect,  as  well  as  the  cheer 
ful  and  ready  obedience,  of  his  inferiors.  Sharing  with  his 
men,  without  complaint,  the  dangers  and  hardships  of  the  cam 
paign,  he  secured  their  confidence,  and,  in  battle,  urged  them 
on  to  deeds  of  valor  by  his  own  noble  example.  He  died  in  a 
noble  and  just  cause, — the  cause  he  espoused,  and  for  which 
he  endured  so  many  hardships  and  privations  to  sacrifice  his  life 
for  his  country.  Another  fellow-officer  says,  with  impressive 
beauty  of  expression,  "We  had  pictured  for  him  a  glorious 
future  :  shall  it  be  less  bright  because  not  wrought  out  in  our 
presence?."  Another,  a  clergyman  and  a  classmate,  after  a 
visit  to  the  old  college-rooms,  writes,  "  I  could  not  restrain  a 
sharp  pain  at  his  early  death  ;  but  there  followed  a  soothing 
satisfaction  at  the  thought  of  his  generous  self-sacrifice  for  his 
country's  sake,  and  I  felt  the  stimulus  of  his  brave  example. 
The  spirit  that  hath  such  power  to  quicken  and  strengthen  our 
spirits  cannot  die." 


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1859.  —  HENRY  WELD  FULLER  died  in  Roxbury,  Mass., 
3  May,  1863,  aged  23  years.  He  was  son  of  Henry  Weld 
(Bowd.  C.  1828)  and  Mary  Storer  (Goddard)  Fuller,  and  wa^ 
born  in  Augusta,  Me.,  7  December,  1839.  His  father  was  son 
of  Henry  Weld  Fuller  (D.C.  1801),  of  Augusta.  His  mother 
was  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Lucretia  (Dana)  Goddard,  of 
Boston.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Roxbury  Latin  School 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Augustus  Howe  Buck.  During 
his  collegiate  course,  he  met  with  a  severe  accident  in  the  streets 
of  Boston  ;  having  been  knocked  down  by  a  runaway  horse, 
whereby  his  spine  was  injured,  and  from  which  he  never  fully 
recovered.  In  consequence  of  this,  he  was  interrupted  in  his 
studies  in  college  for  a  considerable  time,  and  was  thus  pre 
vented  from  gaining  such  a  standing  of  scholarship  as  his  talents 
would  have  enabled  him  to  take.  Immediately  after  graduat 
ing,  he  entered  the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  where  he  re 
mained  until  his  impaired  health  obliged  him  to  leave  ;  and  his 
bright  prospects  of  entering  upo»  the  active  duties  of  life  were 
thus  early  extinguished  to  enter  into  the  brighter  scenes  of  an 
other  existence.  The  great  charm  of  his  genial  nature  was  his 
kindness  of  heart  and  perfect  disinterestedness.  The  sunny 
cheerfulness  of  his  character  sustained  him  through  the  weary 
days  and  sleepless  nights  of  his  long  illness,  and  seemed  to 
triumph  over  the  insidious  malady  to  which  he  finally  succumbed. 
His  tastes  were  simple  and  pure  ;  and  they  reflected  the  charac 
ter  of  his  mind,  which  was  allied  to  every  thing  noble,  gener 
ous,  and  true,  and  were  strikingly  exemplified  in  his  fondness 
for  whatever  was  most  refined  and  elevated  in  literature  and 
art. 

1859.  —  FRANCIS  CURTIS  HOPKINSON  died  in  Stanley  Hos 
pital,  in  Newbern,  N.C.,  13  February,  1863,  aged  .24  years. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Thomas  (H.C.  1830)  and 
Corinna  Aldrich  (Prentiss)  Hopkinson,  and  was  born  in  Keene, 
N.H.,  11  June,  1838.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Boston 
Latin  School,  where  he  was  distinguished  for  his  acquirements 
in  the  classics.  During  his  college-course,  he  was  distinguished 
for  his  facility  in  English  composition  and  Latin  versification, 


1862-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  513 

for  which  he  took  a  Bowdoin  prize.  He  also  contributed  several 
humorous  articles  for  the  "  Harvard  Magazine."  After  graduat 
ing,  he  was  employed  for  some  time  in  writing  critical  notices 
for  the  "Boston  Daily  Advertiser,"  and  was  soon  afterwards 
engaged  for  a  similar  service  for  the  "Atlantic  Monthly."  He 
was  at  this  time  a  student-at-law  in  the  office  of  Horace  Gray, 
jun.  (H.C.  1845),  and  the  late  Wilder  D wight  (H.C.  1853)  ; 
and  was  completing  his  studies  at  the  Law  School  in  Cambridge, 
when  the  call. came  for  the  nine-months'  men.  He  then  felt  that 
the  war  was  a  matter  of  self-defence  and  of  honor  to  the  North. 
He  enlisted,  in  August,  1862,  from  Cambridge,  in  Company  F, 
Massachusetts  Forty-fourth,  as  a  private.  He  was  in  both  of 
Gen.  Foster's  expeditions,  and  was  warmly  engaged  at  the  battle 
of  Whitehall,  near  Goldsborough,  N.C.  In  that  battle  he  fought 
with  Company  A,  his  own  company  not  being  engaged  ;  and  he 
was  highly  praised  by  his  officers.  He  caught  a  fever  while  on 
picket  on  the  18th  of  January  ;  and,  during  his  entire  illness, 
he  was  delirious,  with  very  brief  intervals.  From  the  time  he 
enlisted,  he  seemed  to  have  a  strong  presentiment  that  he  should 
not  return  ;  and  he  remarked  to  a  friend,  that  he  hoped  he  should 
not  die  in  a  hospital.  It  seemed,  however,  to  Infinite  Wisdom, 
that  his  wish  in  this  respect  should  not  be  granted.  Esteemed  by 
his  officers,  his  wit,  vivacity,  cheerfulness,  and  good  nature  were 
the  traits  which  endeared  him  to  his  companions  of  the  barrack. 
By  them  he  was  elected  to  preside  at  the  dinner  given  by  the 
company  upon  Thanksgiving  day,  when  his  few  touching  re 
marks  showed  how  dearly  he  loved  the  home  which  he  had  sacri 
ficed  so  readily  to  what  he  deemed  his  duty. 

1859.  —  Capt.  NATHANIEL  BRADSTREET  SHURTLEFF  fell  at 
the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  near  Culpepper,  in  Virginia, 
9  August,  1862,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years.  He  was  born 
in  Boston,  16  March,  1838,  and  was  the  first-born  child  of  his 
parents,  Nathaniel  Bradstreet  (H.C.  1831)  and  Sarah  Eliza 
(Smith)  Shurtleff,  both  of  whom  are  now  living  in  Boston,  their 
native  city.  His  grandparents,  on  his  father's  side,  were  Dr. 
Benjamin  (B.U.  1796)  and  Sally  (Shaw)  ShurtlefF,  who  took 

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514  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

up  their  abode  in  Boston  on  marriage,  about  the  commencement 
of  the  century,  leaving  the  county  of  Plymouth,  where  their 
ancestors  had  dwelt  since  the  first  settlement  of  the  Old  Colony, 
nearly  all  of  the  most  remote  of  them  having  come  to  New  Eng 
land  in  either  the  "May  Flower,"  "Fortune,"  or  "Ann,"  the  three 
earliest  vessels  that  conveyed  the  Pilgrim  forefathers  to  these 
shores.  On  his  maternal  side,  his  grandparents  were  Hiram  and 
Sarah  Eemington  (Beal)  Smith,  also  of  Boston. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  received  his  early  school-training  in 
the  Boston  public  schools,  and  took  a  Franklin  medal  in  1850 
at  the  Adams  School,  then  kept  in  Mason  Street ;  and  another 
in  1855  at  the  public  Latin  School,  where  he  was  fitted  for  col 
lege  under  the  pupilage  of  that  eminent  scholar  and  teacher, 
Francis  Gardner  (H.C.  1831),  and  from  which  he  immediately 
entered  the  university,  chumming  the  first  year  with  his  school 
mate  and  classmate,  Clinton  A.  Cilley,  and  rooming  alone  the 
remainder  of  the  college  course.  On  leaving  college,  he  entered 
active  life  with  all  those  high  hopes  which  naturally  belong  to 
youth,  ambition,  cultivation,  and  brilliant  talents.  Even  in  his 
college  and  in  his  schoolboy  days,  the  determined  character  and 
firm-set  principles  which  marked  him  as  a  man  shone  forth.  The 
eldest  son  of  a  family  possessing  an  unusually  large  share  of  the 
Puritan  blood  of  the  first  settlers  of  New  England,  and  long 
identified  with  Protestantism,  he  became  a  Roman  Catholic  while 
at  school,  and  for  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  a  devoted  adhe 
rent  of  that  communion,  humbling  himself  to  his  new  faith,  and 
gathering  around  him  large  numbers  of  the  young  and  neglected, 
to  whom  he  gave  instruction,  and  over  whom  he  watched  with 
the  strictest  vigilance  and  almost  parental  care.  Immediately 
after  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  novitiate  of  the  order  of 
Jesuits,  at  Frederick  City,  in  Maryland,  and  there  continued  until 
the  following  February,  when,  failing  in  health,  in  consequence 
of  the  strict  personal  discipline,  hard  study,  enfeebling  depriva 
tions,  and  self-sacrificing  labors,  he  was  obliged  to  undergo,  he 
set  aside,  for  a  while,  his  great  purpose  of  life  ;  and  thereupon 
entered  the  law  office  of  William  Brigham  (H.C.  1829)  in 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD    COLLEGE.  515 

Boston,  where  he  was  making  good  progress  in  his  studies  when 
the  present  unnatural  rebellion  broke  out. 

Having  an  ardent  temperament,  and  being  an  enthusiast  for 
the  unsullied  preservation  of  the  constitution,  and  for  the  union 
of  the  states,  which  he  warmly  advocated  by  his  public  acts  and 
speeches,  he,  on  the  20th  of  April,  1861  (the  day  after  the  brutal 
assault  upon  the  Sixth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Volunteers  by 
a  mob  in  Baltimore) ,  determined  to  devote  himself  to  the  cause  of 
his  country,  and  tendered  his  services  to  Fletcher  Webster  (H.C. 
1833),  to  assist  in  enlisting  the  Twelfth  Eegiment  for  the  three- 
years'  service  ;  and,  on  the  following  Monday  morning,  opened 
papers  in  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  in  Boston,  for  that  purpose. 
So  great  was  the  success  of  this  effort,  that,  in  less  than  three 
days  from  the  opening  of  these  papers  on  the  22d  of  April,  the 
regiment  was  filled  and  the  lists  closed,  men  enough  for  sixteen 
full  companies  having  offered  for  the  service  ;  and  the  organiza 
tion  of  the  regiment  was  completed  in  the  short  space  of  sixteen 
days  ;  for,  on  the  7th  of  May  following,  the  Webster  Regiment  (for 
by  this  name  it  will  ever  be  remembered)  was  uniformed,  armed, 
officered,  and  in  camp  at  Fort  Warren,  in  Boston  harbor. 
Mr.  Shurtleff,  who  had  served  as  a  private  in  the  Independent 
Company  of  Cadets  of  Boston,  was  elected  by  Company  D,  which 
he  joined,  as  captain  ;  and  the  company,  in  consequence  of  being 
adopted  by  the  Latin  School,  took  for  name  "  The  Latin-School 
Guard."  Nearly  three  long  and  dull  months  to  the  soldiers,  who 
were  anxious  for  service,  were  spent  by  this  regiment  at  Fort 
Warren  ;  and,  although  it  was  sooner  mustered  into  the  United- 
States  service,  it  was  not  until  the  23d  of  July,  1861,  that  this 
magnificent  regiment,  whose  excellence  for  drill  and  discipline 
had  become  famous,  left  Fort  Warren  for  the  seat  of  war.  A 
short  time  before  leaving  the  fort,  the  Latin-School  boys  pre 
sented  their  adopted  company  with  a  classic  standard,  constructed 
after  the  ancient  form  of  that  borne  by  the  Roman  maniple.  The 
following  extract  from  Capt.  Shurtleff 's  almost  prophetic  speech 
of  acceptance  will  clearly  exhibit  his  feelings,  and  the  truly 
heroic  and  noble  sentiments  which  governed  every  action  of  his 
life.  He  spoke  in  behalf  of  his  company,  as  follows  :  — 


516  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

"  I  hardly  know  in  what  way  best  to  return  to  you,  my  fellow- 
schoolmates,  on  behalf  of  the  Latin-School  Guard,  our  sincere  and 
heartfelt  thanks.  I  thank  you  for  your  sympathy  for  me,  and  more 
especially  my  command.  Our  thanks  for  the  standard  which  you  have 
presented  us,  much  as  we  shall  prize  it  as  an  emblem  of  the  esteem 
in  which  we  are  held  by  the  members  of  the  Latin  School,  are  as 
nothing  in  comparison  with  the  gratitude  we  feel  toward  you  for  the 
innumerable  favors  you  have  shown  us  in  a  way  in  which  we  are  much 
more  likely  to  be  neglected.  Presentations  of  banners  and  swords, 
where  a  grand  display  is  to  be  made  and  speeches  exchanged,  are  very 
pleasant  things ;  while  the  more  substantial  favors,  such  as  we  have 
received  from  you,  are  too  apt  to  be  overlooked  and  neglected." 
After  referring  to  the  causes  of  the  delays  which  the  regiment  had 
suffered  in  getting  into  the  field  for  active  service,  he  continued, 
referring  to  the  standard :  "  But,  sir,  our  eagle,  upon  which  the  sun 
smiles  now  so  auspiciously,  differs  in  one  marked  respect  from  the  old 
Roman  eagle.  That  was  the  signal  for  carnage.  Wherever  that 
eagle  was  seen  to  float,  chains  and  slavery  were  sure  to  follow.  Ours 
is  our  own  noble  American  eagle,  which  raises  its  talons  to  strike 
those  only  who  destroy  the  holy  Temple  of  Freedom.  Yes,  we  will 
i  strike  till  the  last  armed  foe  expires.'  Our  eagle  will  strike  his  beak 
into  the  brain  of  every  man  wljo  shall  be  found  with  arms  in  his  hands, 
lifted  against  the  Constitution  of  the  country ;  but,  unlike  the  Roman 
eagle,  when  victory  has  crowned  our  banners,  when  our  flag  waves 
proudly  once  more,  then  his  thirst  for  blood  will  be  satiated,  his  talons 
will  sink  into  their  place,  and  he  will  return  to  you,  no  longer  the  fierce 
bird  of  war,  but  the  emblem  of  the  victory  of  truth  and  freedom  over 
error  and  oppression.  Although  I  can  never  hope  to  meet  my  school 
mates  again  with  my  ranks  as  full  as  they  are  to-day  (for  we  are  liable 
to  the  chances  of  war  ;  and  it  may  be  that  I,  who  now  address  you, 
will  lay  my  bones  beneath  some  Southern  soil),  it  may  be  that  these, 
my  children,  for  whom  I  would  lay  down  my  life,  —  not  one  of  them 
will  ever  return ;  but,  should  that  be  our  fate,  it  will  be,  at  least,  a 
glorious  one.  We  ask  only,  that,  if  it  be  our  lot  to  fall  in  the  cause 
of  liberty  and  justice,  it  may  be  remembered  by  you  all,  that  for 
liberty  we  fought,  and  for  liberty  we  fell ;  and  that  our  eagle  shall  be 
returned  to  you ;  and  that  upon  the  walls  of  your  beautiful  hall,  where 
many  an  ancient  Roman  relic  hangs,  you  may  place  this  eagle  ;  and 
when  some  visitor  shall  look  upon  it,  all  grimed  with  smoke  and 
blood,  —  not  blood  of  Gaul  or  Allobrogian,  but  of  our  own  citizens 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  517 

\vlio  fought  and  bled  for  freedom,  —  and  ask  its  history,  some  future 
master  of  the  school  may  say,  '  In  the  year  1861,  a  son  of  the  great 
expounder  of  the  Constitution  went  forth  to  fight  the  battles  of  his 
country,  and  under  his  command  went  a  company  representing  the 
Latin  School.  They  fought,  triumphed,  and  died  ;  and  that  eagle  was 
their  standard.'  " 

From  the  time  Capt.  Shurtleff  left  Massachusetts,  until  his 
decease,  he  was  constantly  engaged  in  the  service,  except  a  few 
weeks  in  the  subsequent  September,  when  he  was  brought  home, 
reduced  nearly  to  death  by  the  malarious  fever  so  prevalent  in 
western  Maryland.  From  26  January  to  24  February,  1862, 
the  last  month  that  the  Webster  Regiment  formed  part  of  the 
division  under  Major-Gen.  Banks,  Capt.  Shurtleff  was  detailed 
from  his  command  to  act  as  divisionary  judge-advocate,  —  a  duty 
which  he  performed  to  the  highest  satisfaction  of  his  command 
ing  general  and  those  under  him.  The  regiment  was  not  put 
under  fire  until  August,  1862  ;  and  it  was  then,  on  the  9th  of 
that  month,  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  that  Capt.  Shurt 
leff — his  company  having  been  placed  in  an  advanced  position — 
was  slain,  the  first  to  fall,  as  he  was  the  first  to  enlist  in  its 
number.  The  regiment,  having  fallen  into  an  ambush,  had 
been  ordered  to  lie  down  to  avoid  the  fire  of  the  enemy  ;  and  his 
solicitude  for  the  safety  of  his  men  cost  him  his  life.  He  raised 
himself  upon  his  elbow  to  see  if  they  were  protected,  received  a 
ball  in  his  breast,  had  only  time  to  utter,  "  I  am  shot !  —  Mary  ! 
—  pardon  !  "  and  was  dead  before  he  could  be  carried  from  the 
field.  His  dying  expressions  were  those  of  a  true  man,  who,  in 
the  solemn  moment  when  he  felt  that  he  had  given  his  earthly 
all  for  the  cause  he  served,  humbly  and  touchingly  reposed  in 
spirit  with  the  God  he  worshipped.  His  body  was  conveyed  by  a 
trusty  servant  to  Washington,  where  it  was  embalmed,  and 
afterwards  transported  to  Boston  ;  where,  on  the  16th  of  August, 
in  accordance  with  his  own  request,  the  funeral  services  were 
performed  in  the  Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception,  in  the 
imposing  manner  of  the  Jesuits,  by  a  high-mass  requiem.  The 
remains  were  attended  to  Mount  Auburn  by  the  Cadets  and  a 
large  concourse  of  citizens  and  official  persons.  And  there  they 


518  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

repose,  his  last  resting-place  being  marked  by  the  emblem  of  the 
cross  to  which  in  early  life  he  had  consecrated  himself. 

This  notice  cannot  be  better  closed  than  with  the  following 
appropriate  tribute  to  his  pure  and  noble  life,  from  the  pen  of  a 
young  friend  who  knew  him  well :  — 

"  And  so  was  laid  to  rest  all  that  remained  here  of  Nathaniel  B. 
Shurtleff,  jun.,  in  the  first  morn  of  life,  well  educated,  brilliant,  enthu 
siastic,  and  courageous.  Early  in  college-life,  he  took  a  religious  stand 
that  marked  him  there  —  of  all  places  —  as  singular  indeed  ;  but  he 
never  swerved  from  his  position  and  belief  to  the  day  of  his  death. 
He  was  fixed  in  his  opinions,  and  never  hesitated  to  avow  them. 

"  Brought  up  a  Protestant,  at  an  early  age  he  became  a  Catholic, 
and  unhesitatingly  placed  himself  at  the  service  of  the  church.  For 
whatever  labor  he  was  needed,  he  was  ready.  He  worked  energeti 
cally  and  faithfully  among  the  poor  of  his  city ;  he,  with  the  reputa 
tion  of  being  the  best  writer  and  most  eloquent  speaker  of  his  class 
at  Harvard,  devotedly  toiled  in  the  Sunday  school,  teaching  the  poor 
and  ignorant ;  he  rallied  men  around  him  as  he  drew  his  sword  ;  he 
offered  his  life  to  his  country,  and  his  country  has  accepted  and 
received  the  sacrifice.  His  last  words  were,  not  of  home  or  earthly 
endearments,  but  of  spiritual  yearnings. 

"  He  Avho,  being  a  Protestant,  condemns,  in  voice  or  heart,  Nathan 
iel  B.  Shurtleff,  let  him  lead  a  more  devoted  life,  possess  a  more  obedi 
ent  spirit,  live  more  earnestly,  die  more  heroically ;  let  his  last  words 
show  that  his  daily  thoughts  have  been  on  heaven  and  with  heavenly 
persons,  and  then  let  him  leave  the  judgment  with  his  Maker.  For 
my  own  part,  if  I  do  not  believe  his  creed  as  he  did,  yet  do  I  consider 
his  example  as  truly  noble,  manly,  and  pious.  We  may  be  happy  to 
leave  behind  us  as  pleasant  memories,  —  memories  that  will  only 
brighten  when  the  radiance  of  eternal  sunlight  shall  be  poured  upon 
the  acts  of  each  man's  life." 

1860.  —  Capt.  EDWARD  GARDINER  ABBOTT  was  killed  in 
the  battle  at  Cedar  Mountain,  Ya.,  9  August,  1862,  at  the  age 
of  21  years.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Hon.  Josiah  Gardiner 
(H.C.  1832)  and  Caroline  (Livermore)  Abbott,  and  was  born 
in  Lowell,  Mass.,  29  September,  1840.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Lowell  High  School.  After  leaving  college,  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Samuel  A.  Brown,  Esq., 


1862-03.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  519 

of  Lowell.  As  soon  as  the  rebellion  broke  out,  he  was  one  of 
the  first  to  offer  himself  for  the  defence  of  his  country.  He 
raised  the  first  company  in  the  Second  Regiment,  under  Col. 
George  H.  Gordon,  of  which  he  was  appointed  captain  ;  was 
the  first  captain  who  was  sworn  into  the  service  in  this  state, 
and  devoted  himself  with  characteristic  energy  to  the  duties  of 
his  new  profession.  At  the  time  of  Gen.  Banks's  retreat,  in  the 
spring  of  1862,  he  commanded  two  companies  with  a  gallantry 
and  coolness  which  elicited  warm  commendation  from  the  officers 
on  the  field.  His  nature  was  manly  and  brave,  and  his  affec 
tions  were  strong.  In  a  postscript  to  a  letter  to  his  father, 
dated  2  August, — perhaps  the  last  letter  he  ever  wrote,  —  he 
says,  "I  wish  to  tell  you  how  deeply  affected  I  feel  by  your 
kindness  in  this  and  all  other  matters  ;  and  I  promise  you,  that, 
with  God's  help,  I  wilj  never  do  any  thing  to  cause  you  to  be 
sorry  for  it,  or  ashamed  of  me."  His  father,  in  a  letter  to  the 
mayor  of  Lowell,  tendering  his  thanks  to  the  people  of  that  city 
for  their  deep  sympathy  with  him  and  his  family  in  tneir  be 
reavement,  and  in  which  he  speaks  of  his  son,  who  fell  so  gal 
lantly  doing  his  duty,  says,  "I  have  no  certain  information  of 
the  facts  immediately  connected  with  my  son's  death,  except, 
generally,  from  the  fact  of  his  position  as  senior  captain,  his 
company  was  much  exposed.  His  general  writes  me  that  he 
saw  my  son  fall ;  that  his  countenance  in  death  was  as  r  proud 
and  defiant,  though  placid,'  as  when  he  marched  to  the  fight. 
His  colonel,  among  other  things,  said  his  voice,  in  giving  his 
command  to  his  men,  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  was  as  cheer 
ful  and  calm  as  if  on  parade.  In  a  pencilled  note  from  my 
other  son,  in  the  same  regiment,  he  says,  'Ned  fell  while  cheer 
ing  on  his  men.'  I  think  I  can  add  that  he  has  repaid  the  many 
kindnesses  he  and  his  command  have  received  from  Lowell,  by  so 
acting  that  his  native  city  can  point  to  nothing  in  his  life  to  be 
ashamed  of." 

1860. — Lieut.  EDGAR  MARSHALL  NEWCOMB  died  at  Fal- 
mouth,  Ya.,  20  December,  1862,  from  wounds  received  in  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg  on  the  13th  of  the  same  month,  aged 
22  years.  He  \vas  son  of  John  J.  and  Mary  S.  Newcomb,  and 


520  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

was  born  in  Troy,  N.Y.,  2  October,  1840  ;  but  his  parents  re 
moved  to  Boston  when  he  was  a  few  months  old,  where  his  life 
was  passed.  He  was  fitted  for  college,  partly  at  Chauncy- 
Hall  School,  and  partly  at  the  Latin  School,  in  Boston.  He 
held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class  ;  but,  before 
his  collegiate  course  was  completed,  his  health  became  so  much 
impaired,  that  he  left  in  his  senior  year,  before  commencement, 
and  went  to  Europe  in  the  summer  of  1860.  He  spent  the 
autumn  in  travelling  on  foot  through  England  and  France,  with 
the  hope  of  improving  his  physical  condition.  It  had  long  been 
his  purpose  to  become  a  minister  of  the  gospel ;  but  on  his 
return  from  Europe,  his  health  being  still  delicate,  he  entered 
his  father's  counting-room,  and  engaged  in  active  business  for 
a  while.  When  the  war  broke  out,  with  a  generous  disre 
gard  of  his  pecuniary  interests,  and  of  a  home  surrounded 
by  all  the  attractions  that  make  life  pleasing,  he  came  for 
ward  to  volunteer  as  a  soldier  in  the  ranks,  to  defend  the 
government  of  his  fathers,  and  assert  its  rightful  supremacy. 
He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Nineteenth  Massachusetts  Regi 
ment  when  it  was  first  formed,  shared  its.  fortunes,  and  con 
tributed  to  its  glory.  Earning  his  promotion,  step  by  step,  he 
became  sergeant-major,  second-  and  finally  first-  lieutenant. 
That  he  did  his  duty  as  a  faithful  and  brave  officer,  was  fully 
shown  by  those  who  were  with  him  in  the  hour  of  peril.  Capt. 
Chadwick,  in  whose  company  he  served,  in  alluding  to  his 
death,  wrote  as  follows  :  "He  was  wounded  in  the  legs  in  the 
fight  of  13  December,  before  the  batteries  and  rifle-pits  on  the 
enemy's  left.  The  ball  struck  the  brass  band  of  his  sword, 
passed  through  the  left  leg,  and  grazed  the  right.  He  was 
wounded  while  holding  the  American  flag  high  above  his  head, 
having  just  given  up  the  state-colors.  Both  color-sergeants 
had  been  shot  down,"  —  seven  in  succession.  Other  accounts 
say,  "And  Edgar  sprang  forward,  and  picked  up  both  flags,  hold 
ing  one  in  each  hand,  and  called  upon  the  men  to  stand  by  their 
colors.  No  braver  officer  or  man  ever  stood  upon  the  battle 
field  than  Lieut.  Edgar  M.  Newcomb  ;  and  I  am  the  more 
proud  to  say  so,  from  the  fact  of  the  association  existing  be- 


1862-63.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  521 

tween  us.  He  was  loved  and  respected  before ;  but  that  love 
and  respect  was  more  than  doubled  by  his  daring  bravery  and 
unflinching  courage."  His  letters  to  his  friends  at  home  illus 
trated  his  enthusiastic  devotion  to  the  cause  of  his  country.  He 
had  passed  with  his  regiment  through  fourteen  battles  and  skir 
mishes,  unscathed.  He  frequently  officiated  as  chaplain  of  his 
regiment ;  preaching  to  the  men,  and  holding  prayer-meetings. 
Yet  his  modesty  and  reserve  were  such  that  he  never  mentioned 
the  fact  in  his  letters,  and  it  was  only  learned  by  his  friends 
after  his  decease.  To  his  brother,  who  was  with  him  in  his 
dying  hours,  he  remarked,  "You  have  a  work  to  perform  in  this 
life,  and  I  will  be  with  you.  I  feel  that  I  shall  be  nearer  to  my 
friends  after  death  than  ever."  Retaining  his  senses  perfectly 
until  his  death,  he  called  the  men  and  his  fellow-soldiers  to  his 
side,  and  gave  to  each  a  dying  message,  —  to  meet  him  in  heaven. 
Dying  there,  in  the  sound  of  battle,  he  devised  his  property 
equally  to  the  societies  for  home  and  foreign  missions. 

1860.  —  Lieut. -Col.  CHAKLES  REDINGTON  MUDGE  was 
killed  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  2  July,  1863,  aged  23  years. 
He  was  son  of  Edward  Eedington  and  Caroline  A.  (Patten) 
Mudge,  and  was  born  in  New- York  city,  22  October,  1839. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  private  school  of  Thomas  Gama 
liel  Bradford  (H.C.  1822)  in  Boston.  With  the  exception 
of  a  few  months  passed  in  preparing  to  enter  business  with  his 
father,  he  was  in  the  service  of  his  country,  having  joined  the 
Second  Massachusetts  Infantry,  —  the  first  three-years'  regi 
ment  raised  for  the  war.  He  went  into  the  service  with  his 
whole  soul.  He  was  commissioned  as  first-lieutenant ;  was  pro 
moted  to  be  captain,  8  July,  1862 ;  and  was  subsequently 
made  lieutenant-colonel.  While  encamped  at  Brook  Farm, 
he  slept  on  the  bare  ground  to  prepare  himself  for  the  life 
which  he  was  to  lead.  His  regiment  was  spoken  of  as  a 
model  for  its  admirable  drill.  When  they  covered  the  rear 
of  Gen.  Banks's  retreat,  Col.  Mudge  was  with  them  in  their 
dangerous  path ;  and  in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain  he  re 
ceived  his  first  wound.  The  officers  of  his  regiment  never 
failed  to  express  their  opinion  of  his  military  qualities  and 


522  NECROLOGY   OF  ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

abilities  in  the  highest  terms.  But  there  are  other  traits  in  his 
character  which  will  be  remembered  with  the  warmest  affection 
by  his  young  contemporaries.  In  his  college-course,  his  popu 
larity  was  universal ;  and  he  was  a  favorite  in  every  clique,  and 
in  the  most  dissimilar  sets.  Every  one  was  his  friend  in  need  ; 
and  no  one  would  have  hesitated  a  moment  to  have  asked  his 
services,  with  the  certainty  of  a  kind  reception. 

1861. — Lieut.  PARDON  ALMY  was  killed  in  the  battle  at 
Bull  Kun,  Va.,  30  August,  1862,  at  the  age  of  26  years.  He 
was  son  of  Pardon  and  Mary  (Cook)  Almy,  and  was  born 
in  Little  Compton,  R.I.,  4  July,  1836.  His  father  was  son  of 
Sanford  and  Lydia  (Gray)  Almy,  and  his  mother  was  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Little)  Cook.  All  his  ancestors  have 
been  residents  of  Rhode  Island  for  some  generations  back. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Pierce 
Academy  in  Middleborough,  Mass.  He  held  a  very  respectable 
rank  of  scholarship  in  his  class.  Immediately  after  graduating, 
President  Felton  gave  him  a  letter  to  Gov.  Andrew ;  and  the 
governor  authorized  him  to  recruit  a  company  in  New  Bedford, 
for  three  years  or  the  war :  but  as  the  military  enthusiasm 
had  not  been  kindled  there,  the  accomplishment  of  his  purpose 
appearing  too  uncertain,  and  feeling  that  his  duties  were  in  the 
service  of  his  country  in  the  army,  he  accepted  a  lieutenant's 
commission  in  the  Eighteenth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Vol 
unteers,  Col.  James  Barnes,  where  he  served  until  his  death. 
Some  idea  of  his  reputation  and  standing  in  the  service  may  be 
inferred  from  the  following  extract  of  a  letter  to  his  brother 
from  Major  Joseph  Hayes,  who  was  in  command  of  the  regi 
ment  when  he  fell.  He  says,  "I  can  only  express  to  you  my 
sincere  sympathy  in  your  great  bereavement,  and  add  my  testi 
monial  to  the  high  character  of  Lieut.  Almy  as  a  soldier  and  a 
man.  His  conduct  in  the  engagement  in  which  he  fell  is  men 
tioned  in  the  highest  praise  by  all  the  officers  who  were  engaged 
with  him.  He  fell  in  the  very  front,  while  bravely  cheering  on 
his  men  under  a  most  galling  fire,  and  displayed  to  the  last  a 
spirit  of  intrepidity  and  gallantry  surpassed  by  no  one.  He 
was  always  prompt,  faithful,  zealous,  and  cheerful  too,  in  the 


1862-63.]  OF   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  523 

performance  of  his  duty  as  a  soldier ;  and  I  do  not  know  a 
single  blemish  in  bis  character  as  a  man,  but  could  enumerate 
many,  very  many,  virtues  that  he  possessed.  You  have  lost, 
sir,  a  noble  brother,  and  the  country  a  gallant  soldier." 

A  meeting  of  his  classmates  was  held  in  Boston  on  the  16th 
of  September,  when  they  passed  a  series  of  resolutions  bearing 
testimony  to  his  virtues. 

He  was  highly  esteemed  by  his  friends  and  relatives  for  his 
many  good  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  for  his  sterling  princi 
ples  and  uniformly  correct  conduct ;  and  they  confidently  looked 
forward  to  a  long  life  to  him  of  usefulness  to  his  fellow-citizens, 
and  of  honor  to  himself:  but  his  career  was  abruptly  termi 
nated,  and  the  hopes  of  his  friends  were  blighted. 

1861.  —  Capt.  HENRY  JONAS  DOOLITTLE  died  in  Racine, 
Wis.,  10  August,  1862,  aged  23  years.  He  was  the  eldest 
son  of  Hon.  James  R.  and  Mary  Lovina  (Cutting)  Doo- 
little,  and  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  4  March,  1839.  In 
1851,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Racine,  and  soon  after 
wards  became  a  pupil  in  Racine  College.  Two  years  later,  he 
became  personally  interested  in  the  truths  of  the  gospel,  and 
soon  after  united  with  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Racine.  In 
his  class,  he  held  a  respectable  rank  of  scholarship.  At  the 
time  of  his  graduation,  the  rebellion  had  just  begun  to  exhibit 
its  gigantic  proportions.  With  his  fellow-students  in  college, 
he  received  a  military  drill ;  and  was  employed  with  them,  by 
order  of  the  governor,  in  guarding  for  a  time  the  Massachusetts 
arsenal  at  Cambridge.  After  spending  a  few  months  with  his 
father  (who  was  a  senator  in  Congress)  in  Washington,  he 
returned  to  Racine,  and  was  engaged  in  drilling  Capt.  Lyon's 
company  in  that  city,  and  a  company  at  Darlington,  and  had 
the  promise  of  the  post  of  major  in  one  of  the  Wisconsin  regi 
ments  ;  which  post,  however,  he  failed  to  obtain.  Early  in 
the  following  spring,  he  accepted  a  position,  with  the  rank  of 
captain,  upon  the  staff  of  Gen.  C.  S.  Hamilton,  with  whom  he 
served  on  the  Peninsula  ;  then  for  a  short  time  at  Harper's  Ferry  ; 
and  subsequently  near  Corinth.  In  July,  he  applied  for  a  ten- 
days'  furlough,  in  order  to  complete  the  family-circle  gathered  in 


524  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

commemoration  of  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  parents' 
marriage.  Ere  he  received  his  furlough,  he  was  attacked  with 
typhoid-fever,  and  went  home  to  die.  In  the  delirium  of  fever, 
after  his  return,  he  imagined  himself  still  on  his  journey,  and 
piteously  entreated  that  he  might  be  taken  home  ;  and  God  took 
him  home,  —  a  home  which  war  shall  never  invade,  and  sorrow 
shall  never  mar,  and  death  shall  never  enter.  Strong  in  body, 
sound  in  mind,  of  rare  energy,  he  sacredly  devoted  himself  to 
his  country's  cause,  and  for  his  country  he  fell  a  martyr.  His 
friends  have  this  consolation,  —  that  he  was  a  Christian  patriot, 
a  kind  brother,  and  a  faithful  son  ;  and  it  is  a  comfort  that  he 
breathed  his  last,  not  amid  the  horrors  of  battle,  but  under  the 
paternal  roof. 

1861.  — Capt.  WILLIAM  YATES  GHOLSON  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  7  December,  1862,  aged  20  years. 
He  was  son  of  Hon.  William  Yates  (N.J.C.  1825)  and  Elvira 
(Wright)  Gholson,  and  was  born  in  Pontotoc,  Miss.,  11  March, 
1842,  but  removed  with  his  parents  to  Cincinnati  in  1845. 
His  mother  belonged  to  a  Virginia  family,  which  had  removed 
to  Mississippi,  where  Mr.  Gholson  married  her.  He  began  to 
fit  for  college  with  Mr.  Joseph  Yernon,  of  Cincinnati,  and  com 
pleted  his  preparatory  studies  in  the  private  school  of  Eben 
Smith  Brooks  (H.C.  1835)  in  the  same  city.  After  gradu 
ating,  he  began  the  study  of  the  law  with  his  father ;  but,  when 
the  President  made  a  call  for  three  hundred  thousand  men,  he 
determined,  to  engage  in  the  cause  of  his  country.  In  Sep 
tember,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  as  captain  in  the  One- 
hundred-and-sixth  Regiment  of  Ohio  Volunteers.  In  October 
following,  he  was  appointed  provost-marshal  of  South  Frank 
fort,  Tenn.  On  the  8th  of  November,  he  was  acting-assistant- 
adjutant-general  of  the  Thirty-ninth  Brigade,  Fourteenth  Army 
Corps,  on  the  staff  of  Col.  Moore.  He  fell  while  rallying 
his  men.  He  was  pierced  with  three  bullets,  —  one  near 
the  heart,  one.  in  the  forehead,  and  one  in  the  temple.  His 
intelligent  patriotism  demanded  a  country  worthy  of  a  sacri 
fice  ;  and  if,  at  last,  he  did  not  find  it,  it  will  hasten  into 
being  sooner  because  he  fell  evoking  it.  He  was  by  nature 


1862-63.]  OF    HARVARD    COLLEGE.  525 

ardent  and  aspiring,  of  independent  thought  and  active  con 
science,  generous  and  affectionate.  In  his  death,  he  bequeathed 
a  conspicuous  example  of  courage  in  the  midst  of  general  inca 
pacity  and  cowardice  ;  and  left  no  room  for  his  many  friends  to 
grieve,  except  for  their  own  loss. 

1861.  —  SAMUEL  DUNN  PHILLIPS,  of  Boston,  died  at  St. 
Helena  Island,  Beaufort,  S.C.,  5  December,  1862,  aged  23 
years.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Walley  (H.C.  1814)  and  Anna 
Jones  (Dunn)  Phillips,  and  was  born  in  Boston,  12  December, 
1838.  He  began  to  fit  for  college  under  the  instruction  of 
Mr.  Thompson  Kidder,  of  Boston;  but,  from  1852  to  1857, 
he  was  studying  in  the  Boston  Latin  School.  After  gradu 
ating,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  Edward  Reynolds,  of  Boston  (H.C.  1811).  In  January, 
1862,  he  was  teaching  a  school  in  Tewksbury,  Mass.  In  March 
following,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  unfriended  blacks  at 
Port  Royal,  S.C.  ;  and,  on  presenting  himself  before  the  Educa 
tional  Commission,  he  was  approved,  and  sent  out  among  the 
first.  His  deep  religious  convictions  and  eminent  conscien 
tiousness,  joined  with  an  ever-active  benevolence  and  constant 
cheerfulness,  gave  him  a  near  approach  to  the  hearts  of  his 
people,  and  caused  him  to  rank  among  the  most  useful  of  the 
superintendents.  He  made  a  visit  to  his  home  on  account  of 
indisposition,  and  returned  much  sooner  than  the  precarious 
state  of  his  health  warranted  ;  and  thereby  his  life  was  sacrificed 
to  his  devotedness  to  his  mission. 

1861. — THOMAS  RODMAN  ROBESON  died  in  Gettysburg, 
Penn.,  6  July,  1863,  of  a  wound  received  in  battle,  3  July, 
aged  22  years.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Rodman  and  Sibyl 
( Washburn)  Robeson,  and  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  7  Novem 
ber,  1840.  His  father  died  13  August,  1848  ;  and  his  mother 
removed  subsequently  to  Brookline,  and  afterwards  to  Cambridge, 
where  she  now  resides.  He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Brookline, 
by  William  P.  Atkinson  (H.C.  1838) .  He  left  his  class  in  April, 
1861,  to  drill  at  Fort  Independence;  and,  on  the  formation  of 
the  Second  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  he  enlisted  in 
it,  and  was  commissioned,  28  May,  1861,  as  second-lieutenant : 


526  NECROLOGY   OF   ALUMNI  [1862-63. 

30  November,  1862,  he  was  promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant,  and 
soon  afterwards  detached  for  duty  in  the  signal-corps.  In  this 
service,  he  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Roanoke  Island  and 
Newbern,  in  February  and  March,  1862.  In  the  following 
spring,  his  eyes  becoming  inflamed,  he  returned  to  his  regiment, 
and  took  part  with  it  in  all  its  many  battles  and  hardships  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  Pie  was  wounded,  9  August,  1862,  in 
the  right  fore-arm,  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Va.  He 
was  promoted,  10  August,  1862,  to  be  captain;  and  was,  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  the  senior  captain  of  his  regiment.  In 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg  of  the  morning  of  Friday,  3  July,  he 
was  making  a  charge  with  his  regiment,  when  he  was  mortally 
wounded  by  a  minie-ball  in  the  upper  part  of  his  right  thigh. 
He  was  a  brave  and  efficient  officer,  cool  in  action,  always 
manly  and  dignified,  and  much  esteemed  by  his  men  and  his 
fellow-officers. 

1862. — Lieut.  HENKY  ROPES  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  Penn.,  3  July,  1863,  aged  24  years.  He  was  son 
of  William  and  Mary  Ann  (Codman)  Ropes,  and  was  born 
near  London,  Eng.,  where  his  parents  were  temporarily  re 
siding,  16  May,  1839.  His  father  is  a  native  of  Salem,  and  an 
eminent  merchant  of  Boston.  His  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
Hon.  John  Codman,  of  Boston.  He  was  fitted  for  college  by 
Sidney  Willard  (H.C.  1852),  late  major  of  the  Thirty-fifth 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  killed  at  Fredericksburg,  14  Decem 
ber,  1862.  He  was  commissioned  as  second-lieutenant  of  the 
Twentieth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  25  November,  1861,  and 
as  first-lieutenant,  2  October,  1862  ;  was  with  the  regiment 
until  his  death,  going  through  the  Peninsula  campaign,  —  siege 
of  Yorktown,  Fair  Oaks,  seven-days'  battles,  Antietam  ;  storm 
ing  of  the  city  of  Fredericksburg,  11  December,  1863  ;  and  was 
never  wounded  until  he  met  his  death  at  the  battle  of  Gettys 
burg.  When  in  college,  he  took  great  interest  in  boating  and 
other  manly  exercises,  and  was  selected  to  be  one  of  six  men 
who  composed  the  crew  of  the  "Harvard,"  and  was  in  this 
representative  boat  of  the  college  during  some  of  her  proudest 
triumphs.  He  was  well  fitted  by  his  physical  strength  to  as- 


1862-63.]  OP   HARVARD   COLLEGE.  527 

sume  the  hardships  of  a  campaign,  but  was  cut  down  in  the 
flower  of  his  youth  in  the  struggle  with  the  enemy.  His  last 
march,  the  longest  ever  accomplished  in  one  day  by  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  was  borne  with  the  utmost  cheerfulness.  He 
was  the  life  of  all  about  him,  encouraging  the  weary,  inspiring 
and  enlivening  the  men  of  his  command,  whose  testimony  has 
been  given  to  the  beautiful  spirit  and  kindly  temper  with  which 
the  fatigues  of  the  day  were  endured  by  him.  The  last  act  of 
his  life,  of  which  there  is  any  record,  is  touchingly  characteristic. 
The  battle  of  the  day  before  had  been  severe,  and  many 
wounded  were  left  upon  the  field.  With  noble  self-forgetfulness , 
he  went  out  at  night  with  his  cup  of  cold  water  to  soothe  and 
relieve  those  who  were  fainting  and  dying  from  wounds  and 
thirst.  Few  instances  of  rarer  patriotic  impulse  have  been 
seen.  Six  weeks  before  his  death,  he  visited  his  friends  after 
the  battle  of  Chancellors ville,  and  said,  in  reply  to  the  hope  they 
expressed  that  he  would  not  return  to  the  army,  that  no  posi 
tion  of  influence  or  wealth  which  could  be  offered  to  him,  would, 
for  an  instant,  tempt  him  to  leave  his  regiment  until  the  war  was 
closed.  AVar  had  no  fascination  for  him  ;  he  longed  for  a  right 
eous  and  honorable  peace  :  but,  until  that  was  proclaimed,  he 
would  never  sheathe  his  sword. 

1862.  — JOHN  HEXRY  TUCKER  was  killed  in  the  attack  on 
Port  Hudson,  Miss.,  27  May,  1863,  at  the  age  of  28  years. 
He  was  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Eliza  Bradlee  (Foster)  Tucker, 
and  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass,,  19  February,  1835.  He 
studied  at  the  public  schools  in  Cambridge  until  April,  1851, 
when  his  father  thought  it  best  that  he  should  learn  a  trade. 
lie  was  accordingly  apprenticed  to  his  brother,  who  was  a  car 
riage-painter.  Although  the  drudgery  which  fell  to  his  lot  as 
a  young  apprentice  was  not  at  all  to  his  taste,  he  persevered 
until  he  acquired  such  a  proficiency  in  his  trade,  that,  when  his 
time  expired,  his  master  offered  him  high  wages  to  remain  as 
journeyman.  In  the  winter  of  1855,  he  joined  the  Mechanic 
Apprentices'  Library  Association,  where  the  literary  exercise 
proved  very  attractive  to  him  ;  and  the  library  afforded  him  in 
formation  which  was  eagerly  collected.  Such  was  his  success  in 


528   NECROLOGY  OF  ALUMNI  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE.   [1862-63. 

this  institution,  that,  on  the  occasion  of  the  thirty-sixth  anniver 
sary  of  its  foundation,  he  was  chosen  orator,  and  delivered  an 
oration  on  the  "  Position  of  the  Mechanic  in  Society,"  at  the 
Meionian,  22  February,  1856.  This  oration  has  been  printed. 
The  future  of  literature  thus  opened  to  him  proved  so  attractive, 
that  he  endeavored  to  advance  yet  further;  and,  as  a  means, 
determined  to  enter  college,  if  possible.  In  December,  1856, 
he  entered  the  Cambridge  High  School;  and  in  July,  1858, 
was  admitted  to  Harvard  College.  During  his  college-course, 
he  won  the  respect  of  all  his  classmates  by  his  unassuming 
modesty  and  his  high  religious  principle.  Naturally  quiet  and 
retiring,  he  passed  to  and  from  recitations  almost  unknown  by 
many  of  his  class ;  but  those  who  knew  him  well  valued  him 
perhaps  more  for  the  very  qualities  which  restrained  him  from 
active  participation  in  class-matters.  Devoting  himself  to  the 
st*udy  of  theology,  and  the  ministry  of  the  Baptist  church,  which 
he  joined  in  1850,  he  felt  that  his  country  needed  him  in  a  ser 
vice  in  every  way  opposed  to  his  tastes,  but  in  one  where  he 
might  do  good.  He  joined  the  Thirty-eighth  Regiment.  Among 
the  first,  he  fell  at  the  attack  on  Port  Hudson. 


INDEX    OF    ALUMNI; 


WITH  THE  YEARS  OF  GRADUATION  AND   DECEASE. 


Abbot,  Abiel  (1787),  1859 
Abbot,  Daniel  (1797),  1853 
Abbot,  Henry  (1796),  1862 
Abbot,  Jacob  (1792),  1834 
Abbot,  John  (1798),  1854 
Abbot,  Samuel  (1808),  1839 
Abbott,  Caleb  F.  (1831),  1855 
Abbott,  Edward  G.  (1860),  1862 
Abbott,  Henry  H.  (1859),  1859 
Adams,  Charles  F.  (1843),  1856 
Adams,  Daniel  (1799),  1852     . 
Adams,  Henry  (1802),  1862     . 
Adams,  Horace  W.  (1849),  1861 
Adams,  James  B.  (1847),  1853 
Adams,  Josiah  (1801),  1854     . 
Adams,  Mark  S.  (1847),  1853  . 
Adams,  Zabdiel  (1759),  1801   . 
Adams,  Zabdiel  B.  (1813),  1855 
Allyn,  Rufus  B.  (1810),  1857   . 
Almy,  Pardon  (1861),  1862      . 
Andrews,  Asa  (1783),  1856  .    . 
Andrews,  George  (1847),  1862 
Appleton,  Francis  H.  (1842),  1854 
Atherton,  Charles  G.  (1822),  1853 
Atherton,  Charles  H.  (1794),  1853 
Austin,  Elbridge  G.  (1829),  1854. 
Austin,  John  D.  (1846),  1861  .     . 
Austin,  William  (1831),  1835  .     . 


Bacon,  Rufus  (1810),  1854  .    .    . 
Baker,  George  (1816),  1852     .     . 
Baker,  Henry  F.  (1815),  1857 .     . 
Baker,  Walter  (1811),  1852      .    . 
Barn  well,  Wm.  H.  W.  (1824),  1863 
Barbour,  James  (1818),  1857    .     . 
Bartlet,  William  (1801),  1852  .     . 
Bartlett,  Benjamin  D.  (1810),  1853 
Bartlett,  Gorham  (1845),  1854      . 
Bartlett,  Josiah  (1795),  1853    .     . 
Batchelder,  Francis  L.  (1844),  1858 
Batchelder,  George  W.  (1859),  1862 
Bates,  Joshua  (1800),  1854.    .    . 
Bates,  Reuben  (1829),  1862      .    . 
Beal,  Thomas  P.  (1806),  1852 .     . 
Beals,  Isaac  N.  (1856),  1860    .    . 
Benjamin,  James  (1830),  1853     . 


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27 

386 

208 

27 

208 

57 

518 

337 

152 

13 

452 

379 

22 

28 

22 

452 

47 

121 

522 

67 

482 

34 

32 

11 

57 

377 

145 

42 
17 

126 
6 

471 

192 
13 
16 
34 
12 

204 

610 
28 

473 
6 

381 
33 


Bent,  Nathaniel  T.  (1831),  1856  . 
Bigelow,  Edward  I.  (1848),  1854  . 
Bigelow,  Francis  W.  (1843),  1853 
Bigelow,  Rufus  (1831),  1832  .  . 
Birchard,  Eliphalet  (1843),  1854  . 
Bliss,  John  (1808),  1854.  .  .  . 
Blood,  Oliver  H.  (1821),  1858  .  . 
Boutelle,  Timothy  .(1800),  1855  . 
Bowditch,  Nathaniel  I.  (1822),  1861 
Bowman,  Charles  D.  (1838),  1857 
Bradford,  Alden  (1786),  1843  .  . 
Bradford,  George  (1851),  1859  . 
Bradford,  William  J.  A.  (1816),  1858 
Bradley,  Alexander  R.  (1831),  1862 
Bradley,  Caleb  (1795),  1861  .  . 
Braman,  Isaac  (1794),  1858  .  . 
Brewer,  John  M.  (1804),  1859  .  . 
Brewer,  Nathaniel  (1814),  1853  . 
Briggs,  William  A.  (1838),  1859  . 
Brooks,  Gorham  (1814),  1855  .  . 
Brooks,  Warren  (1855),  1857  .  . 
Brown,  Arnold  W.  (1851),  1852  . 
Brown,  Bartholomew  (1799),  1854 
Brown,  George  W.  (1845),  1851  . 
Brown,  John  (1813),  1852  .  .  . 
Brown,  Oliver  (1804),  1853.  .  . 
Browne,  Charles  (1812),  1856  .  . 
Browne,  John  W.  (1830),  1860  . 
Bulfinch,  George  S.  (1817),  1853 
Bulfinch,  Henry  (1821),  1853  .  . 
Bullard,  John  P.  (1829),  1848  .  . 
Burnap,  George  W.  (1824),  1859. 
Burnap,  Jacob  (1770),  1821  .  . 
Butler,  Josiah  (1803),  1854  .  .  . 
Butterfield,  Charles  (1820),  1858. 
Byers,  Peter  S.  (1851),  1856  .  . 

Campbell,  Edward  F.  (1808),  1861 
Capen,  Lemuel  (1810),  1858  .  . 
Carroll,  Charles  (1823),  1862  .  . 
Carson,  William  A.  (1818),  1856  . 
Gary,  Thomas  G.  (1811),  1859  . 
Caryl,  Benjamin  (1761),  1811  .  . 
Cenas,  Hilary  B.  (1825),  1859.  . 
Chadwick,  George  B.  (1858),  1861 
Chandler,  James  (1728),  1789 .  . 


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21 
145 

60 

41 
193 

81 
360 
149 
257 
283 
257 
426 
338 
214 
303 

16 
277 

84 

159 

9 

27 


14 
123 
326 

32 

18 
475 
323 
323 

40 
265 
102 

402 
238 
469 
128 
242 
306 
326 
442 
214 


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INDEX    OF   ALUMNI. 


PAGE. 

Chandler,  Joshua  (1807),  1854      .    .  29 

Chandler,  Nathaniel  (1792),  1852     .  2 

Clieever,  Charles  A.  (1813),  1852     .  16 

Chickering,  Jesse  (1818),  1855     .     .  50 

Childe,  Edward  V.  (1823),  1861  .     .  365 

Chipman,  Ward  (1805),  1851  ...  5 

Chisholm,  James  (1836),  1855.    .    .  98 

Clap,  Ebenezer  (1799),  1856     ...  81 

Clapp,  Thaddeus  (1834),  1861.     .     .  374 

Clarke,  Manlius  S.  (1837),  1853   .     .  21 

Cleaveland,  Parker  (1799),  1858  .     .  220 

Cobb,  Henry  (1854),  1855    ....  64 

Coburn,  Henry  P.  (1812),  1854    .     .  45 

Codman,  Henry  (1808),  1853  ...  15 

Coffin,  Charles'"  (1793),  1853     ...  11 

Coggin,  Jacob  (1803),  1854      ...  41 

Cogswell,  George  W.  (1849),  1854    .  35 

Coker,  Robert  A.  (1831),  1833      .    .  145 

Cole,  Joseph  G.  (1822),  1851    ...  8 

Cole,  Thomas  (1798),  1852.     ...  3 

Cook,  Daniel  (1836),  1853   ....  21 

Cooke,  Alfred  VV.  (1J-52),  1852     .     .  23 

Coombs,  George  C.  (1831),  1835  .    .  145 

Corbett,  John  H.  (1819),  1855.     .     .  52 

Crafts,  Samuel  C.  (1790),  1853     .     .  26 

Cranch,  William  (1787),  1855.     .     .  68 

Crocker,  Frederick  W.  (1829),  1863,  474 

Crocker,  Samuel  M.  (1801),  1852     .  4 

Crosby,  Olivef-  (1795),  1851      ...  3 

Crosby,  William  (1794),  1852.     .     .  3 

Cross,  William  G.  (1842),  1854     .     .  59 

Cross,  Robert  (1819),  1859  ....  318 

Croswell,  Andrew  (1798),  1858    .     .  168 

Crowninshield,  Edw.  A.  (1836),  1859,  276 

Cruft,  Edward  (1831),  1846     ...  145 

Cruft,  William  S.  (1834),  1851     .     .  8 

Cummings,  Asa  (1817),  1856  ...  89 

Cummings,  Enoch  L.  (1848),  1859    .  282 

Cunningham,  Eph.  M.  (1814),  1852  .  7 

Cutter,  Charles  W.  (1818),  1856  .     .  129 

Dabney,  Francis  0.  (1851),  1858.    .  284 

Dabney,  Frederic  (1828),  1857     .    .  195 

Dall,  John  (1815),  1852 17 

Damon,  David  (1811),  1843     ...  68 

Damon,  Edward  T.  (1857),  1859  .     .  335 

Dana,  Francis  (1796),  1853.     ...  26 

Dane,  Joseph  (1799),  1858  ....  170 

Davenport,  James  (1802),  1860     .     .  296 

Daves,  John  (1853),  1855     ....  104 

Davis,  Thomas  K.  (1827),  1853    .     .  33 

Davis,  William  (1837),  1853     ...  21 

Davis,  William  N.  (1851),  1863     .     .  488 

Davison,  Andrew  C.  (1815),  1856     .  86 

Day,  James  (1806),  1853     ....  29 

Deane,  Samuel  (1760),  1814    ...  226 

Deblois,  John  A.  (1816),  1855  ...  48 

Denny,  Nathaniel  P.  (1797),  1856     .  109 

Derby,  Ezekiel  H.  (1791),  1852    .    .  11 

Derby,  Nathaniel  F.  (1829),  1830     .  475 

Devereux,  John  J.  (1816),  1856    .     .  87 

Devereux,  Nicholas  (1829),  1848.     .  475 

Dexter,  Franklin  (1812),  1857.    .    .  189 

Dexter,  Samuel  D.  (1843),  1850  .     .  117 

Dexter,  Samuel  W.  (1812),  1863  .    .  457 

Doane,  Augustus  S.  (1825).  1852.    .  8 

Doolittle,  Henry  J.  (1861),  1862   .     .  623 


Dorr,  Clifford  (1825),  1858  .  .  . 
Dorr,  Samuel  A.  (1795),  1855  .  . 
Dorr,  Thomas  W.  (1823),  1854  . 
Drane,  Robert  B.  (1824),  1862  . 
Draper,  William  (U03),  1858  .  . 
Dugan,  James  A.  (1848),  1860  . 
Dumont,  John  T.  P.  (1824),  1852 
Dunbar,  Asa  (1767),  1787  .  .  . 
Dutton,  Francis  L.  (1831),  1854  . 
Dwight,  Howard  (1857),  1863.  . 
Dwight,  John  (1800),  1853  .  .  . 
Dwight,  Wilder  (1853),  1862  .  . 


Eaton.  Asa  (1803),  1858  .... 
Eaton,  Joseph  (1810),  1860  .  .  . 
Eaton,  Peter  (1787),  1848  .  .  . 
Eaton,  Peter  S.  (1818),  1863  .  . 
EdSon,  John  (1848),  1857  .  .  . 
Eliot,  Paul  M.  (1858),  1862.  .  . 
Eliot,  Samuel  A.  (1817),  1862  .  . 
Elliott,  Ralph  E.  (1818),  1853  .  . 
Elliott,  William  (1809),  1863  .  . 
Emerson,  Charles  0.  (1818),  1863 
Emerson,  Samuel  (1785),  1851 
Erving,  Langdon  (1855),  1862.  . 
Eustis,  George  (1815),  1858  .  . 
Eustis,  Horatio  S.  (1830),  1858  . 
Everett,  Edward  B.  (1850),  1861. 

Fales,  Stephen  (1810),  1854  .  . 
Farley,  George  F.  (1816),  1855  . 
Farley,  Joseph  H.  (1823),  1861  . 
Farmer,  William  (1819),  1862  .  . 
Farnham,  Daniel  (1739),  1776.  . 
Farnsworth,  James  D.  (1818),  1854 
Farrar,  John  (1803),  1853  .  .  . 
Farwell,  John  (1808),  1852.  .  . 
Farwell,  Richard  (1817),  1853.  . 
Fay,  Samuel  P.  P.  (1798),  1856  . 
Fe'lton,  Cornelius  C.  (1827),  1862 
Field,  William  P.  (1851),  1859  . 
Fish,  Phineas  (1807),  1854  .  .  . 
Fiske,  Isaac  (1798),  1861  .  .  . 
Fiske,  Thaddeus  (1785),  1855  .  . 
Fitch,  Jeremiah  G.  (1831),  1845  . 
Flanders,  Charles  (1808),  1860  . 
Flint,  James  (1802),  1855  .  .  . 
Fogg,  Henry  M.  R.  (1849),  1862  . 
Foster,  Alfred  D.  (1819),  1852  . 
Foster,  William  E.  (1829),  1843  . 
Fox,  Abel  (1838),  1859  .  .  .  . 
Francis,  Convers  ( 1815),  1863.  .  , 
French,  Jonathan  (1798),  1856  .  , 
French,  Ralph  H.  (1798),  1855  .  , 
Friese,  Henry  F.  (1831),  1853.  .  . 
Frost,  Barzillai  (1830),  1858  .  .  , 

Frost,  John  (1822),  1859 

Frothingham,  William  (1799),  1852. 
Fuller,  Arthur  B.  (1843),  1862  .  , 
Fuller,  Elisha  (1815),  1855  .  .  .  , 
Fuller,  Eugene  (1834),  1859  .  .  . 
Fuller,  Henry  H.  (1811),  1852.  .  , 
Fuller,  Henry  W.  (1859),  1863  .  . 
Furber,  Frederick  (1831),  1853  .  . 

Gage,  Nathaniel  (1822),  1861  .  .  . 
Gale,  Frederick  W.  (1836),  1864 .  . 


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54 

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229 
329 

18 
431 

57 
503 

28 
497 

178 
308 
465 
465 
153 
506 
406 
17 
456 
466 
1 

439 
255 
271 
436 


366 

418 

213 

51 

13 

15 

17 

79 

421 

285 

29 

341 

67 

145 

304 

39 

434 

17 

475 

328 

462 

112 

80 

20 

271 

321 

4 

479 

48 

274 

16 

512 

20 

361 

68 


INDEX    OF   ALUMNI. 


531 


Gannett,  Caleb  (1763),  1818  .  . 
Gannett,  John  M.  (1802),  1855  . 
Gardiner,  John  S.  (1852),  1856  . 
Gardner.  Henry  (1750),  1782  .  . 
Gardner,  Henry  (1797),  1^54  .  . 
Gardner,  Henry  (1798),  1858  .  . 
Gardner,  John'(  1715),  1775  .  . 
Gassetf,  Henry  (1795),  1855  .  . 
Gate«,  Isaac  (1802),  1852  .  .  . 
Gholson,  William  Y.  (1861),  1862 
Gibbs,  William  P.  (1832),  1852  . 
Gilchrisr,  John  J.  (1828),  1858  . 
Giles,  John  (1831),  1838.  .  .  . 
Gill,  Moses  (1805),  1862  .... 
Oilman,  Nicholas  (1854),  1854.  . 
Gilman,  Samuel  (1811),  1858  .  . 
Glover,  Lewis  J.  (1832),  1856  .  . 
Goodrich,  John  F.  (1848),  1863  . 
Goodwin,  Richard  C.  (1854),  1862 
Gorham,  Benjamin  (1795),  1855  . 
Gorhum,  William  C.  (1831),  1843 
Gould,  Benjamin  A.  (1814),  1859 
Gould,  James  F.  (1812),  1854  .  . 
Gourgas,  John  M.  (1824),  1862  . 
Gragg,  William  (1820),  1852  .  . 
Gray,  Francis  C.  (1809),  1856  .  . 
Greele,  Samuel  (1802),  1861  .  . 
Green,  Aaron  (1789),  1853  .  .  . 
Greene,  Benjamin  D.  (1812),  1862 
Greene,  Charles  W.  (1802),  1857  . 
Greenleaf,  Thomas  (1784),  1854  . 
Greenough,  Horatio  (1825),  1852  . 
Greenough,  John  (1824),  1852.  . 
Groce,  Nahum  H.  (1808),  1856  . 
Guild,  Benjamin  (1769),  1792  .  . 
Guild,  Benjamin  (1804),  1858  .  . 
Guild,  George  D.  (1845),  1862  .  . 
Guild,  Samuel  E.  (1839),  1862  . 

Habersham,  Robert  (1831),  1832  . 
Hagar,  Moses  (1831),  1860  .  .  . 
Hale,  Charles  G.  C.  (1831),  1832  . 
Harrington,  Joseph  (1833),  1852  . 
Harris,  Thaddeus  W.  (1815),  1856 
Harris,  William  C.  (1807),  1853  . 
Harris,  William  T.  (1846),  1854  . 
Hartshorn,  Charles  H.  (1838),  1855 
Hastings,  George  H.  (1834).  1854. 
Hastings,  John  A.  (1846),  1851  . 
Hatch,  Daniel  G.  (1817),  1862.  . 
Haven,  Joseph  (1810),  1851  .  . 
Haven,  Samuel  F.  (1852),  1862  . 
Hay  ward,  Charles  (1806),  1855  . 
Hayward,  Joshua  H.  (1818),  1856 
Hayward,  Lemuel  (1768),  1821  . 
Head,  George  K.  (1812),  1861  .  . 
Heard,  George  W.  (1812),  1863  . 
Henshaw,  Daniel  (1806),  1863  .  . 
Hersey,  Henry  E.  (1850),  1863  . 
Heywood,  Benjamin  (1840),  1860 
Hifdreth.  Ezek'iel  (1814),  1856.  . 
Hill,  Kbenezer(1786),  1854.  .  . 
Hill,  James  S.  (1852),  1857  .  .  . 
Hinds,  Ephrnim  (1805),  1858  .  . 
Hinkley,  Edward  (1813),  1854.  . 
Hoar,  Samuel  (1802),  1856  .  .  . 
Hobbs,  Frederick  (1817),  1854.  . 


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>2 

156 

169 

39 

169 

169 

72 

13 

524 

21 

196 

145 

454 

65 

186 

95 

483 

499 

73 

145 

313 

31 

420 

18 

120 

396 

25 

457 

175 

25 

19 

19 

84 

178 

178 

433 

478 

145 

369 

146 

21 

86 

29 

60 

58 

58 

9 

407 
6 

492 

84 

130 

84 

353 

458 

455 

487 

376 

85 

25 

155 

179 

31 

114 

49 


PAGE. 
439 
86C 

336 
35 
90 
448 
512 
143 
375 
375 
447 
308 
232 
232 
437 
476 
70 
43 
357 
116 
110 

164 


Hodges,  George  F.  (1855),  1862  . 
Holley,  Orville  L.  (1813),  1861  . 
Holliiigsworrh,  George  (1«57),  1859 
Holman,  Henrv  W.  (1848),  1853  . 
Holyoke,  Edward  A.  (1817),  1855 
Hood,  Julius  S.  (1860),  1861  .  . 
Hopkinson,  Francis  C.  (1859),  1863 
Hopkinson,  Thomas  (1830),  1856  . 
Hosmer,  Rufus  (1800).  1839  .  . 
Hosmer,  Rufus  (1834),  1861  .  . 
How,  Henry  J.  (1859),  1862  .  . 
Howe,  Isaac  R.  (1810),  1860  .  . 
Hubbard,  Ebenezer  (1777),  1800  . 
Hubbard,  Ebenezor  (1805),  1858  . 
Hubbard,  Henry  B.  (1854),  1862  . 
Hubbard,  John'(1829),  1848  .  . 
Hunnewell,  Walter  (1787),  1855  . 
Hunt,  Benjamin  F.  (1810),  1854  . 
Hunt,  Ezra  (1815),  1860  .... 
Kurd,  Isaac  (1806),  1856.  .  .  . 
Hurd,  Joseph  (1797),  1857  .  .  . 

Inches,  Henderson  (1792),  1857    . 
Ingalls,  William  (1790),  1851    ...        2 

Jackson,  Charles  (1793),  1855  ...  70 

Jackson,  Leonard  (1812),  1857      .     .  124 

Jacob,  Nathaniel  (1806),  1861  .     .     .  352 

Jaques,  Abiel  (1807),  1852  ....  15 

Jarvis,  Leonard  (1797),  1855    ...  75 

Jarvis,  Leonard  (1800),  1854    ...  39 

Jenkins,  John  F.  (1818),  1862  .     .     .  467 

Jenkins,  Solomon  M.  (1829),  1848     .  475 

Jewett,  Isaac  A.  (1830),  1853  .     .     .  20 

Johnson,  James  (1808),  1856    ...  117 

Johnson,  Walter  R.  (1819),  1852  .     .  7 

Jones,  John  D.  (1850),  1857      ...  205 

Kendall,  David  (1794),  1853     ...  12 

Kendall,  James  (1796),  1859     ...  216 

Kendall,  James  B.  (1854),  1859     .     .  333 

Kendrick,  William  P.  (1816),  1854    .  48 

Kent,  Benjamin  (1820),  1859    ...  319 

Kimball,  Daniel  (1800),  1862    .     .     .  393 

Kimball,  David  T.  (1803),  1860     .     .  297 

King,  James  G.  (1810),  1853     ...  30 

King,  John  G:  (1807).  1857  .     .     .     .  183 

Kinloch,  Frederick  (1810),  1856    .     .  123 

Kittredge,  Rufus  (1810),  1854  .     .     .  30 

Knapp,  Nathaniel  P.  (1826),  1854     .  33 

Labranche,  Drausin  B.  (1834),  1853.  34 

Ladd,  John  G.  (1843),  1853.     ...  34 

Lane,  John  F.  W.  (1837),  1861      .     .  429 

Lane,  Jonas  H.  (1821),  1861      ...  419 

Lawrence,  Ebenezer  (1795),  1856      .  74 

Leland,  Aaron  L.  (1835),  1858.     .     .  275 

Lemmon,  Robert  (1844),  1856  .     .     .  152 

Lincoln,  Henry  (1786),  1857     ...  106 

Lincoln,  Henry  (1830),  1860     ...  328 

Lincoln,  Luther  B.  (1822),  1855    .     .  53 

Lincoln,  Theodore  (1785),  1852     .     .  1 

Livermore,  Jonathan  (1760),  1809     .  223 

Livermore,  Solomon  K.  (1802),  1859,  223 

Locke,  Albert  (1829),  184Q  .     ...  475 

Locke,  John  (1792),  1855     ....  3 

Long,  Joseph  A.  E.  (1818),  1860  .     .  316 


532 


INDEX    OF   ALUMNI. 


PAGE. 

Lord,  Nathaniel  (1798),  1852    ...  13 

Loring,  Joseph  (1786),  1857      ...  107 

Loring,  Josiah  Q.  (1829),  1862.     .     .  425 

Low,  Seth  (1804),  1853 14 

Lowell,  Charles  (1800),  1861     ...  343 

Lowell,  James  J.  (1858),  1862.     .     .  443 

Lowell,  John  (1721),  1767    ....  343 

Lowell,  John  (1760),  1802    ....  343 

Lunt,  William  P.  (1823),  1857.    .     .  135 

Manley,  Hiram  (1825),  1853     ...  19 

McKean,  Henry  S.  (1828),  1857    .     .  141 

McKean,  John  G.  (1831),  1851      .     .  146 

McKim,  William  D.  (1852),  1863.     .  494 

McLellan,  Henry  B.  (1829),  1833.     .  475 

Manning,  John  (1810),  1852      ...  6 

Manning,  Joseph  B.  (1808),  1854  .     .  30 

Manning,  Samuel  (1797),  1822      .     .  133 

Manning,  Samuel  (1822),  1857      .     .  133 

Marr,  Nicholas  L.  (1845),  1854      .     .  35 

Marsh,  John  (1823),  1856     ....  137 

Mason,  Charles  (1832),  1862     ...  427 

May,  John  P.  (1849),  1862  ....  486 

Mefisim,  William  W.  (1855),  1862     .  441 

Merrill,  James  C.  (1807),  1853.     .     .  30 

Merrill,  John  (1804),  1855    ....  41 

Middleton,  Arthur  (1814),  1853     .     .  16 

Minot,  George  (1836),  1858.     ...  199 
Minot,  Stephen  (1801),  1861     .     .199,  350 

Mitchell,  Nahum  (1789),  1853  ...  26 

Moody,  George  B.  (1821),  1856     .     .  92 

Moore,  Abraham  (1806),  1854  ...  29 

Mordecai,  David  H.  (1854),  1859  .     .  290 

Morris,  James  (1846),  1853  ....  22 

Mower,  Thomas  G.  (1810),  1853  .     .  31 

Mudge,  Charles  R.  (I860),  1S63    .     .  521 

Mulliken,  Edward  (1846),  1857     .     .  205 

Murdoch,  Charles  T.  (1828),  1853     .  33 

Neal,  Edward  H.  (1852),  1856  ...  157 

Nelson,  Albert  H.  (1832),  1858      .     .  198 

Newcomb,  Edgar  M.  (1860),  1862      .  519 

Newhall,  Benjamin  (1846),  1856    .     .  101 

Newman,  Henry  (1801),  1861   .     .     .  395 

Nichols,  Ichabod  (1802),  1859  .  ' .     .  225 

Nichols,  John  S.  (1849),  1862  ...  435 

Nichols,  Paul  L.  (1845),  1852  ...  9 

Norris,  George  W.  (1852),  1857     .     .  158 

Norton,  Andrews  (1804),  1853  ...  28 

Norton,  Jacob  (1786),  1858  ....  161 

Oliver,  Francis  J.  (1795),  1858     .     .  215 

Orr,  Hector  (1792),  1855 37 

Osgood,  David  (1771),  1822.     ...  459 

Osgood,  David  (1813),  1863.     ...  459 

Osgood,  Gay  ton  P.  (1815),  1861    .     .  359 

Osgood,  Robert  H.  (1811),  1855     .     .  44 

Otis,  William  F.  (1821),  1858  ...  194 

Paine,  Charles  (1820),  1853.     ...  18 

Paine,  Elijah  (1814),  1853    ....  31 

Parker,  Benjamin  C.  C.  (1822),  1859  267 

Parker,  Benjamin  F.  (1831),  1844      .  146 

Parker,  Frederick  (1833),  1857      .     .  147 

Parker,  Freeman  (1797),  1854.     .     .  27 

Parker,  George  P.  (1812),  1856     .     .  84 

Parker,  Oscar  F.  (1850),  1854  ...  62 


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15 
58 
504 
330 
435 


Parker,  Thomas  I.  (1803),  1856  . 
Parkman,  Francis  (1807),  1852  . 
Parkman,  Samuel  (1834),  1854  . 
Parkman,  Samuel  B.  (1857),  1862 
Parsons,  Samuel  (1848),  1859  .  . 
Peabody,  Everett  (1849),  1862  . 

Peabody,  William  B.  0.  (1816),  1847  435 

Pearson,  William  G.  (1854),  1861      .  380 

Peirce,  Charles  H.  (1833),  1855     .     .  58 
Peirce,  Cyrus  (1810),  1860  .     .    .    .309 

Peirson,  Abel  L.  (1812),  1853  ...  16 

Perkins,  Stephen  G.  (185B),  1862.     .  503 

Perry,  Nathaniel  G.  (1846),  1855.    .  61 

Peters,  John  (1831),  1846     ....  146 

Phelps,  Charles  P.  (1791),  1857    .     .  163 

Phelps,  Henry  (1788),  1852.     ...  1 

Phillips,  Grenville  T.  (1836),  1863    .  477 
Phillips,  John  (1788),  1823  .     .     .314,477 

Phillips,  Samuel  D.  (1861),  1862  .     .  525 

Phillips,  Stephen  C.  (1819),  1857.    .  131 

Phillips,  Thomas  W.  (1814),  1859      .  314 

Pickman,  Benjamin  (1784),  1843.     .  312 

Pickman,  C.  Gayton  (1811),  1860     .  312 

Pierce,  James  (1849),  1853  ....  22 

Plumer,  William  (1809),  1854  .     .     .  42 

Poor,  Arthur  H.  (1851),  1862  .     .     .  437 

Pope,  Augustus  R,  (1839),  1858    .     .  202 

Pope,  Thomas  B.  (1833),  1862.     .     .  428 

Popkin,  John  S.  (1792),  1852  ...  2 

Porter,  George  D.  (1851),  1861     .    .  437 
Porter,  Jonathan  (1814),  1859  .     .244,  437 

Preble,  William  P.  (1806),  1857    .     .  181 

Prentiss,  John  (1818),  1861  ....  408 

Prentiss,  Nathaniel  S.  (1787),  1853    .  25 

Prentiss,  Thomas  (1766),  1814.     .     .  408 

Prescott,  Aaron  (1814),  1851     ...  7 

Prescott,  Joshua  (1807),  1859  ...  234 

Prescott,  Samuel  J.  (1795),  1857  .     .  108 

Prescott,  William  (1783),  1844     .     .  249 

Prescott,  William  H.  (1814),  1859     .  249 

Preston,  Alfred  H.  (1854),  1859    .     .  291 

Prince,  J.  Hardy  (1819),  1861  ...  418 
Putnam,  Samuel  (1787),  1853  .     .   11,  403 

Putnam,  Samuel  R  (1815),  1861  .     .  403 

Quash,  Francis  D.  (1814),  1857    .    .  126 

Rand,  Benjamin  (1808),  1852  ...  6 

Randall,  Abraham  (1798),  1852    .     .  4 

Rantoul,  Robert,  jun.  (1826),  1852   .  19 

Raymond,  Edward  F.  (1851),  1855   .  103 

Reed,  Caleb  (1817),  1854     ....  50 

Revere,  Paul  J.  (1852),  1863    ...  494 

Rhett,  Edmund  (1854),  1863     ...  499 

Rice,  George  E.  (1842),  1861   ...  433 

Rice,  Henry  G.  (1802),  1853     ...  13 

Rice,  Samuel  B.  (1816),  1863  ...  463 

Rice,  Thomas  (1791),  1854  ....  36 

Richardson,  Henry  A.  (1858),  1863  .  507 

Richardson,  James  (1797),  1858   .     .  166 

Richardson,  William  (1832),  1856     .  95 

Richardson,  William  P.  (1834),  1857,  148 

Ritchie,  Andrew  (1802),  1862  ...  453 

Ritchie.  Andrew  (1829),  1837  ...  475 

Robeson,  Thomas  R.  (1861),  1863     .  525 

Robinson,  Charles  (1818),  1862     .     .  412 

Robinson,  William  0.  (1832),  1855    .  57 


INDEX    OF   ALUMNI. 


533 


PAGE. 

Rodman,  William  L.  (1842),  1863     .  478 

Rogers,  Lloyd  N.  (1808),  1860      .     .  353 

Ropers,  William  M.  (1827),  1851  .    .  8 

Rogers,  William  M.  (1860),  1862.     .  449 

Ropes,  Archer  (1832),  1855.     ...  96 

Ropes,  Henry  (1862),  1863  ....  526 

Rowe,  William  H.  (1853),  1858     .     .  286 

Russell,  Francis  J.  (1831),  1833    .     .  146 

Russell,  James  D.  (1829),  1861     .     .  368 

Russell,  Nathaniel  (1858),  1862     .     .  446 

Ryder,  Thomas  P.  (1828),  1852    .     .  20 

Sanders,  George  T.  (1824),  1856  .     .  93 

Sanger,  Ralph  (1808),  1860      ...  305 

Sanger,  Zedekiah  (1771),  1820     .     .  305 

Savage,  James  (1854),  1862     ...  500 

Sawyer,  Amory  P.  (1858),  1860  .     .  336 

Sawyer,  Franklin  (1830),  1851     .     .  8 

Sawyer,  Micajah  (1756),  1815.     .     .  212 

Sawyer,  Samuel  (1826),  1859  .     .     .  270 

Sawyer,  William  (1788),  1859      .     .  212 

Sawyer,  William  (1800),  1860.     .     .  294 

Sawyer,  William  (1828),  1852.     .     .  8 

Style*.  Francis  W.  (1844),  1853  .     .  22 

Schuyler,  Stephen  (1820),  1859  .     .  320 

Scollay,  Samuel  (1808),  1857  .     .     .  119 

Seaton,  J.  Gales  (1837),  1857  ...  148 

Sedgwick,  William  D.  (1851),  1862,  489 

Shaw,  John  (1729),  1791      ....  305 

Shaw,  Lemuel  (1800),  1861      ...  346 

Shaw,  Oakes  (1758),  1807    ....  346 

Shorey,  Frank  H.  (1858),  1862     .     .  446 

Shurtleff,  Nathl.  B.,  Jr.  (1859),  1862,  513 

Silsbee,  Francis  H.  (1831),  1848  .     .  146 

Simmons,  Charles  F.  (1841),  1862     .  432 

Simmons,  George  F.  (1832),  1855      .  97 

Simmons,  William  (1804),  1843    .     .  432 

Simmons,  William  H.  (1831),  1841  .  146 

Simond=,  Henry  C.  (1831),  1840  .     .  146 

Smith,  Henry  B.  (1809),  1861  ...  353 

Smith,  Joseph  B.  (1844),  1859      .     .  280 

Smith,  Manasseh  (1773),  1823      .     .  307 

Smith,  Samuel  E.  (1808),  1860    .     .  306 

Smith,  Thomas  (1720),  1795    ...  225 

Sparhawk,  Ebenezer  (1756),  1805     .  398 

Spooner,  Allen  C.  (1835),  1853     .     .  21 

Sprague,  Joseph  E  (1804),  1852  .     .  4 

Spurr,  Thomas  J.  (1858),  1862     .     .  508 

Starr,  John  (1804),  1851      ....  5 

Stearns,  William  L.  (1820),  1857      .  132 

Stevens,  William  0.  (1848),  1863     .  483 

Stimson,  Caleb  M.  (1824),  1860    .     .  325 

Stone,  Micah  (1790),  1852   ....  11 

Stone,  William  L.  (1850),  1857     .     .  164 

Stowers,  Joseph  (1793),  1851  ...  2 

Stuart,  George  0.  (1801),  1862     .     .  450 

Stuart,  Julius  W.  (1849),  1856     .     .  153 

Sturges,  Josiah  (1795),  1852     ...  3 

Sullivan,  John  H.  (1853),  1858     .     .  288 

Sullivan,  Richard  (1798),  1861     .     .  388 

Sullivan,  Thomas  R.  (1817),  1862     .  464 

Sumner,  Increase  (1767),  1799     .     .  390 

Sumner,  William  H.  (1799),  1861     .  390 

S*wett,  John  A.  (1828),  1854     ...  56 

Swift,  Seth  F.  (1807),  1858  ....  235 

Tappan,  David  (1771),  1803     ...  398 


PAGE. 

Tebbetts,  Theodore  (1851),  1863  .     .  490 

Tenney,  Edward  J.  (1853),  1853  .     .  35 

Thacher,  George  (1812),  1857  ...  124 

Thaxter,  Ezekiel  (1812),  1856.     .     .  125 

Thaxter,  Jonas  W.  (1838),  1854  .     .  34 

Thaxter,  Robert  (1798),  1652  ...  4 

Thaxter,  Thomas  (1856),  1860     .     .  383 

Thomas,  Gorham  (1852),  1853      .     .  35 

Thomas,  Isaiah  (1825),  1862    ...  420 

Thomas,  John  B.  (1806),  1852      .     .  14 

Thompson,  John  (1822),  1854  ...  33 

Thoreau,  David  H.  (1837),  1862  .     .  430 

Thorndike,  Augustus  (1816),  1858    .  258 

Thurston,  John  R.  (1829),  1843    .     .  475 

Tilghman,  Charles  H.  (1831),  1842  .  146 

Tilton,  Joseph  (1797),  1856      ...  76 

Tilton,  Nathan  (1796),  1851      ...  3 

Torrey,  William  T.  (1806),  1861  .     .  400 

Townsend,  David  S  (1809),  1853.     .  15 

Tracy,  Elisha  W.  (1843),  1860     .     .  329 

Treadwell,  John  D.  (1788),  1833  .     .  140 

Tread  well,  John  G.  (1825),  1856  .    .  140 

Tucker,  John  H.  (1862),  1863  ...  527 

Tufts,  Marshall  (1827),  1855     ...  56 

Turner,  Charles  (1752),  1818    ...  400 

Turner,  George  F.  (1826),  1854    .     .  55 

Turner,  Royal  (1813),  1862.     ...  460 

Upham,  Charles  W.  (1852),  1860      .  331 

Upton,  Elias  (1802),  1857    ....  116 

Very,  Washington  (1843),  1853    .    .  22 

Wadsworth,  John  (1800),  1860     .    .  295 

Wainwright,  Jona.  M.  (1812),  1854  .  46 

Walcott,  Samuel  B.  (1819),  1854.     .  52 

Wales,  Henry  W.  (1838),  1856     .     .  100 

Wales,  Thomas  B.  (1795),  1853    .     .  12 

Walker,  Joseph  H.  (1843),  1858  .     .  279 

Walker,  Sears  C.  (1825),  1853      .     .  19 

Walker,  Timothy  (1826),  1856      .     .  93 

Walton,  John  (1791),  1862        ...  450 

Ware,  Robert  (1852),  1863  .     ...  495 

Ware,  William  (1816),  1852     ...  7 

Warren,  John  (1771),  1815.     ...  77 

Warren,  John  C.  (1797),  1856  ...  77 

Warren,  Joseph  (1759),  1775    ...  77 

Warren,  Silas  (1795),  1856  ....  75 

Waters,  George  E.  (1847),  1851    .     .  9 

Watson,  Benjamin  M.  (1800),  1851  .  4 

Watts,  Francis  0.  (1822),  1860     .     ".  363 

Webb,  Seth  (1843),  1862      ....  481 

Webster,  Fletcher  (1833),  1862     .     .  476 

Weed,  Jared  (1807},  1857    ....  185 

Weed,  Samuel  (1800),  1857     ...  172 

Welch,  John  H.  (1835),  1852    ...  21 

Welles,  Benjamin  (1800),  1860     .     .  349 

Welles,  John  (1782),  1855   ....  66 

Welles,  Samuel  (1796),  1841    ...  350 

Wellington,  Charles  (1802),  1861      .  398 

Wellington,  Timothy  (1806),  1853    .  14 

Wells,  William  (1796),  1860     ...  293 

Weston,  Ezra  (1829),  1852  ....  20 

Wetmore,  Thomas  (1814),  1860    .    .  316 

Wetmore,  William  (1770),  1830    .     .  316 

Wheatland,  Benjamin  (1819),  1854  .  53 

Wheeler,  Abner'B.  (1831),  1847  .     .  146 


534 


INDEX    OF   ALUMNI. 


Wheeler,  Frederick  (1854),  1857  .     .  206 

Wheelwright,  Joseph  (1811),  1853    .  31 

Wheelwright,  Wm.  C.  (1851),  1854  .  62 

Whipple,  Augustus  W.  (1849),  1852,  22 

White,  Daniel  A.  (1797),  1861.     .     .  339 

White,  John  (1805),  1852     ....  6 

White,  Nathaniel  W.  (1812),  1860     .  355 

White,  William  A.  (1838).  1856   .     .  150 

Whiting,  Henry  (1842),  1857    .     .     .  151 

Whitney,  Alexander  (1831),  1842      .  146 

Whitney,  Asa  H.  (1838),  1858      .     .  279 

Whitney,  Simon  (1818),  1861  ...  414 

Whittemore,  George  (1857),  1862     .  505 

Whittemore,  Jos.  J.  L.  (1832),  I860,  371 

Whittemore,  Win.  H.  (1853),  1857    .  158 

Whittredge,  Thos.  C.  (1818),  1854    .  32 

Whitwell,  John  S.  (1815),  1853    .     .  17 

Wiggiesworth,  Samuel  ( 1831).  1847,  147 

Wisrglesworth,  Thomas  (1793),  1855,  37 

Wild,  Jonathan  (1804),  1862    ...  399 

Wiley,  Adams  (1848),  1860      ...  331 

Wilk'ins,  John  H.  (1818),  1861      .     .  416 

Willard,  Paul  (1817),  1856  ....  91 


PAGE. 

Willard,  Samuel,  (1803),  1859.     .     .  301 

Willard,  Sidney  (1798),  1856   ...  113 

Willnrd,  Sidney  (1852),  1862    .     .     .  496 

Williams,  Benjamin  P.  (1850).  1856,  102 

Williams,  Edward  P.  (1837),  1^53    .  34 

Williams,  Joseph  R.  (1830),  1853      .  34 

Williams,  Joseph  R.  (1831).  1861      .  369 

Windship,  Charles  VV    (1793),  1852.  11 

Wingate,  George  (1796),  1852.     .     .  12 

Wiswall,  William  1).  (1816),  1853     .  32 

Woodbury,  James  T.  (1823),  1861    .  366 

Woods,  Leonard  (1796),  1854  ...  38 

Wright,  Frederick  (1831),  1846    .     .  147 

Wrisrht,  Hartley  H.  (1831),  1840.     .  147 

Wright,  Luther  (1796),  1858    ...  165 

Wright,  Nathaniel  (1808),  1858    .     .  237 

Wright,  Nathaniel  (1838),  1847    .     .  238 

Wyeth,  Jacob  (1792),  1857.     ...  107 

Tongue,  Andrew  L.  (1855),  1859  .    .  334 

Young,  Alexander  (1820).  1854    .     .  32 

Young,  William  (1829),  1863  ...  476 


INDEX    OF    CLASSES. 


CLASS.  PAGE.    CLASS. 

1715 169.   1799. 

1720 225.   1800. 

1721 343. 

1728 214.   1801. 

1729 305.   1802. 

1739 213. 

1750 169.   1803. 

1752 400. 

1756 212,  398.   1804. 

1758 346. 

1759 77,  452.   1805. 

1760 223,  226,  343.   1806. 

1761 306. 

1763 82.   1807. 

1768 408.   1808. 

1767 390,  431. 

1768 84.   1809. 

1769 178.   1810. 

1770 316.  323. 

1771 77,  305,  398,  459.   1811. 

1773 307.   1812. 

1777 232. 

1782 66.   1813. 

1783. 67,  249.   1814. 

1784 25,  312.  | 

1785 1,  67.  I  1815. 

1786.  .  .  .  25,  106,  107,  161,  257. 

1787.  11,  25,  68,  70,  208,  403,  465.   1816. 
1788 1,  140,  212.  314. 

1789 25,  26.   1817. 

1790 •  .  .  .  2,  11,  26. 

1791 11,  163,  450.   1818. 

1792 2,  107,  164,  208. 

1793 2,  11,  37,  70. 

1794 3,  11,  12,  214.   1819. 

1795.  3,  12,  38,  72,  73,  74,  75,  108,   1820. 

215,  338.  1821. 

1796.  3,  12,  26,  38,  165,  216,  293,   1822. 

350,  386. 

1797.  27,  39,  75,  76,  77,  109,  110,   1823. 

133,  166,  339.  1824 

1798.  3,  4,  13,  27,  79,  80,  112,  113, 

168,  169,  341,  388.         1825 


4,  13,  27,  81,  170,  220,  390. 
4,  28,  39,  81,  172,  294,  295, 

343,  346,  349,  375,  393. 
4,  13,  28,  199,  350,  395,  450. 
13,  39,  82,  114,  116,  176,  223, 

225,  296,  396,  398,  452,  453. 
13,  40,41,  116,  178,  229,  297, 

301. 
4,  5,  14,  28,  41,  178,  303,  399, 

432. 

....   5,  6,  179,  232,  454. 
6,  14,  29,  84,  116,  181,  352, 

400,  455. 

15,  27,  30,  183,  185,  234,  235. 
6,  15,  30,  41,  84,  117,  119,208, 

237,  304,  305,  306,  353,  402. 
...  15,  42,  120,  3-53,  456. 
6,  16,  30,  31,  42,  43,  121,  123, 

238,  308,  309. 

6,  16,  31,  44,  68,  186,  242,  312. 

16,  31,  45,  46,  84,  123,  124, 
125,  189,  353,  355,  457,  458. 

6,  16,  31,  47,  355,  459,  460. 

7,  16,  31,  84,  85,  126,  244,  249, 
313,  314,  316,  437,  462. 

17,  48,  86,  127,  255,  357,  359, 
403. 

7,  17,  32,  48,  87,  88,  257,  258, 

435,  463. 
17,  32,  49,  50,  89,  90,  91,  406, 

407,  464. 

17,  32,  50,  51,  128,  129,  130, 
192,  316,  408,  412,  414,  416, 
465,  466,  467. 

7,  17,  52,  53,  131,  318,  418. 
.  .  18,  32,  132,  265,  319,  320. 
...   18,  92,  193,  194,  419. 

8,  32,  33,  53,  133,  267,  321, 
360,  361,  363. 

.  54.  .135,  137,  365,  36R,  469. 

18,  19,  93,  323,  325,  420,  471, 
472. 

.  .  8,  19,  140,  269,  326,  420. 


536 


INDEX    OF    CLASSES. 


CLASS.  PAGE. 

1826 19,  33,  55,  93,  270. 

1827 8,  33,  56,  421. 

1828.  .      8,  20,  33,  56,  141,  195,  196. 

1829.  20,  57,  368,  425,  473,  474,  475, 

476. 

1830.  8,  20,  33,  34,   143,  27.1,   326, 

328. 

1831.  20,  57,  144,  145,  146,  147,  369, 

426. 

1832.  21,  57,  95,  96,  97,   198,   371, 

427. 

1833.  ...     21,  58,  147,  428,  476. 

1834.  8,  34,  58,  148,  274,  374,  375. 
1835 21,  275. 

1836.  .     .     21,  58,  98,  199,  276,  477. 

1837.  ...     21,  34,  148,  429,  430. 

1838.  34,  58,  100,  149,  150,  238,  277, 

279,  328. 

1839 202,  478. 

1840 376. 

1841 432. 

1842.  ...     34,  59,  151,  433,  478. 

1843.  21,  22,  34,  60,  117,  153,  204, 

279,  329,  479,  481. 


CLASS. 

1844. 
1845 

PAGE. 

22,  152,  280. 
9S  34  35  433 

1846. 
1847 

.  9,  22,  60,  61,  101,  205,  377. 
9,  22,  482 

1848. 

35,  153,  282,  329,  330,  331, 

483. 

1849. 

22,  35,  153,  379,  434,  435,  486. 

1850. 

.   62,  102,  154,  205,  436,  487. 

1851. 

9,  62,  102,  103,  283,  284,  285, 

437,  489,  490. 

1852. 

23,  35,  155,  157,  158,  331,  488, 

492,  494,  49o,  496. 

1853. 

.  35,  104,  158,  286,  288,  497. 

1854. 

36,  64,  65,  206,  290,  291,  333, 

380,  437,  499,  500. 

1855. 

.  .  36,  37,  159,  334,  439,  441. 

1856 

381,  383,  503. 

1857. 

.  .  .  335,  336,  503,  504,  505. 

1858. 

336,  442,  443,  446,  506,  507, 

508. 

1859. 

.  .  .  337,  447,  510,  512,  513. 

1860. 

.  .  .  448,  449,  518,  519,  521. 

1861 

.  .  .  .  522  523,  524,  525. 

1862, 

.  526.  527. 

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„    145, 15th  line  from  bottom,  after  "  lawyer  "  read  "  son  of  Befcjamin  and  Patience  (Carver) 
Coombs,  born  in  Middleborough  in  1810." 

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„    148, 12th  line  from  bottom,  for  "  GALES  SEATON  "  read  "  JOSEPH,GALES  SEATON." 


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